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Proceedings at Meeting of Tuesday, November 16th, 1897 1
Some Syrian Folklore Notes gathered on Mount Lebanon Frederick Sessions .... 3
Proceedings at Meeting of Tuesday, December 21st, 1897 20
Proceedings at Meeting of Tuesday, January 18th, 1898 . 20
Twentieth Report of the Council 23
Presidential Address. Alfred Nutt 30
The Wooing of Penelope. W. Crooke, B.A. . . -97
Proceedings at Meeting of Tuesday, February 15th, 1898 . 134
Customs and Ceremonies observed at Betrothal and at a Wedding by Mohammedans of the Farmer Class in the District near Ghazi in the Punjab. Major McNair, C.M.G., and T. L. Barlow . . . . . 136
Proceedings at Meeting of Tuesday, March 16th, 1898 . . 157
Proceedings at Meeting of Tuesday, April 19th, 1898 . . 193
Evald Tang Kristensen, a Danish Folklorist. W. A. Craigie, M.A. . . . . 194
Proceedings at Meeting of Tuesday, May 17th, 1898 . . 224
Tobit and Jack the Giant-killer. F. H. Groome . . 226
Christ’s Half-Dole: an East Anglian Fishing Custom. W. B. Gerish ....... 245
Proceedings at Meeting of Tuesday, June 21st, 1898 . . 289
The “High Gods” of Australia. E. S. Hartland . . 290
The Shrew Ash in Richmond Park. Margaret C. Ffennell . 330
Reviews :-
W. C. Borlase's The Dolmens of Ireland. Alfred Nutt . 53
Grant Allen's The Evolution of the Idea of God . . 63
Andrew Lang's Modern Mythology . . . 67
E. H. Meyer's Deutsche Volkskunde . . . .69
P. Arfert's Das Motiv von der unterschobenen Braut . . 70
A. Smythe Palmer's Babylonian Infiuetice on the Bible and
Popular Beliefs. A. H. S. . . . . 71
R. Loewe's Die Reste der Germanen am Schivarzen Meere . 74
B. C. A. Windle's Life in Early Britain . . 75
Ferd. Freiherr von Andrian's Ueber Wortaberglauben . 77
P. Scbillot's Petite Légende Dorée de la Haute Bretagne . 78
A. M. Alcover's Aplech de Rondayes Mallorquines . .158
D. G. Brinton's Religions of Primitive Peoples . . 158
A. Wiedemann's Religion of the Ancient Egyptians. Prof. Sayce, M.A. . . . . . . 163
M. Lidzbarski's Geschichten und Lieder aus den neu-aramäischen
Handschriften der K. Bibliothek zu Berlin. F. C. Conybeare, M.A. . . . . . . 165
W. Crooke's The Tribes and Castes of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh . . . . . .167
J. G. Frazer's Pausanias's Description of Greece . .172
V. W. Newell's King Arthur and the Table Round. Alfred Nutt ....... 181
E. Durkheim's L'Année Sociologique . . . 251
A. Löwenstimm's Aberglaube und Strafrecht . . 255
J. A. Trombatore's Folk-lore Catanese . . . .257
G. Pitre's Indovinelli, Dubbi, Sciogli-lingua del Popolo Siciliano 258
W. E. Roth's Ethnological Studies among the North-West-Central Queensland Aborigines. F. C. Conybeare, M.A. . 261
Jessie L. Weston's The Legend of Sir Gawain. Prof. W. P. Ker, M.A. ....... 265
W. M. Flinders Petrie's Religion and Conscience in Ancient
Egypt. Prof. Sayce, M.A. . . . . 337
J. Macgowan's A History of China .... 340
H. Hauttecoeur's Le Folklore de l'Ile de Kiphnos and L'Ile de Siphnos . . . . . . 341
Otto Schell's Bergische Sagen ..... 342
W. Kroll's Antiker Aberglaube ..... 343
H. Pedersen's Zur Albanesischen Volkskunde . . . 344
R. Inward's Weather Lore ..... 344
F. Drosihn's Deutsche Kinderreime und Verwandtes . . 345
E. Wechssler's Die Sage vom Heiligen Graal. Jessie L. Weston ....... 346
Correspondence : —
Bells. M. P. . . . . . . .79
Child-birth Custom. M. P. . . . . 79
Divining Rod. W. F. Barrett . . . 79
The Origin of Amazonian Matriarchy. J. S. Stuart-Glennie 80
Fertilisation of Birds. P. H. Emerson; Mrs. Gomme; M. P. 82, 183
The Development of Idol-worship. Mrs. Murray-Aynsley . 183
The Tide. E. Sidney Hartland . . . .272
Lincoln Minster and the Devil. Foss-Dyke ; H. Courthope Bowen ...... 272, 364
May-Day in Lincolnshire. Mrs. Townshend ; M. P.; Oliver W. F. Lodge [Junr.] .... 276, 364
Holy Week Observance in the Abruzzi. E. Sidney Hartland; Alfred Nutt ...... 362
Kitty-Witches. W. B. Gerish .... 366
The Jus Primæ Noctis. P. K. . . . . 366
Pins and Metals in Wells. Lucy E. Broadwood . . 368
Ropes of Sand; Asses; and the Danaides. G M. Godden . 368
Miscellanea : —
Giants in Pageants ..... 84
Folklore from the Hebrides — III. Rev. M. MacPhail 84
Stakes at Games. Louise Kennedy . 93
Lincolnshire Superstitions. Rev. Robt. M. Heanley 186
Notes from Cyprus. G. W. Speth 188
Cornish Land-measure. E. Sidney Hartland 189
The Tide. M. E. James 189
A Rain Ceremony from the Murshidâbâd District of Bengal Sarat Chandra Mitra, M.A. 277
Sacred Fire. R. C Maclagan 280
Kissing-Day at Hungerford 281
Wheel Ceremony. Edward Peacock 283
Spanish Easter Custom 284
Superstitions in Fife. D. Hay Fleming 285
The Nibelung Treasure in English. W. P. Ker 372
Some Highland Folklore W. A. Craigie 372
The Black Lad of Ashton-under-Lyne. Mrs. Kate Griffith 379
Obituary : —
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone . . . .190
Bibliography . . . . 94, 191, 287, 383
Index . . . . 385
List of Plates : —
I. Easter Cake from Calymnos To face page 2
II. Evald Tang Kristensen . 194
III. Need Fire Log .... 280
IV. The Shrew Ash (Richmond) in 1856 . 330
V. The same in 1891, with Sheen Lodge in the distance .... 332
VI. The same in 1891, showing the Conduit. 334
Page 7, line 19, for af read of.
Page 27, line 16, for twentieth read twenty-first.
Page 179, line 5 from bottom, for Moqis read Moquis.
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