Folk-Lore/Volume 28
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.
1917
[LXXVII.]
GLASGOW: PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
BY ROBERT MACLEHOSE AND CO. LTD.
CONTENTS.
| 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 | |