Mabinogion creation myth, 136 MacCulloch (Mr.), quoted, 47, 82, 123, 173, 239, 313, 338 Maine (Sir Henry), quoted, 85, 87, 117, 226, 235 male descent, 269, 270 male groups, 225, 239 manorial evidence, 94-96, 305 manumission formula, 92 Manx custom, 160, 162 Maori myths, 143, 144 marriage ceremony, 90-91, 162 marriage customs in folk-tales, 65 materials and methods, 123-79 McLennan (J. F.), quoted, 61, 65, 225, 293 midsummer festivals, 328 migratory movements of man, 214-17, 221, 222, 223, 224, 237, 251, 264, 266 monogenists, 213 Morgan (L. H.), quoted, 225, 275 mother influence in totemism, 257, 267 mother kinship, 231 Moytura monuments, 101, 102 Murray (Dr.), quoted, 98 myth, 127, 129, 130-48 mythology, 9, 100-10, 128, 146-8, 303 names (totem), origin of, 260 natural objects, interpretation of, 193 neglect of observation, 231 neolithic burial custom, 339 New Guinea evidence, 345 New Zealand myths, 131, 132-3, 190, 217, 346 Nicholson (Dr.), quoted, 172, 173 Nod, Celtic god, 105 Nonconformist appeal to church, 200 Norfolk evidence, 14-19, 42, 163 Norse custom, 174, 175 Norse tradition, 22-23, 32 Northamptonshire evidence, 198, 288 Northumberland evidence, 162, 324, 325 _Notes and Queries_, quoted, 6 Nottinghamshire evidence, 96, 162 nursery rhymes, growth of, 13 Nutt (A.), quoted, 6, 222, 339 oath-taking customs, 200 O'Curry (Eugene), quoted, 113 offertory money, 197 oral tradition, force of, 87, 125 outlawry, 311 oxen, slaughter of, 329 palæolithic implements, 217, 218 Palgrave (Sir F.), quoted, 88, 113 parallel practices as evidence of common origin, 109, 171-6, 227 pastoral stage of society, 220, 358 Pearson (Dr. Karl), quoted, 47, 78, 201 Pearson (C. H.), quoted, 115 Pedlar of Swaffham legend, 14-19 personal traditions, 33-46 Petrie (Flinders), quoted, 222 Pictish marriage custom, 344 political races, 209, 219, 221 polygenists, 213 pottery, 218 Powell (York), quoted, 3, 8, 104 practice and rule, 227 pre-Celtic remains, 101, 118-20, 209, 275, 318, 350 priest's grave superstition, 199 priests of old religion regarded as magicians, 200 promiscuity, 224 Protestants appeal to Roman Catholicism, 200 psychological conditions, 180-207 purpose of custom, 159 pygmy peoples, 238, 241-5, 248, 348 Ramsay (Sir James), quoted, 115 record of custom, 156, 165 religion and folklore, 140 religion and myth, 138 religion and science, 138-9, 206 result in custom, 159 retrogression in human society, 249 Rhodopis tradition, 53 rhyming tenures, 94-95 Rhys (Sir John), quoted, 29, 33, 34, 105, 114, 115, 161, 163, 209, 342, 345, 350 Ridgeway (Prof.), quoted, 308 right and left superstition, 166 rites explained by myth, 146 Rivers (Dr. W. H. R.), quoted, 150, 174, 229 Robertson-Smith (W.), quoted, 147, 174, 282, 303, 304 Rollright stones, 209 Roman Britain, 25, 30, 105, 360-2 romances, 124 Rome, ancient customs of, 26, 34, 151, 332, 349