. A magical fountain in Broceliande,
70-71

BARD. Singer or poet attached to noble households;
late survival of the custom of maintaining, 364

BARKING WOMEN. A phenomenon connected with religious festivals,
380

BARON OF JAUIOZ, THE. A ballad, 145-147

BARRON. A fictitious youth;
in a story of Gilles de Retz, 178

BARZAZ-BREIZ ("The Breton Bards"). A collection of Breton ballads
made by Villemarque;
cited (under sub-title, _Chants populaires de la Bretagne_), 57
_n._;
criticism of, 211-212

BASS ROCK. An islet in the Firth of Forth, 359

BATZ.
I. An island off the coast of Brittany; St Pol settles on,
365-366
II. A town in Brittany, 373

BAYARD, THE CHEVALIER DE. A famous French knight;
mentioned, 31

BEAN NIGHE ('The Washing Woman'). An evil spirit of the Scottish
Highlands, 100

BEAUMANOIR. A Breton noble house, 229

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. The story of;
mentioned, 137

BEAUVAU. Matthew, Seigneur of;
in the story of the Clerk of Rohan, 190-193

BEDIVERE, SIR. One of King Arthur's knights;
accompanies Arthur on his expedition against the giant of
Mont-Saint-Michel, 275-277

BEES. Cultivated by the monks of Dol, 19;
St Pol taught the people to cultivate, 366

BEIGNON. A town in Brittany, 360

BELGIUM. Mentioned, 52

BELIAGOG. A giant;
in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 271

BELSUNCE DE CASTELMORON, HENRI-FRANCOIS-XAVIER DE. Bishop of
Marseilles;
mentioned, 195

BENEDICTION OF THE BEASTS. A festival held at Carnac, 45

BERHET. A village in Brittany;
the custom of ringing the sacring bell still observed in the
church of St Bridget at, 380

BERRY. John, Duke of;
mentioned, 145

BERRY. Caroline, Duchess of;
imprisoned in the castle of Nantes, 205

BERTRAND DE DINAN. A Breton knight, 29

BIEUZY. A town in Brittany;
the Holy Well of St Bieuzy at, 381

BIGOUDEN. A cap worn by the women in some parts of Brittany, 376

BINIOU. A musical instrument resembling the bagpipe;
one of the national instruments of Brittany, 229;
played at weddings, 386

BIRDS. In Breton tradition, the dead supposed to return to earth in
the form of, 227;
frequently messengers in ballad literature, 233;
in the legends of the saints, commonly the bearers of divine aid,
347

BISCLAV