Folk-Lore/Volume 29
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. XXIX.—1918
Alter et Idem
LONDON:
PUBLISHED FOR THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY BY
SIDGWICK & JACKSON, LTD., 3 ADAM ST., ADELPHI, W.C.
1918
[LXXVIII.]
GLASGOW: PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
BY ROBERT MACLEHOSE AND CO. LTD.
CONTENTS.
| I.—(March, 1918.) | ||
| PAGE | ||
| Minutes of Meetings: November 21st, 1917; January 23rd, February 20th, and March 20th, 1918 | 1 | |
| Fortieth Annual Report of the Council | 5 | |
| Report of Progress of the “Brand Committee” for the Year 1917 | 12 | |
| Presidential Address.—The Transvaluation of Culture. R. R Marett | 15 | |
| The Influence of Burial Customs on the Belief in a Future State Mrs. Holland | 34 | |
| Parthenogenesis.—In Serbian Popular Tradition. T. R Georgevtch | 58 | |
| Classified Catalogue of Brand Material. C. S. Burne | 66 | |
| Honours conferred on Ex-Presidents of the Society | 96 | |
| II.—(June, 1918.) | ||
| Minutes of Meetings: April 17th and May 15th, 1918 | 97 | |
| Magic and Religion: A Criticism of Dr. Jevens. N. W. Thomas | 99 | |
| The House in India from the Point of View of Sociology and Folklore. W. Crooke | 113 | |
| Classified Catalogue of Brand Material. C. S. Burne | 146 | |
| III.—(September, 1918.) | ||
| Minute of Meeting: June 19th, 1918 | 177 | |
| Some Mythical Tales of the Lapps. Charles J. Billson | 178 | |
| A Mediaeval Legend of the Terrestrial Paradise. M. Esposito | 193 | |
| The Provenience of Certain Negro Folk-Tales. Elsie Clews Parsons | 206 | |
| ’Prentice Pillars: The Architect and his Pupil. W. Crooke | 219 | |
| The Black Pig of Kiltrustan. Eleanor Hull | 226 | |
| IV.—(December, 1918.) | ||
| The Rosary in Magic and Religion. Winifred S. Blackman | 255 | |
| Folklore and History in Ireland. D. H. Moutray Read | 281 | |
| Collectanea:— | ||
| Medio-pollito (the Half-Chicken) | 75 | |
| Breton Folklore. Jonathan Ceredig Davies | 79 | |
| The Town of Barbarie. Joseph J. MacSweeney | 82 | |
| The Cherry-Tree Carol. Joseph J. MacSweeney | 83 | |
| Arval or Avril Bread. T. W. Thompson | 84 | |
| Scotch Cures for Epilepsy. W. Mackenzie | 86 | |
| “Couvade” in Ontario. H. J. Rose | 87 | |
| Matrilineal Kinship among North American Indians | 87 | |
| Folk Customs of the Russian Peasantry. D. E. W. | 155 | |
| The Praying Palm of Faridpur | 158 | |
| An Anglesey Superstition: Modes of Protection from Evil Spirits. R. Gwynedon Davies | 158 | |
| Sanctuaries and Fairies in West Ireland | 159 | |
| War Mascots | 160 | |
| The Killing of the Khazar Kings | 238 | |
| A Study of the Folklore on the Coast of Connacht, Ireland Thomas Johnson Westropp | 305 | |
| Traces of Couvade (?) in England. Winifred S. Blackman | 319 | |
| “King Orfeo.” Joseph J. MacSweeney | 321 | |
| Correspondence:— | ||
| The Bird Cult of Easter Island. Arnold Burley | 88 | |
| Melanesian Influence in Easter Island. A. C Haddon | 161 | |
| The Killing of the Khazar Kings. Sir J. G. Frazer | 162 | |
| Easter Church Ceremonies. E. S. Goodrich | 163 | |
| Women fertilized by Stones. Sir J. G. Frazer | 254 | |
| Nature Myths from Samoa | 254 | |
| Obituary:— | ||
| Mr. Clement Arthur Miles | 89 | |
| Paul Sébillot. E. Sidney Hartland | 252 | |
| Reviews:— | ||
| P. Saintyves. Porphyre. L’Antre des Nymphs. E. Sidney Hartland | 90 | |
| Gerald Friedlander. Jewish Fairy Tales | 91 | |
| J. W. Wickwar. Dreams: What they are, and what they mean | 93 | |
| Dwight Edwards Marvin. Curiosities in Proverbs | 94 | |
| M. Gilleit. Folklore, Legend, and Superstitious Customs in connection with Andover and its Neighbourhood | 94 | |
| Sven Magnus Gronberger. St. Bridget of Sweden | 95 | |
| Judah Steinberg. The Breakfast of the Birds, and other Stories | 95 | |
| F. W. Bussell. Religious Thought and Heresy in the Middle Ages. J. Kennedy | 164 | |
| M. E. Dobbs. Side-Lights on the Tain Age and other Studies. J. Baudiš | 169 | |
| W.J. Perry. The Megalithic Culture of Indonesia. E. Sidney Hartland | 171 | |
| William I. Thomas and Florian Znaniecki. The Polish Peasant in Europe and America. M. A. Czaplicka | 248 | |
| T. R. St. Johnston. The Lau Islands (Fiji), and their Fairy Tales and Folklore. W. Crooke | 324 | |
| Index | 327 | |