General Index
Aarne, Antti (Finnish folklorist), xvii, 128
Aberdeen, Scotland, 26
Addy, Sidney O. (English folklorist), xv, xvi, xxix, 3, 26, 49, 55, 116, 117
Aesop, vii
Anderson, Walter (Estonian folklorist), 119
Animals, magic, supernatural, or unusual: bird, as soul of dead girl, 28; cat, as transformed witch, 57; cattle, change to pixies, 56; dog, changes to man, 3–5, split, 146–47; donkey, talking, 45–46, protected from evil, 51; elephant, talking, 141; fish, helpful, 8–9, talking, 3; goose, lays golden eggs, 3; horse, leg of removed for reshoeing, 79, of ghost, 108–109, plays cricket, 142–43, spirit, 78; hounds, of Devil, 53–54; lion, talking, 144; ox, charmed, 45, talking, 45–46, 141; rabbit, changes to woman, 53–54
Apple-Tree Man: frightens cat, 47; given cider, 45, 47; reveals treasure, 45–46; mentioned, xxiv
Arabian tradition, 130
Archives: of the School of Scottish Studies, xxvi, 118. See also Indiana University Folklore Archives
Asbjörnsen, Peter Christen (Norwegian folklorist), vii, viii
Ash, John (informant), 55, 71
Asian tradition, 125, 130, 134. See also Ceylonese, Chinese, Korean and Japanese tradition
Aubrey, John (English folklorist), ix, xxvi, xxviii, 62, 77
Australia, 64–65
Australian tradition, vii, 144
Badcock, Walter (informant), 71, 72
Balfour, Marie Clothilde (English folklorist), xviii, xxiii, xxix, 39
Ballads: stories adapted into folktales, vii; widespread in England, v; “Clerk Colvil”, 54; “The Derby Ram”, xvi; “Get Up and Bar the Door”, 130; “King John and the Bishop”, 119; “The Queen of Elfan’s Nourice”, 38; “Tam Lin”, 38
Baring-Gould, Sabine (English folklorist), xvii, 26, 78
Barrett, W. H. (informant), xxi, xxx, 59, 81, 84, 110, 148
Baughman, Ernest W. (American folklore indexer), 3, 6, 17, 27, 39, 62, 64, 66, 89, 90, 94, 95, 97, 98, 101, 109, 113, 115, 116, 117, 123, 125, 127, 128, 129, 132, 133, 134, 137, 138, 139, 140, 146, 147, 148, 149
Baxter, Richard (English Puritan theologian), 62
Bayliss, Fred (informant), 66
Belgian tradition, 113
Belloc, Hilaire, 76, 95
Berkshire, 138
Black, G. F. (English folklorist), 38
Blacksmith: St. Aloys, removes horse’s leg, 78–79; St. Dunstan, pinches Devil’s nose, 76–77; mentioned, 79, 148
Bland, Mrs. J. E. (informant), 133
Blindness: believed to be caused by banana, 123; caused by fairies, 39
Blood: pixy, 80; ritually smeared on doorsill, 40
Bødker, Laurits (Danish folklorist), 99
Bogey: dances with witch, 9; grants wish, 44; guardian of fields, 41; outwitted, 29; propitiated by farmers, 39–44 passim; powerless before cross, 51; mentioned, ix, xiv, xvi
Boswell, Taimie (informant), 16
Brand, John (English antiquary), v, vi, xii
Bray, Mrs. A. E. (English literary folklorist), vii–xiv passim, 38, 52, 55, 94
Bread: saint’s, restored when eaten, 75; used in harvest rite, 40–43 passim
Bride: dies on wedding day, 88; fits glass slipper, 25; pours half-cup of tea, 100
Briggs, J. (English collector), 128
