Belgian, 144

Beltaine, 12, 79

Bells, 99, 111, 116, 118, 132, 137, 142, 154

Benevento, 131

Bergen, 130

Black, 156

Black sheep, 17, 50

Black sow, 102

"Black vespers," 113

Blindfolded seekers, 33, 70, 73, 77-78, 83, 160

Blocksberg, 130, 141

Boats, 146, 163

Bochica, 1

Bonfires, 3, 8-9, 12, 13, 17, 21, 50, 59-61, 101-102, 125;
to light through Purgatory, 31, 106;
to protect from evil, 29, 101

Boniface, 29

Border, Scottish, 62, 81, 111

Bretons, 99, 110-111

Briar, 57

Briar-Rose, 125

Bride, 36

Britain, 5-6, 27, 87, 109, 111

British Isles, 5, 107, 109, 126

Brittany, 108-109, 142, 145, 166

Brynhild, 124

Buchan, 59

Button, 156, 164

Cabbages, 53-54, 70-72, 77, 95, 104, 164, 168-169

Cadwallo, King, 104

Caer, 38

Caesar, 5-8, 109

Cake, 13, 33, 79, 97-98, 103, 144, 145, 156

Callcannon, 51

Canada, 167

Candlemas Day, 88

Candles, 50, 53, 55, 59, 69, 80, 95-96, 99, 112, 118, 145, 155,
158, 163

Cardiganshire, 102

Carnutes, 109

Cat, 11, 49, 66, 68, 134, 152, 155, 164

Catskill Mts., 150

_Celtic twilight_, 58

Celts, classes of, 5;
beliefs, 6, 15, 18, 30, 33, 79, 82, 107-110, 124, 125, 142;
characteristics of, 115, 119

Cemeteries, 54-55, 113-114, 142

Changelings, 35-36, 86

Charms. See Omens

Chartrain, 109

Cherokees, 3

Chinese, 145

Christ, 4-5, 27, 119

Christian religion, 3, 27-31, 50, 59, 83, 101, 109, 126, 129;
in Britain, 27, 129;
in Ireland, 42;
in Brittany, 109;
in Scandinavia, 126

Christmas, 3, 97, 110, 154

Church, 3-4, 30-31, 80, 89, 113, 118, 143, 144;
festivals, 3

Circle, 8

Claudius, 27

Cluny, 30

Coel Coeth, 101

Coins, 51-52, 72, 156

Colonies, 149

Columb Kill. See St. Colomba

Connaught, 35

Continent, 3, 118

Corn, 138;
-stalks, 155

Cornwall, 85, 108

Creed, 55

Crom Croich (Cruaich), 20-21

Cross, sun-symbol, 8;
Christian, 29, 42, 63, 137;
-roads, 65, 103, 137

Cruachan, 35, 37

Cuchulain, 41-42, 84

Cuckoos, 134, 139-140

Cyniver,