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M.

Mab, 14

Mabinogion, the, 5, 14, 91

Magic Carpet, 164 " Harp, 95

Maidens' Lake, the, 47

Maid's Trick, the, 302

Making Christ's Bed, 267

Mallt y Nos, the, 215

Marget yr Yspryd, 165

Mari Lwyd, the, 256

Marketing on Tombstones, 280

Marriage Customs, 306

May-day Customs, 274

Meddygon Myddfai, Legend of the, 38

Melerius, the Legend of, 192

Melusina, the Welsh, 381

Memorials of Arthur, 369

Men of Ardudwy, the Legend of the, 47

Merlin the Enchanter, as a Stone Remover, 371 " " " and the Red Dragon, 393 " an Early Myth, viii.

Mermaids, 35, 47

Merthyr, the Rector of, cited, 3

Methodists, Banishers of Fairies, 6

Mid-Lent Sunday, 266

Midsummer Eve, 277

Milford Haven, the Fairies at, 9

Milk from Fountains, 356

Milk-white Milch Cow, Legend of the, 37

Mine Goblins, 24

Miner's Wraith, the, 215

Mirage, 173

Moel Arthur, the Treasure-Chest of, 388

Moelfre Hill, the Women of, 376

Mol Walbec the Giantess, 370

Monacella's Lambs, 162

Money thrown in Wells, 354

Morgan, Born of the Sea, 47

Morgana, 7

Mothering Sunday, 266

Mountain Ash, the Three Rods of, 210 " the Old Woman of the, 49

Mourning in Lent, 266

Music in Welsh Fairy Tales, 91, 98

Myfyr Morganwg, 277

Mystic Wells, 345

N.

Nadolig, 286

Names of Welsh Fairies, 12

Nant yr Ellyllon, 79

Narberth in Mythic Story, 198, 234

New Year's Day Customs, 252

Night Fiend, the, 215

Nights for Spirits, the Three, 280

Nis, the, 186

Noises, Mysterious, on Barry Island, 353

North Wales, Fairyland in, 5

Nos Calan Gauaf, 280

O.

Oaks, Superstitions concerning, 105

Odin's Spear, 395

Offrwm, the, 332

Old Woman of the Mountain, 49 " " " Torrent, 216

Origins of Fairies, 127 " " the Devil, 210 " " Death Omens, 245 " " Customs, 251 " " Spirits, 247 " " Mystic Well Superstitions, 359 " " Superstitions regarding Stones, 383 " " Dragons, 395

Owen Lawgoch and his Enchanted Men, 392

Owl's Screech a Death Omen, 213

P.

Palm Sunday Customs, 266

Pant Shon Shenkin, the Legend of, 75

Pant-y-Madoc, the Gwyllgi of, 170

Pant-y-Saer, the Treasure-Hunter of, 389

Parc-y-Bigwrn, the Cromlech of, 382

Parson's Penny, 332

Pebble-Tossers, Gigantic, 370

Pembrokeshire a Land of Mystery, 10

Peredur, the Legend of, 202, 366

Phantom Horseman, the, 174 " Ships and Islands, 173

Pigmies, 24

Pins in Enchantment, 354

Place of Strife, the Legend of the, 59

Plant Annwn, 34

Planting Weeds on Graves, 298 " Flowers on Graves, 299, 336

Plentyn-newid, the, 56

Plygain, the, 294

Poetico-Religious Theory of Fairies' Origin, 134

Polly Williams and the Fairies, 81

Polyphemus, the Welsh, 179, 202

Pontypridd, Druidic Ceremonies at, 277

Preacher and Bwbach, the, 30

Prolific Woman, Legend of the, 133

Pronunciation of Welsh Words, Preface

Propitiation of Goblins, 12, 114

Psyche, 86

Puck, the Welsh, 20

Puzzling Jug, the, 283

Pwca'r Trwyn, Account of, 187 " " chastises a Servant Girl, 22 " " travels in a Jug, 118 " " a Proscribed Noble, 128 " " was it a Fairy, 190

Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed, 234

Q.

Quintain, the, 284, 313

Quoits, Arthur's, 370

R.

Ravens, Cave of the, 389

Realistic Theory of Fairies' Origin, 129

Red Book of Hergest (Llyfr Coch), 5 " Fairies, the, 127 " Lady of Paviland, the, 386

Rhamanta, 302

Rhitta Gawr, the Giant, 372

Rhys and Llewellyn, the Story of, 70

Rice at Weddings, 314

Richard the Tailor, 160

Rip Van Winkle, the Original of, 89

Robber's Stone, the, 376

Rocking Stone, Superstitions concerning, 378

Rowli Pugh and the Ellyll, 15

S.

