Folk-Lore/Volume 25
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. XXV.—1914
Alter et Idem
LONDON:
PUBLISHED FOR THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY BY
SIDGWICK & JACKSON, LTD., 3 ADAM ST., ADELPHI, W.C.
1914
[LXXIII.]
GLASGOW: PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
BY ROBERT MACLEHOSE AND CO. LTD.
CONTENTS.
| I.—(March, 1914.) | ||
| Minutes of Meetings: November 19th and December 17th, 1913, and January 21st, 1914 | 1 | |
| The Thirty-Sixth Annual Meeting: November 19th, 1913 | 3 | |
| The Thirty-Sixth Annual Report of the Council | 5 | |
| Cash Account for 1913 | 10 | |
| Presidential Address: Folklore and Psychology. R. R. Marett | 12 | |
| The Influence of Environment upon the Religious Ideas and Practices of the Aborigines of Northern Asia. M. A. Czaplicka | 34 | |
| The Holi: a Vernal Festival of the Hindus. W. Crooke | 55 | |
| II.—(July, 1914.) | ||
| Minutes of Meetings: March 18th and April 22nd, 1914 | 145 | |
| “Hook-swinging” in India. J. H. Powell | 147 | |
| “Bringing in the Fly.” Percy Manning | 198 | |
| III.—(September, 1914.) | ||
| Minutes of Meetings: May 20th and June 17th, 1914 | 281 | |
| “Souling, Clementing, and Catterning”: C. S. Burne | 285 | |
| On the Origin of the Egyptian Zar. Brenda Z. Seligmann | 300 | |
| Folk-Tales from Western Ireland. L. M‘Manus | 324 | |
| IV.—(December, 1914.) | ||
| Minutes of Meetings: November 18th and December 16th, 1914 | 409 | |
| The Chevauchée de St. Michel. E. F. Carey | 411 | |
| On the Evidential Value of the Historical Traditions of the Baganda and Bushongo. E. Sidney Hartland | 428 | |
| Some Notes on East African Folklore. A. Werner | 457 | |
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| Collectanea:— | ||
| “The Keener” in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. R. C Maclagan | 84 | |
| Some White Ruthenian Folk-Songs, I. H. Iwanowska and H. Onslow | 91 | |
| Waterford Folk-Tales, I. P. Ussher | 109 | |
| Notes on Spanish Amulets (Third Series). W. L. Hildburgh | 206 | |
| Some White Ruthenian Folk-Songs, II. H. Iwanowska and H. Onslow | 212 | |
| Waterford Folk-Tales, II. P. Ussher | 227 | |
| Jersey Folklore Notes. John Le Bas | 242 | |
| Quebec Folklore Notes, IV. E. H. and H. J. Rose | 251 | |
| Stray Notes on the Folklore of Aberdeenshire and the North-East of Scotland. D. Rorie | 342 | |
| Folklore Notes from Piedmont, III. Estella Canziani | 363 | |
| Folklore from Newmarket, Cambridgeshire. Ronald Burn | 363 | |
| Folklore from Kent. P. J. Heather | 366 | |
| Wine over a Coffin | 368 | |
| Sussex Folklore. Mrs. Hardy | 368 | |
| Worcestershire Folklore. T. E. Lones | 370 | |
| West Indian Folklore. Mary F. A. Trench | 370 | |
| Folklore of London Dressmakers. E. M. L. | 371 | |
| The Devil’s Rocks, near Downton Castle, Ludlow, Shropshire E. M. Leather | 372 | |
| The Saliva Superstition. “Aeron” | 372 | |
| The Nightingale an Ill-omened Bird. E. F. Bennion | 372 | |
| An Omen from Dress. T. E. Lones | 372 | |
| Bubbling Wells in Somerset. J. B. Partridge | 373 | |
| Epiphany and Easter Observances in Westmoreland. J. B. Partridge | 373 | |
| Folklore from Essex. J. B. Partridge | 373 | |
| Gloucestershire Legends. F. S. Potter | 374 | |
| Folklore from Yorkshire (North Riding). J. B. Partridge | 375 | |
| County Clare Folk-Tales and Myths. Thos. J. Westropp | 377 | |
| Harvest Rites in Ireland | 379 | |
| Iron a Sacred Metal. W. Crooke | 380 | |
| Notes on Folk Beliefs: Touching Wood. W. H. F. Basevi | 380 | |
| A Key for a Coffin. Mabel Peacock | 381 | |
| The Headless Horseman. Sir G. A. Grierson | 382 | |
| Superstition regarding Chimney-Sweeps. D. C. Haverfield | 382 | |
| Folk-Tales of the Angāmi Nāgas of Assam. J. H. Hutton | 476 | |
| Correspondence:— | ||
| Meeting of the Folklore Society at Oxford. F. A. Milne | 122 | |
| Modern Greek Folk-Tales and Ancient Greek Mythology: Odysseus and Saint Elias. W. R. Halliday | 122 | |
| Rust’haveli’s Georgian Epic, The Man in the Panther’s Skin. H. Krebs | 126 | |
| Working Evil by a Duck’s Foot. Amy Montague | 126 | |
