Buginese of Celebes, their homoeopathic charm to ensure longevity, i. 158; their use of the regalia as a remedy for plague or dearth, i. 363; their belief as to the blighting effects of incestuous blood, ii. 110; their custom of swinging at harvest, iv. 277; ascribe a soul to rice, vii. 183 —— sailors, words tabooed to, iii. 413 Bugis of South Celebes, effeminate priests or sorcerers among the, vi. 253 _sq._ Bühl, St. John’s fires at, x. 168 Bühler, G., on the identity of the names Perkunas and Parjanya, ii. 367 _n._ 3; on Parjanya, ii. 369 Building shadows into foundations, iii. 89 _sq._ —— of a canoe, continence at the, iii. 202 —— a house, taboos observed after, ii. 40; Malay custom as to shadows in, iii. 81 —— houses, magic art resorted to in, ix. 81 —— a new village, continence at, iii. 202 Buir, in district of Cologne, last sheaf shaped like wolf at, vii. 274 Bukaua, the, of German New Guinea, tell stories to promote the growth of the crops, vii. 103 _sq._, 105; their observation of the Pleiades, vii. 313; their offerings of first-fruits to the spirits of the dead, viii. 124 _sq_.; their belief in demons, ix. 83 _sq._; girls at puberty secluded among the, x. 35; their rites of initiation, xi. 239 _sqq._ Bukowina, the Ruthenians of, i. 198; witches on St. George’s Day in, ii. 335 _Bu-ku-rú_, ceremonial uncleanness, in Costa Rica, iii. 147, x. 65 _n._ 1, 86 Bulaa, village in New Guinea, iii. 192 _n._ 5 Bulawayo, capital of the Matabele, rain-making ceremony at, i. 351; ceremony of the first-fruits at, viii. 70 Bulebane, in Senegambia, precaution as to the spittle of chiefs at, iii. 289 Buléon, Mgr., on the rite of blood-brotherhood with an animal, quoted by Father H. Trilles, xi. 202 _n._ 1 Bulgaria, ceremony of adoption in, i. 74; rain-making in, i. 274; rolling in the dew on St. George’s morning in, ii. 333; superstition as to milk and butter on St. George’s Day in, ii. 339; building custom in, iii. 89; marriage customs in, vi. 246; masquerade at Carnival in, viii. 333 _sq._; cure for fever in, ix. 55; the Yule log in, x. 264 _n._ 1; need-fire in, x. 281, 285; simples and flowers culled on St. John’s Day in, xi. 50; creeping through an arch of vines as a cure in, xi. 180; creeping under the root of a willow as a cure for whooping-cough in, xi. 180 _sq._ _See also_ Bulgarian _and_ Bulgarians ——, Simeon, prince of, xi. 156 _sq._ Bulgarian charm for guarding cattle from wolves, iii. 307 —— peasants threaten fruit-trees to make them bear fruit, ii. 21 —— superstition as to crossed legs, iii. 299 —— women, their charm to hoodwink their husbands, i. 149; their charm to procure offspring on St. George’s Day, ii. 344