Folk-Lore/Volume 2

FOLK-LORE
A QUARTERLY REVIEW
OF
MYTH, TRADITION, INSTITUTION, & CUSTOM.
[Incorporating The Archæological Review and
The Folk-Lore Journal.]
VOL.
II.—1891.

Alter et Idem
LONDON:
DAVID NUTT, 270, STRAND.
1891.
[XXVIII.]
CONTENTS.
|
I.—(March 1891.) | |
| PAGE | |
| Opening Address to the Folk-Lore Society for the Session 1890-91.—G. L. Gomme | 1 |
| Magic Songs of the Finns, No. III.—Hon. J. Abercromby | 31 |
| The Legend of the Grail, No. I.—Dr. M. Gaster | 50 |
| Slava.—Col. Grant Maxwell | 65 |
| The Scotch Fisher Child.—Rev. Walter Gregor | 73 |
| An Early Irish Version of the Jealous Stepmother and the Exposed Child.—Alfred Nutt | 87 |
| Bhuridatta.—R. F. St. Andrew St. John | 90 |
| Report on Folk-tale Research, 1890.—E. Sidney Hartland | 99 |
|
II.— (June, 1891.) | |
| Legends of the Lincolnshire Cars. Part I.—Mrs. M. C. Balfour | 145 |
| An Amazonian Custom in the Caucasus.—Hon J. Abercromby | 171 |
| Childe Rowland.—Joseph Jacobs | 182 |
| The Legend of the Grail. No. II.—Dr. M. Gaster | 198 |
| Remarks on preceding article.—Alfred Nutt | 211 |
| Report on Greek Mythology.—Prof. F. B. Jevons | 220 |
|
III.— (September, 1891.) | |
| Legends of the Lincolnshire Cars. Part II.—Mrs. M. C. Balfour | 257 |
| Manx Folk-Lore and Superstitions.—Prof. J. Rhys | 284 |
| Folk-Drama.—T. Fairman-Ordish, F.S.A. | 314 |
| The Folk-Lore of Malagasy Birds.—Rev. James Sibree, Jun. | 336 |
| Mr. Stuart-Glennie on the Origins of Matriarchy.—Alfred Nutt and Joseph Jacobs | 367 |
| The International Folk-Lore Congress, 1891 | 373 |
|
IV.— (December, 1891.) | |
| Legends of the Lincolnshire Cars. Part III.—Mrs. M. C. Balfour | 401 |
| Notes upon the Religion of the Apache Indians.—Capt. John G. Bourke | 419 |
| Samoan Stories. I.—Hon. John Abercromby | 455 |
| Weather Folk-Lore of the Sea.—Walter Gregor | 468 |
| An Explanation | 483 |
| Recent Research on Institutions.—G. Laurence Gomme, Esq., F.S.A. | 485 |
| Folk-Lore Society.—Annual Report of the Council | 502 |
| Title-Page and Contents for Vol II. | |
| Notes and News (March, June, September, December) | 120, 242, 392, 500 |
| Reviews: | |
| The Science of Fairy Tales.—Joseph Jacobs | 123 |
| Superstitious Beliefs and Practices of the Finns.—Hon. John Abercromby | 244 |
| Le Poème et la Légende des Nibelungen.—Alfred Nutt | 381 |
| Canti popolari Siciliani and Bibliografia Tradizioni popolari d’Italia.—Miss R. H. Busk | 390 |
| Correspondence: | |
| Modern Greek Folk-lore,, W. R. Paton and Lucy M. J. Garnett.—Story of the Girl who Plucked out her own Eyes, W. A. Clouston.—Irish Tales among the Redskins, Alfred Nutt | 128 |
| Tom-Tit-Tot, Prof. Reinhard Köhler | 246 |
| Miscellanea (March, June, December) | 132,247,510 |
| Folk-lore Bibliography (March, June, September, December) | 139,249,394,514 |
| Indexes—Articles—Bibliography | 513 |