Miscellaneous notes on folklore, magic, rites and customs, including prehistory, mainly India.
Various papers. Various sizes.
Handwritten, printed and typewritten. Handwritten unless stated otherwise
Abbreviations:
PRC Pandit Ramgharib Chaube
WC William Crooke
MHR M. Harbilás Ráé
Presented by Mr J.E. Crooke, 11 March 1955.
/1 Western Districts, N.W.P.: worship of Bansapti Mái, the Jungh goddess; WC. 1 p. 22.5 x 20.5 cm
/2 Chamunda Devi, a forest goddess; WC. 1 p. 9.5 x 20.5 cm. Typewritten
/3 A prayer to the Mother Earth; PRC. 2 leaves. 32 x 21 cm
/4 Earth, oath by. 1 note. 6 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/5 Saharanpur: woman’s worship of the Earth Goddess; WC. 1 note. 9 x 20.5 cm. Typewritten
/6 Eastern Panjab: earth worship; PRC. 1 note. 6 x 20.5 cm. Typewritten
/7 Taking food from the hands of a barren woman; PRC. 1 note. 4.5 x 20.5 cm. Typewritten
/8 Barrenness. 1 p. 14 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/9 Panjab: a charm for barrenness. 1 p. 33 x 21 cm
/10 Mantra Ishwaro báchá; PRC. 1 p. 29.5 x 20.5 cm
/11 Marriage ritual. 1 note. 7.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/12 Marriage rite. 1 note. 7 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/13 Marriage rites. 1 note. 6 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/14 Kalmuki-marriage. 2 notes. 4 x 20.5 cm (note 1), 16.5 x 20.5 cm (note 2).
/15 Marriage rights. 1 p. 12.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/16 Mother-in-law. 1 note. 3 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/17 Mother-in-law taboo. 1 p. 29 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/18 Taboo of mother-in-law. 2 pp. 19.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/19 Taboo of relations. 2 pp. 25.5 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/20 Marriage of the dead. 1 p. 25.5 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/21 On some Behari customs and practices; by Sarat Chandra Mitra. Leaves 1-10, pp. 11-14. 22.5 x 14 cm
/22 The Tesu rite. 1 p. 14 x 20.5 cm. Typewritten
/23 Tesu or Tensu songs. 5 leaves. 14 x 20.5 cm. (leaf 1), 33 x 20.5 cm. (leaves 2-4), 17 x 20 cm. (leaf 5)
/24 Children’s teeth; PRC. 17.5 x 20 cm
/25 Children lulled to sleep… 1 note. 3 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/26 Rural games: hide and seek; PRC. 1 note. 4 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/27 Children’s games; PRC. 1 note. 7.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/28 The umbilical cord; WC. 1 p. 17.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/29 Infant miraculously strong. 1 note. 6 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/30 Hardwar: a children’s bugaboo. 1 note. 4.5 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/31 Descent in the female line. 1 note. 6 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/32 Mother kinship. 1 note. 9 x 20.5 cm. Typewritten
/33 The maternal aunt and wife of the elder brother. 1 note. 3.5 x 21.5 cm. Typewritten
/34 Miscarriage: charms against. 1 note. 3.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/35 Charm to prevent miscarriage. 1 p. 14.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/36 Egungun. 1 p. 10.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/37 Ploughing with asses; W. Lrvoice? 1 p. 23 x.20 cm
/38 Advance of view? 33 slips pasted on 4 pp. 24.5 x 18.5 cm
/39 [List of subjects]. 2 leaves. 26 x 20.5 cm. (leaf 1), 24.5 x16 cm (leaf 2)
/40 On killing a cow… 1 note. 15 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/41 Cow worship. 1 note. 3.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/42 Hardwar: worship of cattle; WC. 1 note. 7 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/43 Atonement for killing a cow; WC. 1 p. 13 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/44 The Gangaur ceremony; PRC. 1 p. 19 x 20 cm
/45 The respect for the cow; PRC. 1 p. 34 x 21 cm
/46 Hardwar: use of milk; PRC. 1 note. 7 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/47 Prejudice against milk. 1 note. 7.5 x 20.5 cm. Typewritten
/48 Anointing of bride and bridegroom. 1 note. 5 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/49 Perambulation of sacred cities; PRC. 1 note. 8.5 x 19.5 cm. Typewritten
/50 Anjana Devi: worship of; WC. 1 note 6 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/51 Precautions during pregnancy of a wife; PRC. 1 slip. 3.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/52 Pregnancy custom. 1 note. 5 x 18.5 cm
/53 Pregnancy rites. 1 p. 12 x 19 cm. Typewritten
/54 Proper time for making a baby commence chewing betel. 1 p. 21 x 17 cm
/55 Birth rite. 2 pp. 18.5 x 21 cm. (p.1), 8 x 21 cm. (p.2). Typewritten
