Northern mythology

INDEX.
ixDAM, creation of, 1.
Afflighem, story of the monk of, 297.
Ague,153, 164,328,329,331,333,334.
Alrun, 49, 156, 157.
Altar-cup at Viol, story of the, 70.
Alvina, 268.
Amputation of a limb, charm for the,
162.
Andrew's (St.) Eve and Day, superstitions
on, 142-145, 330!
Animals, superstitions connecteJwith,
180.
Apoplexy, charms for the, 169.
April (First of), custom on the, 136.
B.
Baldwin (Count) marries a devil, 283.
Baptism, 160.
Barmgrund. See Scald-head.
Basilisk, account of the, 29.
Beacon-burning in North Friesland, 5.
Bees, death to be announced to them,
161.
Belief (Popular) Netherlandish, 328.
Bell at Coenhausen, 118.
Bell-pond, story of tlie, 118.
Bier-esel, 157.
Birds, superstitions connected with,
180.
Birth and Baptism, customs and superstitions
relative to, 160, sq.
Black School, account of the, 12.
Blood, charms to stanch, 163, 168.
Bone from the churchyard, 333.
Breast-hone of a goose, 183.
Bride, superstition concerning a, 328,
330.
Brooms bound in the Twelfths, their
virtues, 151.
Burn, charms for a, 167.
BUsemaun, 48.
C.
Calves, riding on, 235.
Candlemas, superstitions relating to,
134, 330.
Card-players, anecdote of, 4.
Cat, the devil's, 18; Cats of Stockhem,
236 ; superstitions relating to,
328,331.
Changelings, stories of, 43-45 ; must
be swept out, 157.
Chess with the devil, 291.
Chimken, 49.
Christmas, customs and superstitions
of, 145-149, 329, 330.
Clairmarais, convent of, 291.
Clover, sui)erstition of a four-lobed,
184, 329.
Coach (The bloody) at Antwerp, 290.
Communion Cup at Viul, 70.
Corn-stealing, 277.'
Cowls hung on sunbeams, 269.
Cows speak on New Year's eve, 7.