• Jack-o'-lantern, 49-50, 69, 121, 155
  • Japan, 2, 146
  • Jokes, 154
  • Jonah, 13
  • Juniper, 123, 137
  • Jupiter, 8

  • Kale. See Cabbages
  • Kensington Gardens, 64
  • Ker-Is, 111
  • Kettle, 89, 134, 155
  • Key, 55, 72, 144, 156

  • Laeg, 42
  • "Lambswool," 51
  • Lammas, 28
  • Lancashire, 99
  • Land of Heart's Desire, 36
  • Land of Youth, 40
  • "Lanterns of the dead," 112
  • Lanterns in Japan, 146
  • Latin. See Rome
  • Lead-melting, 55-56, 77, 168
  • Leek, 104-105
  • Legends, origin of, 2
  • Lemons, 170
  • Leprechauns, 48
  • Lewis, 80
  • Liban, 41
  • Lincolnshire, 89
  • "Little People," 48-49, 85
  • "Livelong," 53
  • Loki, 120
  • London, 97
  • Lords of Misrule, 88
  • Love-knots, 156
  • Lucifer, 120
  • "Luck of Edenhall," 96
  • Luggies. See Dishes
  • Lugh, 14-15
  • Lugnasad, 15, 28, 33

  • Macbeth, 123
  • Magic, 7, 15, 155;
    • black, 28, 156
  • Maine, 165
  • Malt, 80
  • Malta, 144
  • Man, Isle of, 20, 82
  • Manitous, 150
  • Mars, 8
  • Martinmas, 62
  • Mary, Virgin, 29, 126, 132, 138, 145
  • Mary Avenel, 62
  • Maryland, 165
  • Massachusetts, 164
  • Master of the Revels, 97
  • May-bride, 126
  • May Eve and Day, 4, 11-13, 29, 33, 45, 47, 107, 125, 135, 136, et seq.;
    • -fires, 13, 61;
    • -pole, 126;
    • -ridings, 125;
    • -shooting, 140
  • Meal, 83, 164
  • Meath, 15, 17
  • Medb, 36, 39
  • Meg, 68
  • "Men of Peace," 63
  • Mercury, 8, 15
  • Midir, 39-41
  • Middle Ages, 129
  • Midsummer, 3, 11, 20, 28, 33, 53, 125, 146
  • Milk, 45, 51, 112
  • Minerva, 8
  • Mirror, 85, 129, 146-147, 149, 161-162
  • Miserere, 142
  • Mistletoe, 7, 40, 120
  • Modred, 84
  • Mona, 27
  • Monastery, 62
  • Moon, 40, 74, 76, 77, 146, 155, 162
  • Moray, 59
  • Moytura, 20, 22, 35
  • Music, 36, 39-40, 43-47, 56, 64, 67, 87, 111
  • Myths, origin of, 2

  • Naples, 142
  • Needles, 117, 133, 151, 158, 166
  • Negroes, 153
  • Nera, 37, 107
  • Net, 83
  • Neverland, 64
  • New Brunswick, 167
  • New Hampshire, 165
  • New Year, 82, 102, 154. See also Year's end
  • New Year's Day, 17
  • Niflheim, 122
  • Nikko, 146
  • Norse, 80, 82, 119, 134
  • Norway, 1, 126, 130
  • "Nos Galan Gaeof," 102
  • November, Eve, 33, 35, 37, 44, 50, 59, 79, 101-102, 107, 112, 137;
    • first, 4, 11, 16, 25-26, 137, 144;
    • in Rome, 30;
    • second, 30, 118, 144
  • Nuts, 26, 33, 50-52, 73, 90-92, 103-104, 109, 115, 144, 155, 159-160, 169

  • Oak, 6-7, 27, 40, 122
  • Oats, 55, 77
  • Oatmeal cakes, 79
  • Obsession, 44
  • October 31st, 4, 10, 17, 50, 82, 85, 118
  • Odin, 120, 124, 129, 131
  • "Oidhche Shamhna," 50
  • Olaf, 126
  • Omens, 14, 22, 26, 50-52, 104, 117, 137;
    • from sacrifices, 9, 17, 33, 123, 166;
    • evil, 28
  • Oonah, 45
  • Ops, 23
  • Ordeal, 9, 123-124
  • Osiris, 1, 18
  • Ossian, 47-48, 150
  • Ostia, 25
  • Otherworld, 19, 39, 42, 47, 84, 103, 107, 111, 115, 121, 146, 150
  • Ovid, 24, 114
  • Owls, 134, 152, 155

  • Paddy Beg, 46-47
  • Paddy More, 46-47
  • Paganism, 30, 35, 59, 109, 141
  • Pageant, 170
  • Pantheon, 29
  • Paradise, 31
  • Partholon, 13
  • Parties, Hallowe'en, 155
  • Peace, 171
  • Peas, 92, 94
  • Pelagius, 83
  • Pennsylvania, 165
  • Perthshire, 59
  • Peru, 1
  • Peter Pan, 63-64
  • Phœnicians, 5
  • Picts, 108
  • Piper, fairy, 43-44, 64, 87
  • Pixies, 103, 110
  • Pomona, 4, 23-26, 50, 85, 155
  • Pontypridd, 101
  • Preparedness for Peace, 170
  • Procopius, 111
  • Prophets,
    • Druids as, 9, 43;
    • witches as, 89, 134, 151
  • Pumpkins, 155, 160
  • Purgatory, 31, 99, 106, 145
  • Puy de Dome, 131
  • "Puzzling-jug," 103-104

