Noy, Dov (Israeli folklorist), 148
Nutt, Alfred (English folklorist), v
Odin, mentioned, xv
Ogre: asks riddles of travellers, 48; mentioned, x, 71. See also Bogey
Old Tup, xvi
Ox. See Animals Oxfordshire, xiii, 57, 66, 88, 99, 129, 136
Palestinian tradition, 130
Parrot: answers question in church, 117
Partridge, Eric, xxii, 140, 142, 144
Parson: answered by parrot, 117; argues with Devil, 105–106; bribes boy to lie, 118; chases witch, 111–12; reputed to be in hell, 116; term for crossroads, 125
Peacock, Mabel (English folklorist), 26
Percy, Bishop Thomas (English antiquary), v
Perthshire, xxvi, 26, 39, 67, 100, 101, 121, 123, 141, 149
Pig: as soul of murdered man, 65
Pisgies, ix, xiii. See also Pixies
Pixies: blood, 80; powerless before Sunday’s child, 51; cause mischief, 56; mentioned, ix, xiii
Poacher: shoots witch with salt, 111–12
Poland, 99
Polish-American tradition, 64
Pony: lamed by fairies, 37; meets ghost horse, 107–109; saves rider and witch from Wild Hunt, 52–54
Porter, Enid (English folklorist), xxi, xxx, 59, 81, 84
Potter, Beatrix, 47
Premiers: at gate of Heaven, 114–15
Primroses: blessed by St. Wulfric, 74; fairy flowers, 34
Protection against evil: being born on Sunday, 55; being in middle of running water, 53; criss-cross, 61; iron (horse shoes), 54. See also Religious symbols
Public house, 85, 97, 106, 125–26, 127, 135, 148
Puck, 55. See also Robin Goodfellow
Punishment, nature of: being chased by dogs, 25–26; blindness, 9, 39; blindness and eventual death, 9–10; mischief caused by pixies, 56; pony lamed, 37; taken by fairies, 35
—reason for: cruelty to girl, 25–26; disobedience and laziness, 10; greed, 35; inhospitality to pixies, 56; looking through keyhole, 9; theft from fairies, 37; use of fairy ointment, 38
Rabbit: as witch-soul is protected from hounds, 53–54; as transformed witch, 63
Radford, E. and M. A., 51, 61
Randolph, Vance (American folklorist), 27, 56, 64
Raven, James (informant), 116
Red Sea: spirits banished to, 47–48
Religious symbols: criss-cross, 61; criss-cross of salt, 29, 46; criss-cross on donkey’s back, 50; cross causes conception, 77–78
Reward, nature of: daughter in marriage, 4; information, 7; money, fine clothes, 9–10; sight restored, 9–10; silver mug and lumps of gold, 34
—reason for: kindness, 7; kindness to fairies, 33–34; kindness to fish, 9; rescue from thieves, 3; partial obedience, 9
Riddles: asked by ogre, 47; asked of treacherous lover, 93; riddle-tale, xvii
Rites: cider given to Apple-Tree Man, 45, 47; for good harvest, 40–42; for help from fairies, 35–36. See also Charms
Roberts, Warren E. (American folklorist), 6
