—— stories of the external soul, ii. 132 _sq._ Brezina, in Slavonia, need-fire at, i. 282 Briar-thorn, divination by, i. 242 Bri-bri Indians of Costa Rica, seclusion of women at menstruation among the, i. 86 Bride not allowed to tread the earth, i. 5; last married, made to leap over bonfire, ii. 22 —— and bridegroom, mock, at bonfires, i. 109 _sq._ Bride, parish of, in the Isle of Man, i. 306, 307 _n._ 1 Bridegroom not to touch the ground with his feet, i. 5 Brie, Isle de France, effigy of giant burnt on Midsummer Eve at, ii. 38 Brihaspati, Hindoo deity, i. 99 _n._ 2 Briony, wreaths of, at Midsummer, i. 210 Brisbane River in Queensland, use of bull-roarers on the, ii. 233 _sqq._ British Columbia, seclusion of girls at puberty among the Indians of, i. 46 _sqq._; dread and seclusion of menstruous women among the Indians of, 89 _sq._; the Kwakiutl of, ii. 186; Koskimo Indians of, 229; rites of initiation among the Indians of, 270 _sqq._; the Thompson Indians of, 297; the Shuswap Indians of, 297 _n._ 3 Brittany, Midsummer fires in, i. 183 _sqq._; stones thrown into the Midsummer fires in, 240; the Yule log in, 253; mistletoe hung over doors of stables and byres in, ii. 287; fern-seed used by treasure-seekers in, 288 _Brochs_, prehistoric ruins, i. 291 Brocken, in the Harz mountains, associated with witches, i. 160 _n._ 1, 171 _n._ 3 Broom, a protective against witchcraft, i. 210 “Brother” and “sister,” titles given by men and women to their sex totems, ii. 215, 216, 218 Brotherhood of the Green Wolf at Jumièges in Normandy, i. 185 _sq._ Brothers, ancient Egyptian story of the Two, ii. 134 _sqq._ Brown, Dr. George, quoted, i. 32 _sqq._; on external soul in Melanesia, ii. 199 Brughe, John, his cure for bewitched cattle, i. 324 _sq._ Brund (or brand), the Christmas, the Yule log, i. 257 Brunswick, belief as to menstruous women in, i. 96; Easter bonfires in, 140; need-fire in, 277 _sq._ Buchan, Hallowe’en fires in, i. 232 _sq._ _Bûche de Noël_, the Yule log, i. 249 Buddha and the crocodile, Indian story, ii. 102 _n._ 4 Buffalo, external souls of a clan in a, ii. 151; a Batta totem, 223 —— clan in Uganda, i. 3 Buffaloes, external human souls in, ii. 207, 208 Bühl, St. John’s fires at, i. 168 Bukaua, the, of New Guinea, girls at puberty secluded among the, i. 35; their rites of initiation, ii. 239 _sqq._ _Bu-ku-rú_, ceremonial uncleanness, i. 65 _n._ 1, 86 Buléon, Mgr., quoted by Father H. Trilles, ii. 202 _n._ 1 Bulgaria, the Yule log in, i. 264 _n._ 1; need-fire in, 281, 285; simples and flowers culled on St. John’s Day in, ii. 50; creeping through an arch of vines as a cure in, 180; creeping under the root of a willow as a cure for whooping-cough in, 180 _sq._ ——, Simeon, prince of, ii. 156 _sq._ Bullet blessed by St. Hubert used to shoot witches with, i. 315 _sq._