53
Beetles, Superstitions connected with, 116
Beilteine, Baal’s Fire, 161
Belief in Fairies in this Country, 27
       in Ghosts Visiting People, 176
       in Witchcraft still Survives, 68
Beltane, 161
         Customs in Ireland, 166
         Festival in Perthshire, 168
         Day, First of May, 162
         Held in some Counties on 3rd May, 162
Birds Flying over a Person’s Head, 114
Black Art, The, 75
Blessing the Candles to be Used in Church, 181
Bonfires at Hallowe’en, 179
Bonny Kilmeny, 22
Booths in connection with Temples, 153
Bottreill’s Hearth Stories of West Cornwall, 173
Boutree, or Bourtree, Defence against Evil-Eye, 126
Breaking Looking-Glass on the Wall, 137
Bride’s Cake, Practices connected with, 51
Bull of Innocent VIII. against making Compacts with the Devil, 17

Candlemas, Relation of, to Festival of Februa,                  181
Casting of Calf by Cows Prevented,                               84
Cats Dying in the House not Lucky,                              117
Caul, Child’s, its Influence,                                    32
Celtic Irish hold Beltane at Midsummer,                         172
Celtic Names of Places indicate Sun-Worship,                    149
Ceremonies on St. John’s Day,                                   174
Changing of Babies by Fairies,                                   46
Charms and Counter Charms,                                       79
for Curing Diseases,                                 91,  93
Child Rowland in Elfland,                                        26
Children Cutting Teeth,                                         137
Cholera, its First Visit to this Country,                        14
National Fast for, Refused,                             15
Christianity consistent with Nature,                             16
Christian Creeds not always consistent with Nature,              16
Christmas Fixed to be kept on the 25th December,                152
Church’s, The, Enactments against Devil’s Devices,               27
Church, The, Punishing Deviation from her Creed,                 17
Clover, Four-Leaved, its Influence,                             130
Coal Explosions, Prognostics concerning,                        138
Cock Crowing with his Head to the Door,                         114