/56 Birth impurity. 1 note. 3 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/57 Circumcision. 4 leaves. Various sizes. Typewritten (leaves 2-4)
/58 Childbirth. 1 note. 7 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/59 Umbilical cord cutting. 1 note. 7 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/60 Weaning of babies; PRC. 1 p. 12.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/61 Couvade. 5 leaves. Various sizes. Typewritten (leaves 4-5), printed (leaf 3)
/62 Prostitution of wives. 1 p. 19 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/63 Prostitutes’ sons. 1 note. 5 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/64 Panjab, Amritsar. 1 p. 24.5 x 10 cm
/65 Vowing to give children to Faqirs; Pandit Ram Lal. 1 p. 9 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/66 Passing children through the fire. 2 notes. 5.5 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/67 Fire passing through. 2 pp. 16 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/68 Lighting a fire from a lamp; PRC. 1 note. 3 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/69 Fire caused by trees rubbing against each other. 1 note. 3 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/70 Fire making. 2 leaves. 8.5 x 21 cm (leaf 1), 18 x 21 cm (leaf 2). Typewritten
/71 Fire, creation of. 1 note. 3 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/72 Fire production. 1 note. 6 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/73 Site, selection of. 1 note. 7 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/74 Stones from the Hill of Gollardhan; PRC. 1 note. 8.5 x 20,5 cm. Typewritten
/75 The Salagráma stone; Pandit Ram Lal Dube. 1 note. 4 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/76 Animism. 1 note. 11 x 10.5 cm
/77 Baitulia. 1 note. 2.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/78 Magic stones. 1 p. 16 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/79 Millstone. 1 note. 5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/80 Flint weapons. 1 note. 9.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/81 Strangers, burial of. 1 p. 11 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/82 Straw: superstitions regarding. 1 note. 3 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/83 Taboos. 9 pp., [p.4, 6, 8 blank]. 20.5 x 11 cm (pp. 1-2), 25.5 x 20 cm (pp. 3-4), 31 x 20 cm (pp. 5-6), 23 x 15.5 cm (pp. 7-8), 20 x 8 cm (p.9)
/84 Sin eating. 5 pp., [p. 4 blank]. 20.5 x 11.5 cm (pp. 1-2), 26.5 x 20.5 cm (pp. 3-4), 27 x 21 cm (p.5)
/85 Deluge. 1 p. 17.5 x 10 cm
/86 Oronga antelope. 1 note. 15 x 10 cm
/87 Deer’s antlers. 1 note. 4 x 10 cm
/88 Deer worship. 1 note. 4.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/89 Deer sacred. 1 note. 4 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/90 Antelopes may not be killed. 1 note. 4 x 10 cm
/91 Superstition about the cucumber; PRC. 1 p. 12.5 x 20 cm
/92 Saharanpur: cattle godlings; WC. 1 note. 6 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/93 Todas: diaries. 1 note. 9 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/94 Cattle disease. 1 note. 9.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/95 An encounter with a demon. 1 p. 18.5 x 20 cm
/96 Milk, rules regarding; PRC. 1 note. 3 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/97 Sacred cattle. 1 note. 5.5 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/98 [7 slips attached to 1 p.] 27 x 15.5 cm
/99 Cairns. 2 pp. 32.5 x 20 cm
/100 Cairn of mockery? 1 p. 27 x 20.5 cm
/101 Stone implements. 2 pp. 32.5 x 20 cm
/102 Stone monuments. 3 pp. 32.5 x 20 cm. [with] 1 note attached to p.3. 18 x 8.5 cm
/103 Local history: Hisâr, Panjâb; PRC. 21 leaves. 34 x 21.5 cm (leaves 1-20), 33.5 x 20 cm (leaf 21)
/104 [Subject index with references]: date náuratri, autumn equinox – dates for Durga Puja. 20 leaves. Various sizes
/105 [Subject index with references]: ethnography, map India – Gondhal dance? 11 leaves. Various sizes
/106 Meteorites, a crolith. 1 p. with 1 slip attached. 15 x 11 cm
/107 Copper age. 7 leaves, numbered 1-4. 25.5 x 20 cm
/108 Pitmarks. 2 pp. 25 x 20 cm
/109 Magical drawings. 1 p. 25.5 x 20 cm
/110 [Dates of festivals]. 1 p. 21.5 x 9 cm
/111 ‘Five pebbles of quartzite…’ 1 p., text and 1 pasted slip. 15 x 20.5 cm
/112 [Subject index]. 1 p. 16 x 11.5 cm
/113 Anthill. 1 note. 4 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/114 Werewolf. 1 note. 7 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/115 ‘The monster skeleton of the Husaini Machhi…’ 1 p. 10.5 x 20 cm
/116 Whistling. 2 notes. 2 x 20 cm (note 1); 11 x 21 cm (note 2). Typewritten
/117 House consecration. 4 pp. 25.5 x 20.5 cm
