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Cnstoms, once identical, in Western
Isles and in Ireland, ii. 475.
Cutting oil' one side of hair and beard,
punishment of, ii. 474.
Cymbeline, the, of Shakspeare, ii. 13.
Dan an Dearg (Song of the Red), music
of, iii. 51.
Danan, the people of, ii. 80.
Dauee of Death, the, iv. 58.
Dancing in circles, practice of, iv. 315.
Danish Tales, i. xlviii.
Darthula, story of, iv. 45, 46, 113, 279.
Dasent, G. W., translator of Norse
Tales, i. xlv., 61, 101, 352; ii. 257,
260, 292. See Norse Tales.
Daughter, The, of the Skies, i. 202-207.
Daughter, The, of King Underwaves,
iii. 403-420.
D'Aulnoy, Countess, i. xlviii. ; iii. 406.
Debtors, mode of torturing, ii. 14, 15.
De Galles, Perceval, iv. 291.
Decameron, the, of Boccaccio, i. 130,
154 ; ii. 13.
Deed of fosterage, Gaelic, iv. 74.
Deer, ii. 46, 109.
Deer-stalking, i. Ixxxviii. ; deer-herds
in Lapland, ciii.-cvi.
Demons, ii. 101.
Design, Celtic style of, iii. 123, 287,
398. See Illustrations.
De Troyes, Chrestien, iv. 261, 275.
Devonshire piskies, ii. 71.
Dewar, John, i. xxv., cxxxiv. ; iv. 129,
296 ; letter from, iv. 215.
Diana and the Sacred Hind, ii. 435.
Diarmaid, i. xxxiv., xl., Ixxi. ; ii. 186 ;
the poem so called, ii. 473 ; iii. 44 ;
iv. 134-136.
Diai-maid and Grainne, the hero and
heroine of many Gaelic myths,
stories, poems, etc. , iii. 36-90 ; iv.
32, 262 ; extensive ramifications of
the tale of Diarmaid, iii. 89.
Diarmaid and the boar, iii. 36.
Diarmaid, The Lay of. See Lay.
Divona (river-god), ii. 134.
Dogs, in traditional tales, 1 bcxxix.-
xci., 200, 211; in Lapland camps,
civ.-cvii.
Donald, King, iv. 37.
Donkeys, i. 191, 229.
Douglas, Gavin, Bishop of Dunkeld,
a Scottisli poet, iv. 59.
Dreams, i. cxix., cxx.
Dress, Celtic, iv. 365 ; evidence of its
antiquity, 368, et seq., 379 ; plaids
and kilts, 376-381 ; cuts illustrative
of, 373, 377, 378. (See note 1, p. 479.
Dress of thongs, i. 21.
Drift-wood, analogy between, and po-
pular tales, i. xvii.-xix., Ixi., IxiL
Druidical temples of Scotland, iv. 401.
Druids, i. lix., xciii., 212 ; ii. 352, 360,
370 ; iii. 23, 191 ; iv. 294-296, 385,
Drummond's Ancient Irish Minstrel-
sy, iv. 17.
Dublin Gaelic Society, iv. 99, 109. See
Ossianic Society of Dublin.
Duin, the (Campbell.s), ii. 36.
Dunbar, William, the Scottish poet,
iv. 52, 54-58.
Dunstaffnage MS., iv. 71.
Dupplin, illustration from a sculp-
tured cross at, iv. 25.
Dyes for tartan, iv. 366-368.
Each uisge, i. bcxxvi. ; ii. 194.
Eagles, i. 249, 277.
Easaid Ruadh, the young king of, i.
1-11 ; other versions, 18-24 ; other
tales which resemble this, 22.
Eastern origin of Gaelic popular tales,
i. Ixiv., Ixvi., cxiii. ; iv. 305-307,
327.
Eastern worship of wells, ii. 135.
Earse and Irish, iv. 17, 20, 61.
" Edda," the, ii. 292, 370, 434 ; iv. 338.
Eels, ii. 370.
Eggs of snakes, ii. 369.
Egyptian deities, i. 23 ; iv. 323-325.
Eirinn, i. xlii., Ixix. ; ii. SO.
Elibank, Lord, iv. 108.
Elks, ii. 107-109 ; iv. 168, 169.
Ellis, Mr. George, his " Early English
Metrical Romances," iv. 259.
Elves, ii. 55.
Encyclopaedia, Gallovidian, ii. 369.
English opinions, current, on Ossian's
Poems, iv. 8.
Europe, its western coast the chief
receptacle of old traditions, and
why, i. xvi. , xvii.
Eye, an, in the back of the head, il.
291.
Fables, i. 267-280 ; iii. 90-101.
Fàclian, a, cut illustrative of, iv. S26.
Faiiiesoluis, poem of, referred to, iii.
399.
Fair Chief, tale of the, ii. 410-425 ; iii.
393.
Fairhair, Harold, iv. 40.
Fairies, " Perish," i. liii., Ixxvi., cIL-
cix., cxvi. ; dwellings of, ci., cii..