Shiel,  Dr.,  of  Eallyshannon,  267.
Shield,  59,  344,  345,  446.
Shield-bearer  or  squire,  344.
Shingles  for  roofs,  293.
Ships  and  boats,  491  to  493.
Shirt,  394-

Shoeing  horses,  40,0.
Shoemaker,  the  fairies',  116.
Shoes  and  sandals,  347,  396  to  399.
Shoes,  magical,  116.
of  metal,  397,  398.
taken  off  at  meals,  347.
Shovel,  427,  42S.
Showmen,  501.
Shrine  of  St.  Maidoc,  378.
of  St.  Manchan,  390.
of  St.  Patrick's   bell,  165,  166,

167.
Shrines  for  relics   and    books,    147,

217,  438.
Shroud  and  winding-sheet,  533.
Sickles,  426.
Sick  maintenance,  274.
Sid-Aeda  at  Ballyshannon,  109.
Sid  Ruidb  or  Sidh  Bhuidhbh,  Bodb

Derg's  palace,  108.
Side  or  Sid,  a  fairy,  a  fairy  dwelling,

an  elf-mound  :  see  Shee.
Sieves,  363.
Silence  at  meetings,  how  obtained,

504-

Silk,  382,  385.
Silver,  244,  245.
dishes  at  dinner,  365.
and  gold  as  mediums  of  ex-
change, 476,  477,  478.
Skellig  Island  off  Kerry,  153.
Skreen  Hill  in  Meath,  45-

Slainge,  first  king  of  Ireland,  31.
SI  an,  wells  so  called,  122.
Slane  on  the  Boyne  (29),  137,  357.
481.
Slaves  and  slavery,  80.
Sledges  and  hammers,  441,  447#

Sleeping  accommodation,  300.
Sleeping-draught,  277.
INDEX.
Sleight-of-hand  tricks,  517.
Slieve  Anierin,  a  mountain  in  Leitrim,
435-

Fuait  or  Fuaid  near  Newtown-
Hamilton  in  Armagh  (17),  481.
Golry  in  Longford,  368.
Mish  in  Kerry  (49),  117.
Slievenamon  in  Tipperary,  111.
Sligo  (15),  160.
Sling  and  sling-stones,  49.
Sloe- bush  or  blackthorn  and  its  fruit,

368.
Smallpox,  271.  §

Smelting,  245,  434,  435.
Smiths  and  smitkwork,  101,  109,  437,

440  to  444.
goddess  of,  109.
Smith's  song,  260.
Snakes,  524.
Sneezing,  divination  from,  98.
Soap,  381.
Soldiers  tied  in  pairs,  67.
Solinus,  55,  491.
Solstices,  193.
Sons  of  Usna,  39.
Sorcerers  and  sorcery,  102.
Soul,  immortality  of,  102,  125.
Sound  as  a  distance  measure,  473.
Spades,  427,  428.