/118 Finger, offering, North West Canada. 1 p. 12.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/119 The little finger. 1 p. 10.5 x 21 cm, 2 notes, 4 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/120 Little finger, sacrifice. 1 p. 13.5 x 20.5 cm. Typewritten
/121 Toe. 1 note. 5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/122 [Fingers]. 4 pp. 25.5 x 20.5 cm
/123 Pointing with fingers. 1 p. 25.5 x 20.5 cm
/124 Toes. 1 p. 25.5 x 20 cm
/125 Thumb. 1 note. 7 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/126 Finger. 3 slips attached to 1 p. 23 x 12 cm
/127 Ramlila, Ramnaumi. 5 slips attached to 1 p. 16.5 x 20 cm
/128 Hindusation of aborigines. 1 p. 26.5 x 20 cm
/129 Folklore of colours. 4 slips attached to 1 p. 25.5 x 20 cm
/130 Sacrifices at dolmens. 3 pp., numbered 2. 25 x 20 cm
/131 Lingam. 5 slips pasted on 1 p. 27 x 19 cm
/132 ‘… cave-man was in habit of bringing their dead…’ l p. 26 x 21 cm
/133 Cairns on heights. 2 pp. 25 x 20 cm
/134 Tylor on Tasmania. 1 p. 25 x 20 cm
/135 Palaeolithic and Neolithic culture. 1 p., text and 1 pasted slip. 25 x 20 cm
/136 Fertility cults at dolmen. 5 pp., text and 1 pasted note. 25.5 x 20 cm
/137 Snake cult. 1 p. 25.5 x 20 cm
/138 Dolmens and wells. 1 p. 25.5 x 20 cm
/139 Dolmens and trees. 1 p. 25.5 x 20 cm
/140 Cenotaph. 1 p. 25.5 x 20 cm
/141 Phallic magic. 1 p. 25.5 x 20 cm
/142 Barrow construction. 1 p. 25.5 x 20 cm
/143 Sun observations. 1 p. 25.5 x 20 cm
/144 Ruddle. 6 pp., text and 3 pasted slips. 25 x 20 cm
/145 Perforated stones. 1 p., text and 3 pasted slips. 25.5 x 20 cm
/146 Creeping under dolmens and stones. 2 leaves. 25.5 x 20 cm
/147 Sleeping under dolmen. 1 p., text and 1 pasted slip. 25.5 x 20 cm
/148 The virtues of goats’ horn: PRC. 1 p. 17 x 19 cm
/149 Drum sacred. 2 leaves. 14 x 21 cm (leaf 1), 23.3 x 20 cm (leaf 2) Typewritten
/150 Standing stones. 1 p. 25.5 x 20 cm
/151 Dwarf race of dolmen builders. 1 p. 25.5 x 20 cm
/152 Cross. 2 notes. 3 x 21 cm (note 1), 4 x 21 cm (note 2). Typewritten
/153 Western districts, N.W.P.: the cuckoo; PRC. 1 p. 26 x 20 cm
/154 Sacred alligators; PRC. 1 note. 3.5 x 21 cm Typewritten
/155 Crocodile worship. 1 note. 6.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/156 Horns of goats. 1 p. 16 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/157 Youngest best. 1 p., text and 1 attached note. 20 x 16 cm
/158 Washing, dressing idols. 3 pp., text and 7 attached slips. 20.5 x 16 cm
/159 Demon witch suckling child. 1 p., text and 1 attached note. 20.5 x 16 cm
/160 [References]. 6 leaves. 20.5 x 16 cm
/161 Swan maidens. 1 p., text and 4 attached slips. 20.5 x 16 cm
/162 Krishna, a cattle god. 1 p. 23 x 20 cm
/163 Snakes [and dragons]. 2 pp., text and 4 attached slips. 32 x 20 cm
/164 To create snakes, a charm; PRC. L p. 34 x 21 cm
/165 Serpent love; I. Cockburn. 4 leaves. 34 x 21 cm
/166 Snakes. 1 note. 8 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/167 Snakebite, cure of. 1 note. 6.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/168 Serpents. 1 note. 8 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/169 Weather snake. 1 p. 13 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/170 A cure for snake bits; PRC. 1 p. 23.5 x 21 cm
/171 Eating snakes; PRC. 1 note. 8.5 x 20.5 cm
/172 A mode of scaring snakes [and] expelling scorpions from the house; MHR. 1 p. 22 x 20 cm
/173 The power of a snake charmer; M. Ali Ahmad. 1 p., text and 1 attached slip. 32.5 x 20 cm
/174 Hardwar: snake godlings; WC. 1 note. 7.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/175 Kanjar gypsies: snake worship; WC. I note. 5.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/176 The Cadrus or snake priests; PRC. 20 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/177 Snake worship. 3 notes. Various sizes. Typewritten
/178 Snakebite. 1 note. 5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/179 Oudh: snake worship; MHR. 2 leaves. 32 x 20 cm
/180 Snake stones. 1 p. 32 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/181 Snake killing penalty. 1 note. 12 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/182 Snakebite: ashes. 1 note. 7 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/183 Eating snakes; WC. 1 note. 6 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/184 Exorcism of snake bite; PRC. 1 note. 13.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/185 Animals and plants. 1 note. 9 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/186 Snake stones. 1 note. 4.5 x 20 cm
/187 Snake. 3 notes. Various sizes. Typewritten (notes 2-3)
/188 Serpents. 2 pp., text and 2 attached slips. 22.5 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/189 Snake [and] serpent worship. 5 notes. Various sizes. Typewritten and handwritten
