Boloki, or Bangala, of the Upper Congo, their ceremonies at the new moon, vi. 143; attempt to deceive spirit of disease, vi. 262; their fear of demons, ix. 76 _sq._; birth-plants among the, xi. 161 _sq._; use of bull-roarers among the, xi. 229 _n._ Bombay, belief as to absence of sleeper’s soul in, iii. 41; the Suni Mohammedans of, their customs as to mirrors, iii. 95; burial custom in, viii. 100 Bomma, King of the Rain at, ii. 2 Bondeis of German East Africa, rites of initiation among the, xi. 263 _sq._ Bonds, no man in bonds allowed in house of Flamen Dialis, iii. 14 Bone used to point with in sorcery, x. 14; of bird (eagle or swan), women at menstruation obliged to drink out of, x. 45, 48, 49, 50, 73 _n._ 3, 90, 92; incident of, in folk-tales, x. 73 _n._ 3 —— of old animals eaten to make the eater old, viii. 143 Bones, departing souls bottled up in hollow, iii. 31; burnt in the Easter bonfires, x. 142; burnt in Midsummer fires, x. 203 —— of animals not allowed to be gnawed by dogs, viii. 225, 238 _sqq._, 243, 259; preserved in order that the animals may come to life again, viii. 256 _sqq._; burned or thrown into water, viii. 257; not to be broken, viii. 258 _sq._; that have been eaten as a sacrament treated with ceremonious respect, viii. 313 Bones of the dead, in magic, i. 148, 150; of dead shamans placed in trees, ii. 32; their treatment after the decay of the flesh, iii. 372 _n._ 5; disinterred and scraped, iii. 373 _n._, iv. 96; used in rain-making ceremonies, v. 22; of dead kings carried off or destroyed by enemies, vi. 103 _sq._; cakes baked in the shape of, and eaten as the bones of a god, viii. 87 _sqq._; virtues acquired by contact with the, viii. 153 _sq._; preserved to facilitate resurrection, viii. 259; of dead enemies destroyed to prevent their resurrection, viii. 260; of dead husbands carried by their widows, x. 91 _n._ 4 —— of deer not given to the dogs, viii. 241, 242, 243 —— of fish not burned, viii. 250, 251; thrown into the sea or a river, viii. 250, 254; not to be broken, viii. 255 ——, fossil, source of myths about giants, v. 157 _sq._ ——, human, buried as rain-charm, i. 287; burned as a charm against sorcery, ii. 330; of bodies which have been eaten, special treatment of, iii. 189 _sq._ ——, marrow, not to be broken in a hut, i. 115 _sq._ —— of sacrificial victim not broken, iv. 20 —— of salmon not to touch the ground, viii. 254 —— and skulls of enemies not destroyed, viii. 260 —— of white whale kept from dogs, iii. 206 Bonfire Day in County Leitrim, x. 203