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477
472 ; iii. 44, 49, 62, 150 ; iv. 80, 100,
129, 157, 209, 224, 412.
Smith, Patrick, i. xxx., xxxiii.
Smith, The, and the Fairies, u. 47-50 ;
similar story, 85.
Smiths, tales about, i. Ixsv., lsx\-i. ;
iii. 368, 393.
Snakes and snake-charmers, i. 52 ; ii.
Solar worship, i. xcvii. ; ii. 357-360 ;
iii. 3aS, 347 ; iv. 157, 312-320, 386.
Soldiers, The Three, i. 176-183 ; other
versions, 188-192.
Son of the Scottish Yeoman. See
Yeoman.
Son of Light, iii. 263.
Song of the Red (Dan an Dearg), re-
marks on, by Mrs. MacTavish, iii.
50 ; music of, 51.
Song of the Smithy, iii. 376-386 ; notes
on, 388; other versions, 388, 390-
402.
Songs, i. xliv. ; volume of Gaelic, first
published, iv. 78.
Songs, Old Gaelic, anonymous, iv.
204-211.
Soothsaying by birds, i. xciv. ; iii.
Sorcha (Sark ? Saracen-land = Africa ?),
king of, iii 211, 216, 243, 263.
Spartan shepherds, ii. 368.
Specimens of llacPherson's Gaelic,
iv. 83-87.
Spirits, stories illustrative of the po-
pular creed as to, ii. 85-100.
" Spiritual Manifestations," ii. 72.
" Standing stones," iv. 397, et seq.
Stag-hounds, iii. 287, 295.
Step-mother story, a, iii. 421, 422.
Stewart, Alexander and Donald, their
collection of the Works of the High-
land bards published, iv. 102, 272,
412.
Stewart, Captain, of Colonsay, ii. 474.
Stewart, Grant, ii. 46, So.
Stone circles of Scotland, iv. 401.
Stone, Mr. Jerome, his translation of
Fraoch, iv. 78, 79.
Story olog}', i. x., xi. ; systematic de-
velopment of, iv. 308-313.
Straparola, i. 227-229, 266, 352; ii.
237, 263 ; iu. 412 ; iv. 277, 281, 289,
Strathmashie, MacPherson of, iv. 83,
87, 190.
Stuart, Prince Alexander, ii. 365.
Sun God, mysterious country over
which he was suj)posed to
iv. 312, 31U, 322.
Sun Goddess, ii 357-360 ; sun-worship
in Ossianlc poetry, iv. 157, 386.
Sunvrise, things done, in the High-
lands, iv. 402, 403. See Fire.
Supernatural beings (booan, fuath,
etc.), ii. 87-101 ; iv. 300-344.
Superstitions, Highland, i. cxix. ; the
best treatment for, cxxx\'. ; see also
iv. 300-346, 401-403.
Surnames derived from Fenian tradi-
tions, iv. 172.
Sutherland stories of fairies, iL 61-65.
Sword of Light, White, i. Ixsii.,
Ixxvii, 3, 24, 263 ; ii. 349, 355 ; iii. 340.
Sword-worship among the Scythians,
L Ixxiii. ; ii. 350.
Swords and guns, L Ixxvii. ; ii. 51, 349 ;
iv. 44, 168.
Table of King Arthur, iv. 403.
Tain, The, a poem, iv. 40.
Tale of a Tail, ii. 477 ; similar stories.
Tale of the Soldier, ii. 276-281 ; other
versions, 285.
Tale-reciting among the Highland pea-
santry, i. xii-xv, Ui., Ivii. ; ii. 215 ;
discoiintenanced by clergymen, i.
xxvii.
Tales, popular traditional, i. x, 227,
229; theory of their distribution,
xvi. ; how they have been regarded
by educated men, xxi.; ii.264; origin
of this collection, xxi. , xxii. ; coad-
jutors in the work, xxv. ; contrast
between, and modem book stories,
xlix., 227; narrative of a collector,
Iviii.-lx. ; garbled popular history,
cxvi. ; in what sense historical,cxvi ;
fictions founded on facts, cxix., 61 ;
ii. 93, 188, 467 ; changes in tales de-
pendent on locality, ii. 109 ; their
antiquity, 388 ; illustration of the
manner in which they are preserved,
467, 468; versification of, iv. 124-
128 ; their relation to ancient British
traditions, 259-269 ; Welsh and Gaelic
compared, 270-299 ; current opinions
as to the origin of, 300-305 ; growth
and development of, illustrated, 305-
313.
Taliesen, iv. 272, 297-299.
Tar, as a disinfectant, ii. 53.
Tartan, in Highland costume, iv. 366-
369.
Taylor, Mr., iv. 129.