/190 Hardwar: a sacred dragon; WC. 1 note. 3 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/191 Water snakes; WC. 1 note. 5 x 20.5 cm. Typewritten
/192 Sacred snake at Athens. 1 note. 2.5 x 10 cm
/193 Shesha Naga, the king of the snakes; WC. 1 p. 11 x 20 cm
/194 Serpent worship; PRC. 1 note. 6 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/195 Historical Krishna. 2 pp., text and 12 attached slips. 26 x 20 cm [and] 4 notes. Various sizes
/196 Naiads, Nereids, nymphs. 4 pp. 32.5 x 20 cm
/197 Nereids. 1 p. 31 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/198 [Nymphs and Nereids]. 2 pp. Additions: 7 slips attached to p.1, 5 slips attached to p.2. 31 x 15.5 cm
/199 Dances in Central America. 1 note. 4 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/200 St. Christopher. 1 p., text and 1 attached slip. 20 x 19 cm
/201 Sungod. 3 pp., text and 1 slip attached to p. 3. 32 x 20 cm
/202 Sun astray. 1 note. 4.5 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/203 Sun noosed. 1 note. 4 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/204 Sunshine charm. 1 note. 7 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/205 Girls not allowed to see the Sun during menstruation; WC. 1 p. 12 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/206 Conception caused by the Sun; WC. 1 p. 17.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/207 The sungodling, Suraj Narayan; PRC. 1 p. 32 x 20 cm
/208 The folklore of the Sun and Moon; MHR. 1 p. 32 x 20 cm
/209 Sun worship; PRC. 1 note. 4 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/210 Sun prevented from setting. 1 note. 5.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/211 Sun worship. 1 note. 3 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/212 Staying the Sun. 1 note. 4 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/213 Sun worship. 1 p. 13 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/214 Greek sun worship. 1 p. 19.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/215 Sweeping the house at sunset; WC. 1 note. 6 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/216 Sun. 1 note. 3 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/217 Respect for the sun. 1 note. 2.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/218 Sun and moon worship. 1 note. 8.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/219 Popular prayer and legends about the Sun-god or Surya Narayan; PRC. 10 leaves. 34 x 21 cm
/220 ‘Helios in two forms…’ 2 pp. 18.5 x 10.5 cm
/221 [Helios]. 1 p. 6 slips attached to 1 p. 28.5 x 15.5 cm
/222 Black gods. 5 pp. 32 x 20 cm
/223 Meteorites – image which fell from heaven. 2 pp. 32 x 20 cm
/224 Sensations of the South, Rocamadour (Lot); [anonymous]. 1 cutting. The Speaker, 24 Sept. 1898, pp. 369-70. 32.5 x 21 cm. Printed
/225 Meteorites image. 2 pp. 17.5 x 11.5 cm
/226 ‘The Lady of Boulogne…’. 1 note. 8 x 20 cm
/227 Worship of meteorites. 2 pp. 32 x 20 cm
/228 Black madonnas. 2 pp. 32 x 20 cm
/229 The Gopis. 1 p. 32 x 20 cm
/230 Sacred dances. 2 pp., text and 1 attached slip p.2. 32 x 20 cm
/231 Swinging rite. 2 pp. 32 x 20 cm
/232 Swinging customs. 1 p. 20 x 20 cm
/233 Holi. 2 leaves. 32 x 20 cm
/234 Feast at the vernal equinox. 1 p. 32 x 20 cm
/235 Mock combats and secular rites. 4 pp. 32 x 20 cm
/236 Dragon slayers. 2 pp. 32 x 20 cm
/237 English dragons. 2 pp. 32 x 20 cm
/238 Dragon guarding springs. 1 p. 32 x 20 cm
/239 ‘In the Avesta…’ 1 p. 20 x 10.5 cm
/240 Henry N. Hutchinson to W. Crooke, 17 Jan. 1899 – wooly rhinoceros; big tortoise supporting elephant; mammoth bones give rise to legends; dragon legends; fossil reptiles in legends; to meet at folklore dinner. 3 pp. 17.5 x 11 cm
/241 [Subject index]: waterdemon – wolf demon. 4 leaves. 20.5 x 16 cm
/242 Monster bones. 2 pp. 6 notes attached to p.1, 1 note attached to p.2. 16 x 10 cm
/243 Tree worship in Greece. 1 p. 26 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/244 Tree and serpent worship. 2 leaves. 31.5 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/245 Men sprung from trees. 1 p. 13 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/246 [9 slips originally pinned to MS 131/245]. 2 pp., 7 slips attached to p. 1, 2 slips attached to p. 2. 28 x 13 cm
/247 Tree worship. 5 pp., text with 11 slips attached. 2 slips attached to p. 2, 4 slips attached to p. 3, 2 slips attached to p. 4, 3 slips attached to p. 5. 32 x 20 cm
/248 The oak, palm tree olive tree, poplar. 2 pp., text with 15 slips attached. 7 slips attached to p. 1, 8 slips attached to p. 2. 32 x 20 cm
/249 Willow. 1 p., text with 1 slip attached. 32 x 20 cm
/250 Plane tree, myrtle, magic trees, carrying branches. 2 pp., text with 1 slip attached to p. 1. 32 x 20 cm
