Aberdeenshire,60Adder-stone, (serpent's-egg badge),11,27Ailill,36-38,39Ale,80,103All Hallows Eve,29,88,102,106. See alsoHallowe'enAll Saints',4,29-30,110,118,126All Souls',4,30-31,98-99,106,110,113,118,142,144Alphabet,96,160,166-167America,149,153Anaxarete,24Angus,36,38-39Ankou,109,115Apollo,1,129,134Apparitions. SeeGhostsApples,23,26,50-53,72,77-78,92,95,103-104,106-107,115,120,149,155,157-158,161,162,164,166Apple-island,85Apple-seeds,92-93,158-159Arabs,147Ariel,87Armorica,108Arthur, King,84,108Ash-tree,63,105,122,137;berries of,29Ashes,56,60,68,83Augury. SeeOmensAugust, Roman festival in,25-26August first, Celtic festival of,15Augustus,27Avilion (Avalon),84-85,107Ayrshire,68Baal,8,12-13,17Baal-fire,12Baldur,120-121Balmoral,61Barra,79Bats,134,152,155Bay-leaves,170Bean,94Bedivere,84Belgian,144Beltaine,12,79Bells,99,111,116,118,132,137,142,154Benevento,131Bergen,130Black,156Black sheep,17,50Black sow,102"Black vespers,"113Blindfolded seekers,33,70,73,77-78,83,160Blocksberg,130,141Boats,146,163Bochica,1Bonfires,3,8-9,12,13,17,21,50,59-61,101-102,125;to light through Purgatory,31,106;to protect from evil,29,101Boniface,29Border, Scottish,62,81,111Bretons,99,110-111Briar,57Briar-Rose,125Bride,36Britain,5-6,27,87,109,111British Isles,5,107,109,126Brittany,108-109,142,145,166Brynhild,124Buchan,59Button,156,164Cabbages,53-54,70-72,77,95,104,164,168-169Cadwallo, King,104Caer,38Cæsar,5-8,109Cake,13,33,79,97-98,103,144,145,156Callcannon,51Canada,167Candlemas Day,88Candles,50,53,55,59,69,80,95-96,99,112,118,145,155,158,163Cardiganshire,102Carnutes,109Cat,11,49,66,68,134,152,155,164Catskill Mts.,150Celtic twilight,58Celts, classes of,5;beliefs,6,15,18,30,33,79,82,107-110,124,125,142;characteristics of,115,119Cemeteries,54-55,113-114,142Changelings,35-36,86Charms. SeeOmensChartrain,109Cherokees,3Chinese,145Christ,4-5,27,119Christian religion,3,27-31,50,59,83,101,109,126,129;in Britain,27,129;in Ireland,42;in Brittany,109;in Scandinavia,126Christmas,3,97,110,154Church,3-4,30-31,80,89,113,118,143,144;festivals,3Circle,8Claudius,27Cluny,30Coel Coeth,101Coins,51-52,72,156Colonies,149Columb Kill. SeeSt. ColombaConnaught,35Continent,3,118Corn,138;-stalks,155Cornwall,85,108Creed,55Crom Croich (Cruaich),20-21Cross, sun-symbol,8;Christian,29,42,63,137;-roads,65,103,137Cruachan,35,37Cuchulain,41-42,84Cuckoos,134,139-140Cyniver,105,168Dagda,39Dahut,111Dance,3,44,56,61,67,80,81-82,103,106,126,133Danann. SeeTuatha De DanannDanu,20Dathi,43Dead,19-20,30,37,98-99,109-117,129,142et seq.;return,4,99,107,114-117,145,146,149;disturbed by weeping,117,145Death,10,112,156;Lord of. See Saman.Samhain associated with,20-21,30-31;prophesied,52,57,60,65,83,102,106Decoration of graves,118,144Delphi,129,134Derbyshire,99Deux-Sèvres,109Devil,43,50,55,57,66-68,89,102,133-135,140Dew,136,139Dietrich von Bern,131Dishes,73,83,104,165,168Dispater,109Dissatisfied,39-40,57-58,132,141Djinns,147-148Doll, wax,151Dolmens,110Dorsetshire,99Dovrefeld,130Dragon,145Dreams,140;prophetic,14,57,79,165,169Drink,57,79Druid, meaning,6-7;draught,42;festivals,11,26,101;lamps,73;stone,11;stones,110;wand,7;-fire,50,166Druids,9-11,29,42-43,92,103,109-110,122-123,126;as priests,5-6;powers of,7,27"Drus,"6Dumb-cake,80,168Dwarfs,110Earth,54,83,165Edane,47. See alsoEtainEdda,124Egg,165,167;white of,77-78,168;-shells,36Egyptian beliefs,1,18Eichstatt,136Elder,123,137Elizabeth, Queen,99Elm,63Elves,121,149,152Emer,42England,87,89,97,99,106,108,119,144English,149Eochaidh,39-40Episcopalians,30Eriskay,81Etain,39-40Ethal,38Europe,87,130,135,142,145Excalibur,84Exorcism,9,29,42Fagots,96,169Fairies,6,44,46,49,61-65,81-82,84-85,96,103,107,110,149Fand,41-42Fates,89,123,134Feast, of dead,116,143;of poor,144Feng-Shin,145Feralia,114Fern,14,59Finistère,110,117Fir Bolgs,20Fire,21,23,45,123-125;-god,120;spirits of,147Fires,11,17,28-29,50,52,101,109, 112. See alsoBonfiresFlamina,25Flour,52,57,154,158Flowers,118,144Fomor,20,35Footprints,57,60,83"Forced-fire,"17Fort Worth,170Forts, fairy,37,44,46France,108,110,112,118,131,142Franks,111"Free-night,"141,154Freya,120,127,129,131,134"Furious Host,"131Future, questions about,34,69Gabriel Ratchets,90Gaul,5-6,27,109,119Germans,119Germany,130,131,134,136,144Ghosts,49,63,69,76-77,88,116,127,144,146,152, 155. See alsoDeadGlass,10-11,96,166Gnomes,48Goat,67-68,134Goblin,35-36,61,64,149,153Gods of Ireland. SeeTuatha De Danann"Good Neighbors,"63"Good People," 45,49Goths,119Grallon,111Great Britain. SeeBritainGreek,1,5,6,30,85,120Gregory,29-30Guleesh,46Gunnar,124Hair,77,96,138,166-167Hallowe'en,3-4,35,43,46,49-50,61,64-66,68,72,79,81,85,89,90,95-96,99,103,105,106,112,129,138,140,142,144,149,152,154,164,165,170;pagan,3,21;charms at,26,33,53,56;born on,54,62Hallowe'en, poem,70,168Hansel and Grethel,134Hares,135Hartz Mts.,130Harvest,3-4,15,17,25,30-31,34,59,69,97,106,112,137,155Hawthorn,123,137Hazel,85Hearts,156Hebrides,79Hel,122,131Hemp,14,33,53,74Henry VIII,99Henry Hudson,150Herbs,46-47,53,66,126,129-130Herne the Hunter,90Herodotus,5Hesperides,85Highlands,59,65,77Hodur,121Holda,131-132,136Holiday,61Hollow Land,41Holly,63Hoop,157Horselberg,131Horseshoes,138,152Horus,1Husking-bees,3Iceland,125Idun,120Immortality,10,85,107,120Indians,3,145,150Invocation,21,92Iona,50Iphis,24Ireland3,5,13,15,17,20,35,48-50,59,62,72-73,78-80,104,107,127,170;belief in fairies,6,35Irish Sea,20Iron,152Italy,119,131,142Ivy,57