Leather, Ella (English folklorist), xviii
Legends: viii–xxviii passim; long studied by English folklorists, viii; as survivals of primitive beliefs, x; distinguished from other folktales, xxvi–xxvii; modern, xxviii; 33–102
Legge, Chafer (informant), 84 Leighton, Darwin (informant), 139
Lillo, George (English dramatist), 64
Lincolnshire, xv, xviii, xxiii, 26, 39, 47, 66, 90, 97
Lion. See Animals Lithuanian tradition, 3, 149
London, 67, 101 Lund, Neils M. (informant), 121
MacDougall, James (Scottish folklorist), 55–56
McPhee, Jimmy (informant), 26
Magic objects: bell, stops storms, 78; cannonball of Sir Francis Drake, 94; drum of Sir Francis Drake, 94; fairy ointment, 38; fairy ring, 51; mirror, 3; primrose, fairy flower, 34; wishing coat, 18ff.
Magical occurrences: animals talk on Christmas Eve, 45–46; Apple-Tree Man reveals treasure, 45–46; bleeding corpse reveals murderer, 97–98; charmed ox causes apple trees to flourish, 45; fairy rock opened by primrose, 34; food eaten is restored, 75; horse’s leg taken off for reshoeing, 79; spirit-horse travels swift as thought, 78; witch’s money disappears at her death, 59. See also Transformations
Marchant, N. (informant), 56
Märchen: v–xxii, xxiii–xxvi; characteristics of, viii; few found in England, vi; introduced by formula, xvi; localized, xvii–xviii; survivals of primitive beliefs in, x; translated as “fairy tales”, viii
Mark Twain, xxi, 49, 148–49
Marriage, 10, 12, 26, 36, 87–88, 95, 101
Marryat, Frederick, 29
Masefield, John, 52
Memorat, xx
Merlin, xxiv–xxv, 77
Mermaids. See Sea-morgan
Mills, Mrs. Madeline (informant), 100
Milton, xxv
Mirror: mistaken for photograph, 134–135. See also Magic objects
Moe, Moltke (Norwegian folklorist), viii
Monmouth, James Scott, Duke of: ghost appears on anniversary of battle of Sedgemoor, 107–109
Monmouth Rebellion, xxviii, 95
Morris dance, xv
Motherwell, William, xxiii
Münchausen, Baron, 146
Name: as charm, 4–5; belief of magic in, 11; tabooed, 4–5; unusual name must be guessed, 13–16
Nash-Williams, Margaret (informant), 143
Nash-Williams, Piers (informant), 142
Nasreddin, Hodja (character in Balkan folklore), 132
Newbolt, John Henry, 94
New World tradition: 34, 125, 127, 130; Negro, 130; North American, 132; Portuguese, 130; Spanish, 130. See also Canadian, French-Canadian, Polish-American, United States, West Indian tradition
Norfolk, xxi, 133
Norsemen. See Danes
Northumberland, 16, 62, 129
Norwegian tradition, 11, 37
Nottingham, 129