  • Races, 15, 26
  • Rapunzel, 125
  • Red Mike, 54, 62
  • Rick, 55
  • Ring, 51-52, 55, 72, 96, 156, 165, 168
  • Rip Van Winkle, 150
  • Rome, 8, 23-30, 114, 119-120;
    • relations to Druids, 27;
    • All Saints' in, 32
  • Roses, 105
  • Rowan. See Ash-tree

  • Sacrifices, 20, 109, 137;
    • to Baal, 8-9,  11-13, 17, 101;
    • omens from, 33;
    • to Tyr, 123
  • St. Augustine, 83
  • St. Bridget, 45
  • St. Colomba, 50
  • St. Gertrude, 126
  • St. John's Day and Eve, 3, 28, 109, 110, 137, 141
  • St. Kilda, 79
  • St. Michael, 85
  • St. Ninian, 83
  • St. Odilo, 30
  • St. Patrick, 5, 43, 83
  • Saga, 124
  • Salerno, 142
  • Salt, 57, 67, 79, 82, 83, 134, 169
  • Saman, 10, 31, 50, 80
  • Samhain (Sáveen), 16, 18, 20-22, 26, 31, 35-36, 38, 40-41, 43, 48, 59, 65, 82
  • Samhnagan, 60
  • Samhanach, 64
  • Sark. See Shirt
  • Satan, 120, 133
  • Sauin. See Samhain
  • Scandinavia, 119, 126, 134
  • Scotland, 59, 78, 79, 81, 82, 99, 104, 127, 156;
    • belief in fairies in, 6, 62-64
  • Scots, 108
  • Seasons, 1
  • Seaweed, 80
  • Secrecy, 45, 77-78, 124, 155;
    • in Druid rites, 9-10, 124
  • Seed-cake, 97
  • Seeds, 14, 92, 121
  • Serpent's-egg. See Adder-stone
  • Seville, 131
  • Shee, 39
  • Shirt-sleeve, wetting the, 56, 78-79, 126-129, 165
  • Shoe, 77, 170
  • Shony, 80
  • Shropshire, 98
  • "Sid," 37, 49. See also Forts
  • Sigurd, 124
  • Sîtou, 18
  • Sleep, 39, 47, 87, 124-125
  • Sloe, 52, 85
  • Snakes. See Adder-stone
  • Snap-apple. See Apples
  • Sol, 1
  • Soul-cakes. See Cake
  • South, 165
  • South Uist, 81
  • Sowens, 79
  • Spain, 131, 144
  • Spectre Huntsman, 90
  • Spirits, 6, 20, 103;
    • abroad, 14, 22, 31, 35, 44, 48;
    • evil, 4, 18, 20, 56, 63, 87, 99, 129
  • Staffordshire, 98
  • Stones, 60, 101-102, 106, 109
  • Stories, 81, 96, 149, 169
  • Straw, 77, 99
  • Strunt, 79
  • "Summer's end," 3-4, 11-12, 16, 25, 44
  • Sun-god, 1-3, 8, 15, 44, 84-85, 87, 120-121, 124, 126, 136;
    • -worship, 21;
    • -wise, 3, 17, 60, 67
  • Superstitions, 33, 62, 83, 135, 153-154
  • Swans, 38-39, 41
  • Swastika, 8
  • Sweden, 126, 133
  • Symbols, 7-8, 28

  • Tam o' Shanter, 68-69, 89
  • Tannhäuser, 131-133
  • Tara, 17, 21, 43, 48, 59
  • Tempest, 87
  • Teuton, 108, 124, 142
  • Teutonic, 4, 125
  • Thanksgiving, 3-4;
    • for harvest, 59
  • Thimble, 51, 72, 83, 156
  • Thor, 134
  • Thorn, 45
  • Thread, 138, 167
  • Thuringia, 131
  • Tiberius, 27
  • Tigernmas, 20-21
  • "Tin Islands," 5
  • Tlactga, 17
  • Toads, 152
  • Toasts, 126
  • Todmorden, 90
  • Torches, 14, 60-61, 68, 99
  • Tree-worship, 7-8, 92, 123
  • Trefoil, 8, 29
  • Trinity, 29
  • Tripod, 65, 134, 155
  • Trolls, 121, 130, 150
  • Tuatha De Danann, 20, 29, 38-39, 43, 48-50, 107-108
  • Tub, 53, 93, 96, 160;
    • apples in. See Apples
  • Tyr, 123

  • United States, 153

  • Valhalla, 121-122
  • Vali, 121
  • Valkyries, 122, 136
  • Vandals, 119
  • Venus, 131-132
  • Vertumnus, 24-25
  • Vortumnalia, 25
  • Vulcan, 120
  • Vurdh, 123

  • Wales, 27, 101, 105, 106, 108, 144, 168;
    • belief in fairies in, 6
  • Walnut-tree, 92
  • Walpurga, 136
  • Ward, Hill of. See Tara
  • Water, 57, 68, 97, 165
  • Wedding of sun and earth, 126, 136
  • "Weird Sisters," 123
  • Wendy, 64
  • Wheel,
    • sun-symbol, 8, 13, 17;
    • of fortune, 163
  • White Lady, 62
  • Wild Huntsman, 90, 131
  • Will-o'-the-wisps, 121
  • Windsor Forest, 90
  • Winnowing, 75-76
  • Winter, first day of, 18, 44, 87, 102, 112
  • Witches, 4, 60-61, 65-69, 89, 99, 101, 129-131, 133-135, 146, 155
  • Witchcraft, 4, 81, 89, 134
  • Wood, 52, 57, 97
  • Wotan. See Odin

  • Yarn, 55, 75, 104, 140, 165
  • Year's end, 10, 17-18, 84
  • Yellow, 156
  • Yggdrasil, 122
  • Yorkshire, 97
  • Yule, 3, 126
  • Zschokke, 140