/251 Flowers. 1 p. 32 x 20 cm
/252 Laural, a sacred tree. 1 p., text with 2 slips attached. 32 x 20 cm
/253 Tree transformation. 1 slip. 5 x 18 cm. Typewritten
/254 ‘Metamorphosis into plants…’ 1 note. 8 x 10 cm
/255 Evil eye charm; Sai fulla Khan. 1 note. 4.5 x 17 cm. Typewritten
/256 An evil eye charm; WC. 1 note. 9 x 19.5 cm. Typewritten
/257 Saharanpur: evil eye protectives; WC. 1 note. 4 x 17.5 cm. Typewritten
/258 Oudh: protection from the eclipse demon; M. Mohan Lal. 1 note. 5.5 x 20.5 cm
/259 Eclipses. 6 notes. Various sizes. Typewritten
/260 Eggs [in mythology]. 3 notes. 4.5 x 10.5 cm (note 1), 10 x 21 cm (note 2), 3 x 21 cm (note 3). Handwritten and typewritten
/261 Coral. 1 p. 11 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/262 Fans, offerings of; PRC. 1 note. 9.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/263 The Morchhal and the Chanwar; PRC. 1 note. 5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/264 Euphemistic titles for animals. 1 note. 4 x 18 cm. Typewritten
/265 Euphemism among Sakta worshippers; Babn Devi Prasád. 1 p. 15 x 20 cm
/266 Elephant worship; M. Ram Lal. 1 note. 9 x 19.5 cm. Typewritten
/267 Children’s elephant song; WC. 1 p. 21 x 14.5 cm
/268 Oudh: folklore of the elephant; PRC. 1 p. 15 x 20.5 cm
/269 Pipal tree and floods; PRC. 1 note. 3.5 x 17.5 cm. Typewritten
/270 Sacred circle. 1 note. 3 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/271 Magic circle; PRC. 1 note. 8 x 22 cm. Typewritten
/272 Curds, eating of; PRC. 1 note. 3 x 18 cm. Typewritten
/273 Bathing during a shower; Pándit Rám lál Dube. 1 slip. 3 x 17 cm. Typewritten
/274 Roads. 3 notes. 10.5 x 21 cm. (note 1), 8 x 20.5 cm. (note 2), 10 x 21 cm. (note 3). Typewritten
/275 ‘If a person suffers from nightmare or troubled dreams tie a dog’s bone…’; M. Ram Lal Dube. 1 note. 8.5 x 20 cm
/276 Hardwar, fairies; WC. 1 p. 12 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/277 Shadow. 1 note. 8.5 x 17.5 cm. Typewritten
/278 The shadow of a bed; Pandit Ram Lal Dube. 1 note. 3 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/279 Mirror, looking into. 1 note. 3.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/280 Gall bladder of a bear; WC. 1 note. 8 x 21.5 cm
/281 ‘The special seat of courage… the gall bladder…’. 1 note. 7 x 20.5 cm
/282 Folklore of the bear; WC. 1 p. 13 x 20 cm
/283 ‘Urine used as a wash’. 1 note. 3 x 10.5 cm
/284 ‘Under is adjudged the truth-letter…’. 1 p. 18.5 x 20 cm
/285 Looking into water; WC. 1 p. 20 x 20 cm
/286 A sacred tiger; WC. 1 note. 7 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/287 The folklore of the tiger or lion; M. Ram Lal Dube. 1 p. 23.5 x 19.5 cm
/288 The milky way; PRC. 1 p. 12 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/289 The first tooth of a child; WC. 1 note. 8.5 x 20 cm
/290 Ancient modes of measurement; WC. 1 note. 5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/291 The Hour of twilight; PRC. 1 note. 6.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/292 Tortoise gall. 1 note. 6 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/293 A superstition of merchants; PRC. 1 p. 12.5 x 21.5 cm
/294 A modern miracle; S.A.A. 1 newspaper cutting. Pioneer, 25 Feb. ? 13 x 7 cm. Printed
/295 Mirzapur: protection of threshing floors from demonical influence; WC. 1 p. 12 x 21.5 cm
/296 Ignoring caste rules at sacred places; WC. 1 p. 12 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/297 Cutting the strings of a bed; PRC. 1 note. 4 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/298 Small pox observances; PRC. 1 note. 5.5 x 19.5 cm. Typewritten
/299 Small pox god. 1 note. 5.5 x 19.5 cm. Typewritten
/300 Use of cowry shells; PRC. 1 note. 5 x 21 cm. Typewritten [and] 1 slip attached
/301 Man in the moon; J.W.H. 1 note. 6 x 19.5 cm. Typewritten
/302 New moon. 1 note. 6 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/303 Propitiation for sins; Mir Muhammad Husain. 1 note. 3 x 19 cm. Typewritten
/304 Mul asterism: rite of Chhayadan; PRC. 1 note. 8 x 20.5 cm. Typewritten
/305 Shadow. 3 notes. various sizes
/306 Stumbling; WC. 1 p. 15.5 x 20.5 cm
/307 The saint Qalandar; PRC. 1 note. 4.5 x 18 cm. Typewritten
/308 Bihar: the legend of a saint; Bhupendra Nath Gupta. 3 leaves. 34 x 21 cm.
/309 Talking at the time of eating forbidden; PRC. 1 p. 26 x 21 cm.
/310 The Mauni Amavasya, or festival of silence; PRC. 1 p. 11 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/311 Throwing old shoes for luck. 1 note. 2.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten.
/312 Power of a shoe in cursing fits. 1 p. 12 x 20 cm.
/313 Tattooing: Saharanpur; WC. 1 note, illus. 8 x 20 cm. Typewritten.