| The Proposed “Frazer Fund.” R. R. Marett | 253 | |
| Beads and Knots. M. Gaster | 254 | |
| The Folk-Lore of Irish Plants and Animals. W. Crooke | 258 | |
| The Romance of Melusine, and Absence of Men during Child-bed. D. Rorie | 383 | |
| The Wild Huntsman and Yule-Tide. Mabel Peacock | 385 | |
| Nursery Rhymes. H. J. Rose | 386 | |
| The Death Coach. Mabel Peacock | 388 | |
| The Siwa in East Africa. R. R. Marett | 499 | |
| Reviews:— | ||
| Festskrift Tillegnad Edvard Westermarck. H. J. Rose | 127 | |
| Laographia. H. J. Rose | 130 | |
| Von Géza Róheim. Drachen und Drachenkämpfer. H. J. Rose | 132 | |
| Greek Popular Songs on St. George and the Dragon. H. J. Rose | 132 | |
| G. Pascu. Despre Cimilituri. M. Gaster | 134 | |
| R. Sutherland Rattray. Hausa Folk Lore: Customs, Proverbs etc. E. Sidney Hartland | 137 | |
| A. J. N. Tremearne. Hausa Superstitions and Customs. J. H. Weeks | 140 | |
| Jeremiah Curtin. Myths of the Modocs. H. J. Rose | 142 | |
| Gertrude Schoepperle. Tristan and Isolt. Eleanor Hull | 260 | |
| Myrrha Lot-Borodine. Le Roman Idyllique au Moyen Age. J. L. Weston | 262 | |
| Albrecht Dieterich. Mutter Erde. W. R. Halliday | 263 | |
| Agnes Arber. Herbals, their Origin and Evolution. D. H Moutray Read | 265 | |
| Franz Sohns. Unsere Pflanzen. D. H. Moutray Read | 265 | |
| E. C. Hargrove. Wanderings in the Isle of Wight. D. H. Moutray Read | 267 | |
| E. N. Setälä. Kullervo-Hamlet. H. J. Rose | 268 | |
| J. Jegerlehner. Sagen und Märchen aus dem Oberwallis. W. R. Halliday | 271 | |
| August von Löwis. Der Held im Deutschen und Russischen Märchen. W. R. Halliday | 274 | |
| E. Canziani, E. Rohde. Piedmont. A. R. Wright | 277 | |
| J. E. Field. The Myth of the Pent Cuckoo. S. A. H. Burne | 390 | |
| E. M. Wright. Rustic Speech and Folklore. C. S. Burne | 391 | |
| Haughton, H. L. Sport and Folklore in the Himalaya. W. Crooke | 393 | |
| J. E. E. Craster. Pemba, the Spice Island of Zanzibar | 395 | |
| J. Main. Religious Chastity. W. R. Halliday | 395 | |
| J. von Negelein. Der Traumschlüssel des Jagaddeva. W. R. Halliday | 398 | |
| F. Boll. Die Lebensalter. W. R. Halliday | 400 | |
| H. Bächtold. Die verlobung im Volks- und Rechtsbrauch. W. R. Halliday | 402 | |
| N. W. Thomas. Anthropological Report on the Ibo-speaking Peoples of the Awka Neighbourhood. W. Crooke | 404 | |
| J. G. Frazer. Psyche’s Task: A Discourse concerning the Influence of Superstition on the growth of Institutions. W. Crooke | 406 | |
| E. Westermarck. Marriage Ceremonies in Morocco: Ceremonies and Beliefs connected with Agriculture. W. Crooke | 501 | |
| B. Spencer. Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia. E. Sidney Hartland | 504 | |
| Short Notices:— | ||
| 28th Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology | 144 | |
| C. de Danilowicz. L’Art Rustique Français. L’Art Provençal | 144 | |
| B. Hunt. Folk Tales of Breffny | 280 | |
| B. Pilsudski. Materials for the Study of the Ainu Language and Folklore | 280 | |
| E. Clodd. The Childhood of the World | 407 | |
| D. C. Owen. The Infancy of Religion | 407 | |
| P. R. T. Gurdon. The Khasis | 408 | |
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| List of Plates:— | ||
| TO FACE PAGE | ||
| I. | “Hook-swinging” in India (Photo No. 1) | 148 |
| II. | „„(„ No. 2) | 149 |
| III. | „„(„No. 3) | 148 |
| IV. | „„(„No. 4) | 149 |
| V. | „„(Photos Nos. 5 & 6) | 152 |
| VI. | „„(Photo No. 7) | 153 |
| VII. | „„(„No. 8) | 154 |
| VIII. | „„(„No. 9) | 155 |
| IX. | „„(„No. 10) | 156 |
| X. | „„(„No. 11) | 157 |
| XI. | „„(„No. 12) | 158 |
| XII. | „„(„No. 13) | 159 |
| XIII. | „„(„No. 14) | 160 |
| XIV. | „„(Photos Nos. 15 & 16) | 161 |
| XV. | Spanish Amulets | 206 |
| XVI. | Map illustrating the Distribution of the Customs of Souling, Clementing, and Catterning | 284 |
| XVII. | Fig. 1. Temporary Shrine of Babinga and N’Gurma | 316 |
| XVIII. | Fig. 2. Kaltuma possessed | 317 |
| XIX. | Vale Church and Court House of St. Michel | 420 |
| XX. | Perron du Roi | 421 |
| XXI. | The Siwas of Patte and Lamu | 500 |
| XXII. | The Siwa of Patte | 501 |