Hairy Stone, the, at Midsummer, i. 212 Halberstadt district, need-fire in the, i. 273 Hall, C. F., among the Esquimaux, i. 13, 134 ——, Rev. G. R., quoted, i. 198 Hallowe’en, new fire at, in Ireland, i. 139; an old Celtic festival of New Year, 224 _sqq._; divination at, 225, 228 _sqq._; witches, hobgoblins, and fairies let loose at, 226 _sqq._, 245; witches and fairies active on, ii. 184 _n._ 4, 185 —— and Beltane, the two chief fire festivals of the British Celts, ii. 40 _sq._ —— cakes, i. 238, 241, 245 —— fires, i. 222 _sq._, 230 _sqq._; in Wales, 156 Halmahera, rites of initiation in, ii. 248 Haltwhistle, in Northumberland, burnt sacrifice at, i. 301 Hamilton, Gavin, quoted, i. 47 _sq._ Hammocks, girls at puberty hung up in, i. 56, 59, 60, 61, 66 “Hand of Glory,” mandragora, ii. 316 Hannibal despoils the shrine on Soracte, ii. 15 Hanover, the need-fire in, i. 275; Easter bonfires in, 140; custom on St. John’s Day about, ii. 56 Hare, pastern bone of a, in a popular remedy, i. 17 Hares, witches in the form of, i. 157; witches changed into, 315 _n._ 1, 316 _sqq._, ii. 41 Hares and witches in Yorkshire, ii. 197 Hareskin Tinneh, seclusion of girls at puberty among the, i. 48 Harris, Slope of Big Stones in, i. 227 Hartland, E. S., on the life-token, ii. 119 _n._ Haruvarus, degenerate Brahmans, their fire-walk, ii. 9 Harz district, Easter bonfires in the, i. 140; Midsummer fires in the, 169 —— Mountains, Easter fires in the, i. 142; need-fire in the, 276; springwort in the, ii. 69 _sqq._ Hats, special, worn by girls at puberty, i. 45, 46, 47, 92. _See also_ Hoods Hausa story of the external soul, ii. 148 _sq._ Hawaiians, the New Year of the, ii. 244 Hawkweed gathered at Midsummer, ii. 57 Hawthorn, mistletoe on, ii. 315, 316 Haxthausen, A. von, i. 181 Hays of Errol, their fate bound up with an oak-tree and the mistletoe growing on it, ii. 283 _sq._ Hazebrouch, in France, wicker giants on Shrove Tuesday at, ii. 35 Hazel, the divining-rod made of, ii. 67 _sq._; never struck by lightning, 69 _n._ —— rods to drive cattle with, i. 204 Headache, cure for, i. 17; mugwort a protection against, ii. 59 Headdress, special, worn by girls at first menstruation, i. 92 Headless Hugh, Highland story of, ii. 130 _sq._ —— horsemen in India, ii. 131 _n._ 1 Heads or faces of menstruous women covered, i. 22, 24, 25, 29, 31, 44 _sq._, 48 _sq._, 55, 90 Hearne, Samuel, quoted, i. 90 _sq._ Heart of bewitched animal burnt or boiled to compel the witch to appear, i. 321 _sq._ Hearts of diseased cattle cut out and hung up as a remedy, i. 269 _n._ 1, 325 Heaven, the Queen of, ii. 303 —— and earth, between, i. 1 _sqq._, 98 _sq._ Hector, first chief of Lochbuy, ii. 131 _n._ 1 Heiberg, Sigurd K., i. 171 _n._ 3 Heifer sacrificed at kindling need-fire, i. 290 Helensburgh, in Dumbartonshire, Hallowe’en at, i. 237 _n._ 5