/314 Tattooing; PRC. 1 p., text and 1 attached slip. 16 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/315 Tattooing as a substitute for clothing. 1 note. 6.5 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/316 Suicide at Benares. 2 leaves. 32.5 x 20 cm. (leaf 1); 14.5 x 20 cm. (leaf 2)
/317 Custom of leaping from a cliff. 1 note. 4.5 x 20 cm
/318 Religious suicides; PRC. 1 note. 8.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/319 Bread, superstitution regarding; PRC. 1 note. 2.5 x 17 cm. Typewritten
/320 Breaking of bread… 1 note. 2.5 x 17 cm. Typewritten
/321 Bed, a superstition about; PRC. 1 note. 3 x 18 cm. Typewritten
/322 The Brahmani duck: omens for; M. Lakhmi Prasada. 1 note. 2 x 18.5 cm. Typewritten
/323 Bat’s bone: medicinal use of; M. Mohan Lal. 1 note. 5.5 x 20.5 cm
/324 Bone. 1 p. 12.5 x 20.5 cm. Typewritten
/325 Camel bones; WC. 1 note. 2.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/326 Oudh: folklore of the camel; MHR. 1 p. 10.5 x 20 cm
/327 Camel’s hoof, superstition regarding; Babu Devi Prasád. 1 p. 12.5 x 20 cm
/328 A Chinese bell. 1 journal cutting. 8.5 x 8.5 cm. Printed
/329 Girdles of bells; Ram Lal. 1 note. 3.5 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/330 An ancient form of divination; PRC. 1 note. 5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/331 The beetle, bhramara; Pandit Ram Lal Dube. 1 note. 7.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/332 House superstition regarding; WC. 1 note. 5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/333 Adoption, superstitions regarding; PRC. 1 note. 7 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/334 Ants: omen for; WC. 1 note. 7.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/335 Disease drawn out. 1 note. 6 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/336 Disease transference; WC. 1 note. 8 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/337 Disease transference. 1 note. 8 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/338 Passing on disease. 1 note. 9 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/339 Cure of sick. 1 note. 6 x 20.5 cm. Typewritten
/340 Muhammadans: diagnosis of disease; Sai fulla Khan. 1 note. 7 x 20.5 cm. Typewritten
/341 Bees. 1 note. 7.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/342 On the employment of bees in war; Whitley Stokes. 1 newspaper cutting. Academy, 4 July 1896, pp.13-14. 28.5 x 9.5 cm. Printed
/343 Tombs decorated with horns. 2 leaves. 11 x 20 cm (leaf 1); 31 x 20 cm (leaf 2)
/344 The virtue of deer horn; MHR. 1 p. 9.5 x 20 cm
/345 The folklore of the hare; PRC. 15 x 20 cm
/346 Hare crossing the road… 1 note. 2 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/347 ‘In this connection the following from Mr Billson’s article in Folklore …’; WC. 1 p. 26.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/348 The horse shoe as a charm; MHR. 1 p. 17 x 20 cm
/349 Marks on horses. 2 leaves. 28.5 x 21.5 cm. Typewritten
/350 Hanging horns on trees; WC. 1 note. 3.5 x 19.5 cm. Typewritten
/351 Ajwain: uses of; WC. 1 note. 8 x 22 cm. Typewritten
/352 Tools: sitting on; PRC. 1 note. 7 x 22 cm. Typewritten
/353 The folklore of the ass; MHR. 1 p. 13.5 x 20.5 cm
/354 A recent instance of the custom of making a criminal ride on the donkey. 2 leaves. 33.5 x 21 cm (leaf 1); 20.5 x 21 cm (leaf 2)
/355 N.W.P. monkey feeding; PRC. 2 leaves. 33 x 21.5 cm
/356 The effect of the moon on vegetation. 1 p. 20 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/357 Festival in honour of the new moon; PRC. 1 note. 7.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/358 The moon as the remover of disease; WC. 1 note. 4.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/359 Noon. 1 p. 15 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/360 Wardwar: moon worship; PRC. 1 p. 34 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/361 Moon. 1 p. 12 x 20.5 cm. Typewritten
/362 Vegetation and the moon; Lachhman Dube. 1 note. 2.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/363 The Brahman made of driving away female demons; PRC. 1 p. 21.5 x 17 cm
/364 Dread of the sea. 1 note. 3.5 x 21.5 cm. Typewritten
/365 The days sacred to the great ocean; PRC. 1 p. 34 x 22 cm
/366 Short-necked people; PRC. 1 note. 2 x 18 cm. Typewritten
/367 Gold necklaces; WC. 1 note. 2.5 x 19 cm. Typewritten
/368 Eighty four: a mystic number; WC. 1 note. 3.5 x 18 cm. Typewritten
/369 Saharanpur: night demons; WC. 1 p. 33.5 x 19 cm
/370 The waterwagtail; WC. 1 note. 9 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/371 Wagtail. 1 note. 7 x 21cm. Typewritten
/372 The waterwagtail; WC. 1 p. 11.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/373 The cholera goddess. 1 p. 17.5 x 21 cm
/374 Partabqarh: methods employed to check an epidemic of cholera; MHR. 2 leaves. 32 x 20 cm
/375 The fat of the frog; PRC. 1 p. 29 x 21.5 cm
/376 Crime and superstition in Russia: a candle of human tallow. 1 newspaper cutting. London, Pallmall G., 1 July 1896. 12 x 13 cm. Printed
/377 The virtues of frog’s fat; MHR. 1 p. 9 x 20 cm
/378 Hardwar: worship of Hardaul; WC. 1 note. 6.5 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/379 Feet turned backward. 1 p. 19.5 x 10.5 cm
/380 Superstitions about the feet; PRC. 1 note. 4.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/381 How to drive out fleas; MHR. 1 p. 10.5 x 20 cm.
