Mr. H. J. Rose read a paper entitled "Mother-Right in Ancient Italy" and in the discussion which followed, the Chairman, Dr. Gaster, Mr. Bonser, Mrs. Coote Lake and Mr. Wright took part.
The meeting terminated with a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Rose for his paper.
THE MUSEUM AND EXHIBITS COMMITTEE.
During the past year (1919) there has been no meeting of the committee; the following however is the report of exhibits and of donations to the Society's Museum. At three meetings there have been exhibits, and there has been one donation.
16th April, 1919. Mr. A. R. Wright exhibited a large number of specimens of Roumanian dress and ornament, illustrating Mrs. Murgoçi's paper, and Mrs. Murgoçi showed "coliva" (a dish of boiled wheat and sugar sprinkled with walnut and partaken of at Roumanian funeral ceremonies) this was eaten by the audience, and was very good.
21st May, 1919. Mr. E. Lovett exhibited two pole corks of a drift net with a coin let in to bring good luck in fishing; this illustrated his paper on "The Folk-lore of the North Sea Fisherman in Peace and War." These two specimens he presented to the Society's museum, and they were forwarded to Baron von Hügel at Cambridge who has charge of the Society's collection.
18th June, 1919. Mr. G. R. Carline exhibited a ball of string of late neolithic or bronze age from a lake dwelling at Auvernier, Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland, from his father's collection. This was exhibited to show that the method of winding to form a ball by crossing and recrossing can be dated back to very early times. He also exhibited two hanks of string made by Nyassa boys in East Africa, showing a different method of winding, and also similar to modern European methods.
