Folk-Lore/Volume 28

by The Folk-Lore Society

FOLK-LORE

A QUARTERLY REVIEW

OF

MYTH, TRADITION, INSTITUTION, & CUSTOM

BEING

The Transactions of the Folk-Lore Society

And Incorporating The Archæological Review and
The Folk-Lore Journal

VOL. XXVIII.—1917

Alter et Idem

LONDON:

PUBLISHED FOR THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY BY

SIDGWICK & JACKSON, LTD., 3 ADAM ST., ADELPHI, W.C.

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1917

[LXXVII.]

GLASGOW: PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
BY ROBERT MACLEHOSE AND CO. LTD.

CONTENTS.

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I.—(March, 1917.)
PAGE
Minutes of Meetings: 20th December, 1916; 17th January and 1st February, 1917		1
Thirty-Ninth Annual Report of the Council		4
Cash Account for December 1916		8
Report of the Committee on Brand’s “Popular Antiquities”		10
Presidential Address. R. R. Marett		13
Serbian Habits and Customs. Dr. T. R. Georgevitch		36
Classified Catalogue of Brand Material. C. S. Burne		52
II.—(June, 1917.)
Minutes of Meetings: 21st March and 18th April, 1917		113
The Life of the Mountain People in Formosa. Shinji Ishii		115
The Cursing of Venezelos. Sir J. G. Frazer		133
Bull-baiting, Bull-racing, Bull-fights. W. Crooke		141
Classified Catalogue of Brand Material. C. S. Burne		164
III.—(September, 1917.)
Minutes of Meeting: 16th May and 13th June, 1917		225
Organisations of Witches in Great Britain. M. A. Murray		228
Magic and Religion. F. B. Jevons		259
The Persistence of Primitive Beliefs in Theology. F. W. Bussell		279
Classified Catalogue of Brand Material. C. S. Burne		295
IV.—(December, 1917.)
The Bird Cult of Easter Island. Mrs. Scoresby Routledge		337
Some Ethnological Suggestions in Regard to Easter Island H. Balfour		356
The Killing of the Khazar Kings. Sir J. G. Frazer		382
The Provenience of Certain Negro Folk-Tales. E. C. Parsons		408
Classified Catalogue of Brand Material. C. S. Burne		415
Collectanea:—
Notes on Irish Folklore. W. F. de Vismes Kane		87
Some Nature Myths from Samoa. G. Brown		94
The Belief in Charms		99
Folklore from Ireland. Emily G. Gough		101
Hampshire Folklore. D. H. Moutray Read		102
Apparitions in Lincolnshire. M. Peacock		103
An Ancient Rent Service		103
Burning Camphor: A Strange Tamil Oath		104
Olympos. Morley Roberts		177
A Study in the Legends of the Connacht Coast, Ireland T. J. Westropp		180
Folk-Tales from County Limerick. Miss D. Knox		208
Avril-Bread. E. Sidney Hartland		305
Notes on English Folklore. J. B. Partridge		311
Negro Proverbs Collected in Jamaica. C. F. Grant		315
Some Camberley Folklore. E. M. Richardson		317
Country Tales from Cornwall. Late A. Moutray Read		317
Letters from Heaven		318
Two Notes on the Sister’s Son and the Duel. Joseph J. MacSweeney		320
Sale of Wizards’ Spells		321
Working Evil by a Duck’s Foot. A. Ela		322
Influence of an Expectant Mother. A. Fowler		322
Folk-Lore from the Himalayas. H. W. Emerson		323
Notes on Lincolnshire Folk-Lore. M. Peacock		325
The Nutons. A. Quin-Harkin		328
Some Superstitions of the Mexican Indians. A. Brennan		328
A Study in the Legends of the Connacht Coast, Ireland Part II. T. J. Westropp		432
The Cursing of Venezelos. W. Crooke		449
Easter Eggs in Scotland. D. A. Mackenzie		450
Begging on St. Thomas’s Day. B. McWilliams		450
Goats and Cows. J. J. Foster		451
Notes on English Folk-Lore. Celia A. Barker		451
Notes on Staffordshire Folklore. Ruth Hodson		452
Correspondence:—
Bibliography of the Writings of the late Sir Laurence Gomme on Anthropology and Folklore. Edward Brabrook		106
Christmas Candles. E. C. Blanchard		106
Birth Signs in Egypt. E. K. M. Court		331
The Coirligheile Puzzle. H. A. Freeman		332
Witchcraft in Great Britain. C. S. Burne		453
Obituary:—
Dr. H. B. Wheatley. W. Crooke		222
Reviews:—
A. Sutherland Rattray. Folklore from West Africa: Ashanti Proverbs; J. M. Dalziel. A Hausa Botanical Glossary. W. Crooke		108
F. W. H. Migcod. Earliest Man		111
W. D. Westervelt. Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes		111
L. Havemeyer. The Drama of Savage Peoples. C. Jenkinson		223
W. H. Barker and Cecilia Sinclair. West African Folk-Tales. E. Sidney Hartland		333
Mrs. Meer Hassan Ali. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India, Descriptive of their Manners, Customs, Habits, and Religious Opinions. Vincent A. Smith		334
Lucy M. J. Garnett. Folk-Beliefs in the Balkan Peninsula: Balkan Home-Life. W. Crooke		454
Index		456