/382 Fireflies; PRC. 1 note. 4 x 18.5 cm. Typewritten
/383 Harvest custom. 1 p. 10.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/384 Use of white cloth or a sacred thread; PRC. 1 p. 10 x 16.5 cm
/385 Nauratra: prohibition against plucking flowers; Chandra Bali Sukul. 1 p. 16.5 x 20.5 cm
/386 Hero revived. 1 note. 8.5 x 10 cm
/387 Hero protected by the gods. 1 note. 7.5 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/388 Invulnerable hero. 1 note. 3 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/389 General, worship of. 1 note. 9 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/390 Malik shah, the headless horseman. 1 note. 4 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/391 Amritsar: the headless horseman. 1 p. 15 x 22 cm
/392 The hare. 1 p. 11 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/393 Village omens from the hare; PRC. 1 note. 6 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/394 Amulets, spread hand. 1 note. 7.5 x 20.5 cm. Typewritten
/395 Red hand. 1 note. 3 x 20.5 cm. Typewritten
/396 The hidden hand; PRC. 1 note. 6.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/397 Hand of glory. 1 note. 6 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/398 Dead hand. 1 note. 7.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/399 Spread hand. 1 note. 6 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/400 Churel. 1 p. 8.5 x 19 cm. Typewritten
/401 How to relieve a woman from a churel; PRC. 1 p. 17.5 x 21.5 cm. Typewritten
/402 Flies; WC. 1 note. 2.5 x 18.5 cm. Typewritten
/403 ‘Cat carried with pilgrim caravans…’ 1 note. 6 x 11.5 cm
/404 Oudh: the killing of a cat. 1 p. 13 x 20 cm
/405 The afterbirth of a cat. 1 note. 4 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/406 Cats: superstition about; PRC. 1 p. 17 x 21.5 cm
/407 Respect for animals: the cat. 1 p. 28.5 x 21.5 cm. Typewritten
/408 Ban Bilawa or wild cat; PRC. 2 leaves. 32.5 x 21.5 cm (leaf 1); 17 x 20 cm (leaf 2)
/409 Cloacina worship of. 1 p. 32 x 20.5 cm. Typewritten
/410 Buffalo calves: a charm to prolong life; WC. 1 p. 11.5 x 20 cm
/411 Garan – witchcraft; PRC. 3 leaves. 33.5 x 21 cm. (leaf 1); 28 x 21 cm (leaf 2); 17 x 21 cm (leaf 3)
/412 The wolf-boy of Secundra. 1 newspaper cutting. 16.5 x 7 cm. Printed
/413 Vampires. 1 p. 15.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/414 Western districts, N.W.P., broken vessels; PRC. 1 p. 23 x 21.5 cm
/415 Use of vessels; PRC. 1 note. 2 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/416 Copper vessels; PRC. 1 note. 3 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/417 The Linos song. 1 note. 3 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/418 Confarreatio. 1 note. 4 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/419 Eating in the cark. 1 note. 2.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/420 Food superstition; Pandil Ram Lal Dube. 1 note. 2 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/421 Eating. 1 p. 15 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/422 Muhammadans: distinction in eating; Abdul Rashid Kahan. 1 note. 5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/423 Food without butter; WC. 1 note. 2 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/424 Taboo of eating. 1 p. 16 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/425 Eating. 1 note. 8 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/426 Eating meat; PRC. 1 p. 10.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/427 Sand eating. 1 note. 3 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/428 Hindu rules of eating and drinking; PRC. 1 note. 6.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/429 Agarwala Banyas: cooking customs; PRC. 1 note. 4 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/430 Partaking of meals, superstition about; PRC. 1 p. 24.5 x 21.5 cm
/431 To create a number of frogs: a charm; PRC. 1 p. 32 x 21 cm
/432 Natives abstain from various kinds of food. 1 p. 20 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/433 Jews: food restrictions. 1 p. 12.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/434 Khichari, prohibition against using; PRC. 1 note. 8.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/435 ‘Fowl or fish…’ 1 note. 8 x 10 cm
/436 Food, abstention from. 1 p. 22 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/437 A Muhammadan charm; PRC. 1 p. 25 x 18 cm
/438 A fever charm; Ahmad Hasan Khan. 1 p. 13.5 x 19.5 cm. Typewritten
/439 Lumbago: a charm to cure; PRC. 1 note. 7.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/440 A charm to cure intermittent fever; WC. 1 note. 9 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/441 The virtue of flesh of the fox; M. Ram Lal Dube. 1 note. 7 x 20 cm
/442 Incense: superstition regarding; WC. 1 note. 10 x 19 cm. Typewritten
/443 Lucky day for entering a new house; PRC. 1 note. 3 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/444 Lucky dates; PRC. 1 p. 11 x 19.5 cm. Typewritten
/445 Tuesday; PRC. 1 note. 4 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/446 The three lucky birds; PRC. 1 note. 2 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/447 Oudh: lizard falling on a person; WC. 1 p. 18 x 19 cm
