A QUARTERLY REVIEW

OF

MYTH, TRADITION, INSTITUTION, & CUSTOM

BEING

THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY

And Incorporating THE ARCHEOLOGICAL REVIEW and
THE FOLK-LORE JOURNAL

PUBLISHED FOR THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY BY

SIDGWICK & JACKSON, LTD., 3 ADAM ST., ADELPHI, W.C.

CONTENTS.

I. (MARCH, 1917.)

Minutes of Meetings: 20th December, 1916; 17th January and

21st February, 1917 .

Thirty-Ninth Annual Report of the Council

Cash Account for December 1916

Report of the Committee on Brand's "Popular Antiquities i

Presidential Address. R. R. MARETT

Serbian Habits and Customs. DR. T, R. GEORGEVITCH

Classified Catalogue of Brand Material.

C. S. BURNE

II. (JUNE, 1917.)

Minutes of Meetings: 21st March and 18th April, 1917

SHINJI ISHII

The Life of the Mountain People in Formosa.

The Cursing of Venezelos. SIR J. G. FRAZER

Bull-baiting, Bull-racing, Bull-fights. W. CROOKE

Classified Catalogue of Brand Material. C. S. BURNE

Minutes of Meeting: 16th May and 13th June, 1917

Organisations of Witches in Great Britain. M. A. MURRAY

Magic and Religion. F. B. JEVONS

The Persistence of Primitive Beliefs in Theology. F. W. BUSSELL
Classified Catalogue of Brand Material. C. S. BURNE

IV. (DECEMBER, 1917.)

The Bird Cult of Easter Island. MRS. SCORESBY ROUTLEDGE

Some Ethnological Suggestions in Regard to Easter Island.

H. BALFOUR

The Killing of the Khazar Kings. SIR J. G. Frazer

The Provenience of Certain Negro Folk-Tales. E. C. PARSONS.

Classified Catalogue of Brand Material. C. S. BURNE

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COLLECTANEA :—

Notes on Irish Folklore. W. F. DE VISMES KANE

Some Nature Myths from Samoa. G. BROWN

The Belief in Charms

Folklore from Ireland. EMILY G. GOUGH

Hampshire Folklore. D. H. MOUTRAY READ

Apparitions in Lincolnshire. M. PEACOCK

An Ancient Rent Service

Burning Camphor: A Strange Tamil Oath

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Olympos. MORLEY ROBERTS .

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A Study in the Legends of the Connacht Coast, Ireland.

Notes on English Folklore. J. B. PARTRIDGE

Negro Proverbs Collected in Jamaica. C. F. Grant .

Some Camberley Folklore. E. M. RICHARDSON

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Two Notes on the Sister's Son and the Duel. JOSEPH J.

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Sale of Wizards' Spells.

Working Evil by a Duck's Foot. A. ELA

Influence of an Expectant Mother. A. FOWLER

Folk-Lore from the Himalayas. H. W. EMERSON

Notes on Lincolnshire Folk-Lore. M. PEACOCK

The Nutons. A. QUIN-HARKIN

Some Superstitions of the Mexican Indians. A. BRENNAN

A Study in the Legends of the Connacht Coast, Ireland.

Part II. T. J. WESTROPP

The Cursing of Venezelos.

W. CROOKE

Easter Eggs in Scotland. D. A. MACKENZIE

Begging on St. Thomas's Day. B. MCWILLIAMS

Goats and Cows. J. J. FOSTER

Notes on English Folk-Lore. CELIA A. BARKER

Notes on Staffordshire Folklore.

CORRESPONDENCE:-

RUTH HODSON

Bibliography of the Writings of the late Sir Laurence Gomme

on Anthropology and Folklore. EDWARD BRABROOK

Christmas Candles. E. C. BLANCHARD

Birth Signs in Egypt. E. K. M. COURT

The Coirligheile Puzzle. H. A. FREEMAN

Witchcraft in Great Britain.

C. S. BURNE

OBITUARY:-

Dr. H. B. Wheatley. W. CROOKE

REVIEWS:-

A. Sutherland Rattray. Folklore from West Africa: Ashanti

Proverbs; J. M. Dalziel. A Hausa Botanical Glossary.

W. CROOKE .

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