Index to A Second Manx Scrapbook, 1932

Chapter			Page
I.	RETROSPECTIVE		3
II.	INTRODUCTORY.
	§ 1.	Some Generalities	11
	§ 2.	The Islanders	21
	§ 3.	Some Personalities	24
III.	SECOND SIGHT AND ASSOCIATED FACULTIES.
	§ 1.	Their Nature and Operation	37
	§ 2.	The Living and the Dead	50
	§ 3.	The Living and the Living .	91
IV.	DIVINATIONS AND OBSERVANCES.
	§ 1.	Divinations .	105
	§ 2.	The Crow's Foot .	112
	§ 3.	The Virtues of Salt and Ashes	119
	§ 4.	The Significance of Fire	122
	§ 5.	Other Customs and Beliefs	129
	§ 6.	Legal and Ecclesiastical Customs	140
V.	WITCHCRAFT AND CHARMING.
	§ 1.	Witchcraft in General .	149
	§ 2.	The Ways of the Manx Witches .	153
	§ 3.	Witchcraft in Manx Literature	159
	§ 4.	Witchcraft in Manx Life	173
	§ 5.	Cures and Charms	178
	§ 6.	Witchcraft and Fairydom	196
VI.	THE FAIRIES THEMSELVES AND KINDRED SPIRITS.
	§ 1.	The Fairy Faith .	205
	§ 2.	The Manx Fairies	210
	§ 3.	Other Spirits and Apparitions	247
	§ 4.	A Fairy Stronghold .	259
VII.	THE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE KINGDOMS.
	§ 1.	Beliefs about Animals and Insects .	271
	§ 2.	Beliefs about Plants and Flowers . .	296
VIII.	SONGS AND RHYMES.
	§ 1.	Folk-songs .	307
	§ 2.	Folk-rhymes and Children's Rhymes	345
IX.	"WE'LL HUNT THE WREN."
	§ 1.	The Ritual and its Explanations .	357
	§ 2.	The Wren Song .	383
	§ 3.	The Wren, the Hen, and their Feathers	411
	§ 4.	Other Wren-lore	421
	§ 5.	The Names of the Wren	424
	§ 6.	Geographical Distribution of Custom and Songs .	428
	§ 7.	Conclusion	429
X.	SUNDRY TRADITIONS.
	§ 1.	The Tribute to Manannan	433
	§ 2.	Some Minor Traditions	444
APPENDICES
	I	" Burning out the witches "	465
	II	Memoranda of Antiquities from the Name Books of the Ordnance Survey.	467
	III	Enquiry held before a Special Jury in Jurby, A.D. 1698.	475

An INDEX to the three Manx Scrapbooks will be contained in Number Three of the Series. [Never done - all three are missing the essential index]

	Facing Page
ISLANDERS.	Frontispiece
A MANX SEER	58
LEWAIGUE FARM-HOUSE	80
"MRS. CHARLEY CHALSE," GAT Y WHING	182
KIRBY (BALLAFLETCHER) HOUSE	242
THE WREN-BOYS	357
THE WREN-BOYS	383

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