Elves, x
Ely, 83, 111
English Dialect Society, xv
Essex, 56
Estonian tradition, 6
European tradition, 3, 26, 33, 79, 88, 89, 125, 127, 130, 133, 137, 146, 148; eastern, 64, 115, 134; northern, 6, 28, 34, 38, 39, 52, 115, 117, 120. See also specific country
Evans, E. Estyn (Irish geographer and folklorist), 136
Exorcism: of ghost by burying bones, 65–66; of ghost by Vicar, 63
Fairies: vi–xx passim; belief in as survival of primitive ideas, x; classes of, x; studied by Briggs, xviii, 37, 38; claim man at death, 36; cruel, 36; grant wishes with cruel twist, 36; hold fair, 33, 37; give gold ball, 34; punish thief, 37; reward kind farmer, 34; summoned for aid in love, 36; take greedy man, 35; take human midwife, 38
Fairy tales: as translation of “Märchen”, viii
Falconer, Mrs. (informant), xxvii, 57
Fann MacCuil (Irish hero), 29
Farmer: xxi; drunken, 125–26; hires lazy boy, 137; improves farmhands’ food, 139–40; makes silence wager, 131–32; mistakes mirror for photograph, 134–35; tricks lazy wife, 136; tried for murdering wife, 132–33–and the supernatural: argues with ox, 141; dies in open grave, 61; makes charm from heart, 96; meets ghost, 107–109; punished by fairies, 56; rewarded by fairies, 33–34; sells soul to bogey, 29; sings fields to sleep, 41; wakes fields in spring, 41–42
Farmhand: xx–xxi; lazy, 137; foolish, 137–38; relates experience in hell, 139; sings about food, 140–41
Faust, mentioned, 77
Fenmen: xxi, xxii, xxiii; bury stolen jewels, 84; form secret society, 84; protect Charles I, 84–86; protect robbers, 83
Fens, xxi, xxx, 23, 59, 81–86, 110, 111, 148
Field, John E. (English folklorist), 129
Field-work: v–xxii passim; by English colonial administrators, v; in southern Appalachians, vi; pioneered by Grimms, Asbjörnsen and Moe, viii
Finn MacCuil. See Fann MacCuil
Finnish tradition, 6, 11, 114, 116, 132, 139
Fish. See Animals
Folk-Lore Society: founded, 1878, v; published calendar customs, vi
French tradition, 78, 113, 130
French-Canadian tradition, 115, 130
German tradition, 11, 47, 52, 69, 78, 89, 113
Gervase of Tilbury, ix, 38
Ghost: exorcised, 63, 65–66; monstrous, 125; comes for living, 62; haunts house of murdering parents, 65; haunts crossroads where hanged, 98; races frightened man, 110; of Duke of Monmouth, 107–109; of hanged man, 98, 107; of headless man, 66–67; of son murdered by parents, 65; mentioned, x–xvi passim
Giant: xx; beats Devil in contest, 71–72; chases away Devil, 71; contests with Devil, 71–72, 73; dries laundry with wave of hand, 70; helps build church, 70; rescues fishing-boat, 68–69
Gipsy: curses man, 60–61
Gipsy tradition, xxv, 16, 50, 90, 125, 127
Gloucestershire, 89, 90
Gomme, Alice B. (English folklorist), 6, 27
Gomme, Sir George Laurence (English folklorist), v
Goose. See Animals
Gray, Gus (informant), 125
Gray, Reuben (informant), 127
Grave: dug by deceiving lover, 90–94;
—earth gathered by witch, 111;
—mould causes death, 62; open grave, 61–62; robbed by sexton, 89