Sabbath-breakers Turned to Stone, 376

Sacred Wells, 345

Sagranus Stone, the, 375

Sailors' Superstitions, 9

St. Barruc's Well, 352

St. Ceyna, the Legend of, 377

St. Clement's Day, 284

St. Collen, the Legend of, 7

St. Cynfran's Well, 351

St. Cynhafal's Well, 351

St. David the Introducer of Death Portents into Wales, 245 " his Day, 259 " his Legendary Character, 260

St. Dogmell's Parish, 69, 273

St. Dwynwen's Well, 350

St. Elian's Well, 355

St. George's Well, 351

St. Gwenfrewi, the Legend of, 347

St. Gwynwy's Well, 353

St. Illtyd's Well, 357

St. John's Eve, 277

St. Mary's Well, 346

St. Melangell's Lambs, 162

St. Patrick and the Elfin Dames, 35 " a Welshman, 264 " his Day, 264

St. Samson and the Dragon, 392

St. Tegla's Well, 329, 349

St. Tydecho's Blue Stone, 367

St. Ulric's Day, 279

St. Valentine's Day, 259

St. Winifred's Well, 346

Salt at Funerals, 328

Sanford's Well, 358

Scapegoat, the, 329

Science, the Marvels of, 248

Seeing the Sun Dance, 273

Serpents Turned to Stones, 377

Seven Whistlers, the, 213

Sgilti Yscawndroed, the Lightfooted, 164

Shakspeare, his use of Welsh Folk-Lore, 14, 44 " his Visit to Wales, 20

Shepherds of Cwm Llan, the Legends of the, 121

Shoe-throwing, 314

Shon ap Shenkin, the Story of, 92

Showmen's Superstitions, 255

Shrove Tuesday, 265

Shui Rees and the Fairies, 67

Sin-eater, the, 324

Sion Cent the Magician, 203

Skulls, 145

Sleeping Saints, the, 73 " Heroes, Legends of, 162, 392

Snake Stone, the, 278

Soul, its Future Destiny, 249

Souls of Dogs, 167

Sowling, 258

Spade Money, 333

Spectral Animals, 167

Spirit Fountain, the, 178 " Life, the Question of a, 249 " Nights, the Three, 280 " World, Laws Governing the Welsh, 148

Spirits' Antics, 180

Spiritual Hunting Dogs, 235

Spiritualism, 139

Spitting at the Name of the Devil, 209

Stanley, Hon. W. O., cited, 19, 115

Stone-throwing Spirits, 180, 185

Stone-tossing Giants, 370

Stone-worship, 361

Stone of Invisibility, the, 365 " " Remembrance, the, 366 " " Golden Gifts, the, 366

Stones, Curious Superstitions concerning, 361 " at Cross-roads, 368 " of Healing, 367

Storms, Baleful Spirits of, 385

Stripping the Carpenter, 284

Suicides, Superstitions concerning, 146, 331

Sul Coffa, 335

Summoning Spirits, 199

Supernatural, What is the, 248

Superstition, its Degree of Prevalence, 138, 251 " in the United States, 139, 252

Sweethearts' Charms, 302

T.

Taff's Well, 358

Taffy ap Sion, the Shoemaker's Son, Legend of, 75

Tailor Magician of Glanbran, the, 200

Taliesin, the Tale of, 88 " his Dragon, 394

Talking Stone, the, 364

Tan-wedd, the, 213

Teetotallers, Fairy Antipathy to, 6

Teir-nos Ysprydnos, 280

Terrors of the Brute, Creation at Apparitions, 171

Teulu, the, 231

Thief-catching Stone, the, 366

Thigh Stone, the, 363

Thomas, Rev. Dr., cited, 300

Thor's Hammer, 395

Three Blows, the Story of the, 40 " Losses by Disappearance, the, 9 " Nights for Spirits, the, 280

Throwing at Cocks, 265

Thunder and Lightning as a Death Omen, 213

Toads and Warts, 352

Tolaeth, the, 225

Tolling the Bell, 340

Tooling, 258

Toriad y Dydd, 125

Transformation of Human Beings to Animals, 167, 381 " " " Stone, 374, 376

Transportation through the Air, 157, 163

Trichrug, the Giant of, 371

Tricking the Diawl, 203

Tridoll Valley Ghost, the, 181

Tudur of Llangollen, the Story of, 79

Tump of Lies, the, 273

Twelfth Night Customs, 256

Tylwyth Teg, the, 12

U.

Unknowable, the, 138

Unlucky Days, 268