The Folk-Lore Journal/Volume 5

THE
FOLK-LORE JOURNAL
VOL. V.
(JANUARY—DECEMBER 1887.)

Alter et Idem
LONDON:
PUBLISHED FOR THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY
BY ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW.
1887.
XIX.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| Babcock (W. H.) American Song-Games and Wonder-Tales | 134 |
| Black (W. G.) Folk-Tales of North Friesland | 335 |
| Bowditch (C. P.) Negro Songs from Barbados | 130 |
| Burne (Miss Charlotte S.) Some Simple Methods of Promoting the Study of Folk-Lore, and the Extension of the Folk-Lore Society | 62 |
| Clodd (Edward). Tabulation of Folk-Tales | 70 |
| Clouston (W. A.) Two South Pacific Folk-Tales | 254 |
| Colles (Dr. A.) A Witch's Ladder | 1 |
| Courtney (Miss M. A.) Cornish Folk-Lore | 14, 85, 177 |
| Egan(F. W.) Irish Folk-Lore | 11 |
| Frazer (J. G.) A Witch's Ladder | 81 |
| Gaster (Dr. M.) Modern Origin of Fairy Tales | 339 |
| Hartland (J. C.) Japanese New-Year Decorations | 154 |
| Kinahan (G. H.) Cornish Folk-Lore | 324 |
| —— Donegal Folk-Lore | 66 |
| —— Donegal Superstitions | 69 |
| King (Capt. J. S.) Folk-Lore and Social Customs of the Western Somali Tribes | 322 |
| Kirby (W. F.) The Forbidden Doors of the Thousand and One Nights | 112 |
| Leland (C. G.) The Witches' Ladder | 257 |
| Malay Folk-Lore | 328 |
| Mansfield (M. T.) Chinese Legends | 124 |
| —— Chinese Superstitions | 127 |
| Martinengo-Cesaresco (Countess). Negro Songs from Barbados | 5 |
| Mitchell Innes (N. G.) Chinese Birth, Marriage and Death Rites | 221 |
| Murray-Aynsley (Mrs. J. C.) Secular and Religious Dances of certain Primitive Peoples in Asia and Africa | 246, 273 |
| Notes and Queries | 71, 156, 260, 351 |
| Notices and News | 75, 162, 268, 356 |
| Peacock (Miss Mabel). Folk-Lore from Boddam-Whetham's Roraima and British Guiana | 315 |
| Taylor (G.) Folk-Lore of Aboriginal Formosa | 139 |