/448 Locusts; PRC. 1 note. 4 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/449 Oudh: charms to remove cattle disease; MHR. 2 leaves. 32 x 20 cm
/450 The chameleon, superstition regarding; WC. 1 p. 20 x 20 cm
/451 Legend of Kokonor. 1 p. 18 x 10 cm
/452 Mansarovar lake; PRC. 1 note. 5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/453 Rikkikesh, a sacred pool; PRC. 1 note. 9 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/454 Jhind: a tank with red water; PRC. 1 note. 8 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/455 Hardwar: sacred pools; WC. 1 note. 9.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/456 Smelling, a substitute for kissing; PRC. 1 note. 6.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/457 Smelling, a substitute for kissing; WC. 1 note. 10 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/458 Lamp superstition, WC. 1 note. 2 x 18.5 cm. Typewritten
/459 Extinguishing lamps; PRC. 1 note. 3.5 x 18 cm. Typewritten
/460 Lepers; PRC. 1 p. 17 x 19 cm. Typewritten
/461 Gobardhan hill: the fest of lamps; PRC. 1 p. 13 x 19 cm. Typewritten
/462 Jealousy. 1 p. 28.5 x 20.5 cm. Typewritten
/463 Potter’s wheel. 1 note. 7 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/464 Superstitions of potters; WC. 1 p. 30.5 x 20.5 cm
/465 Muhammadan rules of purity; PRC. 1 note. 9.5 x 18.5 cm. Typewritten
/466 Buddhist prayer wheels. 2 notes. 3 x 16 cm. Typewritten
/467 Porcupine quills; PRC. 1 p. 17 x 19 cm
/468 Porcupines; PRC. 1 note. 1.5 x 16 cm. Typewritten
/469 The iron pillar at Delhi; WC. 1 note. 6 x 18.5 cm. Typewritten
/470 Pilgrimages: rules regarding; Pandit Ramlal Dube. 1 note. 3 x 19 cm. Typewritten
/471 Ceremonies performed when a man returns from a pilgrimmage; WC. 1 p. 25 x 19 cm
/472 Folklore of the pig; M. Ram Lal. 2 pp. 8 x 19.5 cm (p.1); 15.5 x 19.5 cm (p.2)
/473 ‘Pigs were sacrificed…’1 note. 5 x 17.5 cm
/474 Rotten meat an offering. 1 note. 7.5 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/475 Folklore of the pigeon; WC. 1 note. 9 x 19 cm
/476 Patient sleeping. 1 note. 5 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/477 Virtues of the feathers of the peacock; WC. 1 p. 13.5 x 19.5 cm
/478 The folklore of the parrot; PRC [and] A cure for evil dreams; WC. 2 pp. 32 x 19.5 cm
/479 A collection of charms from Oudh. 2 pp. 29 x 20 cm (p.1); 32.5 x 20 cm (p. 2)
/480 Customs of the Hill people. 1 p. 16.5 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/481 Hardwar: owls: totemism; WC. 1 p. 11.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/482 Worship of the owl; WC. 1 p. 11 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/483 Owls; M. Abul Hasan. 1 note. 8.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/484 Owl: superstitions about. 1 p. 31.5 x 21 cm
/485 Charms against fever. 4 leaves. 33 x 21 cm
/486 A charm to turn wine into milk; PRC. 1 p. 14 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/487 A charm in cases of difficult delivery; M. Ram Lal Dube. 1 note. 7.5 x 20 cm
/488 Charms recited backwards; PRC. 1 note. 6 x 19 cm. Typewritten
/489 Saharanpur: charms to make a cow give milk; WC. 1 note. 8 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/490 Saharanpur, N.W.P.: a charm to cure cattle-disease; PRC. 1 p. 33 x 21 cm
/491 Saharanpur, N.W.P.: a cattle charm; PRC. 2 leaves, illus. 33.5 x 21.5 cm
/492 Moles: a charm to remove; M. Mohan Lal. 1 p. 32 x 19.5 cm
/493 Rural incantations; WC. 1 p. 10.5 x 21 cm. Typewritten
/494 Saharanpur: a cattle charm; WC. 1 p. 12 x 21 cm
/495 ‘The natives believe that the celebrated Dadji Ramoshi…’ 1 note. 4.5 x 18.5 cm. Typewritten
/496 A charm against theft from a purse; WC. 1 note. 1.5 x 18 cm. Typewritten
/497 Head ache charm; PRC. 1 note. 5 x 18 cm. Typewritten
/498 Western districts, N.W.P.: a popular incantation to remove bile or jaundice; PRC. 4 leaves. 17 x 20 cm
/499 An incantation to stop diarrhoea; PRC. 2 leaves. 31 x 21 cm (leaf 1); 19.5 x 21 cm (leaf 2)
/500 Cure for insect stings; PRC. 1 p. 11 x 20 cm
/501 A Muhammadan charm to bring disease on an enemy; PRC. 1 p., diagr. 32 x 20.5 cm
/502 A charm to cure fits; PRC. 1 note. 6 x 17 cm. Typewritten
/503 Western Districts, N.W.P.: a popular charm to remove swelling; PRC. 2 leaves. 21.5 x 15.5 cm
/504 A charm to make the vessel stick to the oven on which it is put; PRC. 2 leaves. 32.5 x 20 cm
/505 Inflammation of the spleen: cures for; PRC. 1 p. 10 x 20 cm
/506 A charm to propitiate Bhairava; PRC. 1 note. 9 x 20 cm. Typewritten
/507 A love charm; MHR. 1 p. 16.5 x 20 cm
/508 A charm to turn an enemy into a friend; M. Ran Lal Dube. 1 p. 20.5 x 20 cm
/509 A means of becoming invisible; Babn Devi Prasad. 1 note. 7.5 x 20 cm
/510 Oudh: a charm to cure dumbness in children; PRC [and] Partabgarh, Oudh: a charm to remove quartan ague; WC. 1 p. 27 x 19 cm
/511 Partabgarh: means adopted to check a small pox epidemic; MHR. 1 p. 30 x 19 cm
/512 Oudh: cures for intermittent fever; MHR. 2 leaves. 31 x 19 cm (leaf 1); 10 x 19 cm (leaf 2)
/513 Oudh: a charm to cure night blindness; MHR. 1 p. 20 x 20.5 cm
/514 Aligarh: a charm to remove quartan ague; PRC. 1 p. 11.5 x 20 cm
/515 A curious cure for cholera; PRC. 2 leaves. 30.5 x 21 cm
/516 [2 slips attached to 1 p.]. 10 x 15.5 cm
