Cat, blind, in homoeopathic magic, i. 153; wetted as a rain-charm, i. 262, 289; black, in rain-charm, i. 291; stone resembling a, used in rain-making, i. 308 _sq._; corn-spirit as, vii. 280 _sq._; killed at harvest, vii. 281; fever transferred to a, ix. 51; a representative of the devil, xi. 40; story of a clan whose souls were all in one, xi. 150 _sq._; a Batta totem, xi. 223. _See also_ Cats Cat’s cradle forbidden to boys among the Esquimaux, i. 113; as a charm to arrest the sun, i. 316 _sq._, vii. 103 _n._ 1; as a charm to promote the growth of the crops, vii. 101, 103; played by savages, vii. 103 _n._ 1 —— tail, name given to last standing corn, viii. 268 Catafalque burnt at funeral of king of Siam, v. 179 Catalangans of Luzon offer first-fruits to the souls of their ancestors, viii. 124 Catalonia, funeral of Carnival in, iv. 225 Catania in Sicily, the vineyards of, v. 194; gardens of Adonis at, v. 245 Catat, Dr., his difficulty in photographing in Madagascar, iii. 98 Caterpillars, superstitious precautions against, viii. 275 _sq._, 279, 280; bonfires as a protection against, x. 114 Catgut plant in homoeopathic magic, i. 144 Catholic Church, ritual of the, v. 54; ceremonies on Good Friday in the, v. 254, 255 _sq._; institutes feasts of All Saints and All Souls, vi. 83; enjoins continence during Lent, ix. 348; consecrates the Midsummer festival to St. John the Baptist, x. 181 —— custom of dedicating candles, i. 13; as to partaking of the Eucharist, viii. 83; of eating effigies of the Madonna, viii. 94 —— Germany, St. Leonhard in, i. 7 —— times in Scandinavia, i. 16 Catlin, George, on the power of medicine-men in North America, i. 356; on the conciliation of the spirits of slain foes, iii. 182 Cato, the Elder, on dedication of Arician grove to Diana, i. 22, 23; on expiation for thinning a grove, ii. 122; on the fodder of cattle, ii. 328 _n._ 1; on lucky and unlucky trees, iii. 275 _n._ 3; on a Roman cure for dislocation, xi. 177 Cats worshipped in Egypt, i. 29 _sq._; witches changed into, ii. 334, x. 315 _n._ 1, 317, 318, 319 _sq._, xi. 311 _sq._; with stumpy tails, reason of, iii. 128 _sq._; burnt in bonfires, x. 109, xi. 39 _sq._; perhaps burnt as witches, xi. 41. _See also_ Cat