1903. Leland Stanford Junior University Library, Stanford University, Cal., U.S.A., per F. A. Brockhaus, 48 Old Bailey, E.C.

1885. Library of the Supreme Council of the 30°, etc., 33 Golden Square, W. 1899. Liverpool Free Public Library, per Peter Cowell, Esq., Chief Librarian, William Brown Street, Liverpool.

1879. London Library, St. James's Square, S.W.

1904. Los Angeles Public Library, California, per B. F. Stevens & Brown, 4 Trafalgar Square, W.C.

1878. Manchester Free Library, King Street, Manchester.

1897. Max, J., & Co., 21 Schweidnitzerstrasse, Breslau.

1902. Meadville Theological School Library, Meadville, Pa., U.S.A., per G. E. Stechert, 2 Star Yard, Carey Street, W.C.

1908. Mercantile Library of Philadelphia, U.S.A., 10th St. Above Chestnut St., Philadelphia, U.S.A., per T. Wilson Hadley, Esq.

1904. Mercantile Library of St. Louis, U.S.A., per G. E. Stechert, 2 Star Yard, Carey Street, W.C.

1893. Meyrick Library, Jesus College, Oxford, per E. E. Genner, Esq., Librarian. 1902. Michigan State Library, Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A., per G. E. Stechert, 2 Star Yard, Carey Street, W.C.

1907. Michigan University Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. 1881. Middlesborough Free Library, per Baker Hudson, Esq.

1905. Minneapolis Public Library, per G. E. Stechert, 2 Star Yard, Carey St., W.C.

1894. Minnesota, University of, Minneapolis, U.S.A., per G. E. Stechert, 2 Star Yard, Carey Street, W.C.

1878. Mitchell Library, 21 Miller Street, Glasgow, c/o F. T. Barrett, Esq., Librarian.

1880. Munich Royal Library, per Asher & Co., 13 Bedford Street, W.C.

1904. Nancy, Université de, Nancy, France, per M. Paul Perdrizet.

1894. National Library of Ireland, per Hodges, Figgis & Co., 104 Grafton St., Dublin.

1908. Nebraska University Library, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A., per Walter K. Jewett, Esq., Librarian.

1892. New Philological Society, St. Petersburg, per Voss Sortiment (Herr G. W. Sergenfray), Leipzig.

1898. Newark Free Public Library, New Jersey, U.S.A., per G. E. Stechert, 2 Star Yard, Carey Street, W.C.

1888. Newberry Library, Chicago, U.S.A., per B. F. Stevens & Brown, 4 Trafalgar Square, W.C.

1879. Newcastle Literary and Philosophical Society, Newcastle-on-Tyne, per H. Richardson, Esq.

1898. New Jersey, The College of, Princeton, N.J., U.S.A., per H. A. Duffield,

1904. New Jersey Free Library, per G. E. Stechert, 2 Star Yard, Carey Street,

W.C.

1894. New York, College of the City of, per G. E. Stechert, 2 Star Yard, Carey Street, W.C.

1898. New York Public Library (Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation), per B. F. Stevens & Brown, 4 Trafalgar Square, W.C.

1894. New York State Library, per G. E. Stechert, 2 Star Yard, Carey Street, W.C.

1908. North Western University Library, Evanston, Ill., per G. E. Stechert. 1883. Nottingham Free Public Library, per J. E. Bryan, Esq., St. Peter's Churchside, Nottingham.

1894. Oxford and Cambridge Club, per Harrison & Sons, 45 Pall Mall, S. W.

1881. Peabody Institute, Baltimore, U.S.A., per E. G. Allen & Son, 14 Grape Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, W.C.

1894. Peorio, Public Library of, per G. E. Stechert, 2 Star Yard, Carey Street, W.C.

1899. Philadelphia, Free Library of, per B. F. Stevens & Brown, 4 Trafalgar Square, W.C.

1881. Philadelphia, The Library Company of, U.S.A., per E. G. Allen & Son, 14 Grape St., Shaftesbury Avenue, W.C.

1879. Plymouth Institution and Devon and Cornwall Natural History Society, per C. S. Jago, Esq., Plymouth Public School.

1894. Providence Public Library, per G. E. Stechert, 2 Star Yard, Carey St., W.C.

1900. Reading Free Public Library, per W. H. Greenhough, Esq. 1894. Röhrscheid & Ebbecke, Buchhandlung, Am Hof, 28, Bonn, Germany. 1908. Royal Dublin Society, per Arthur H. Foord, Esq., Leinster Ho., Dublin. 1894. Royal Irish Academy, per Hodges, Figgis & Co., 104 Grafton St., Dublin.

1888. St. Helens Corporation Free Library, per A. Lancaster, Esq., Librarian, Town Hall, St. Helens.

1898. Salford Public Library, Manchester.

1908. San Francisco Public Library, per G. E. Stechert, 2 Star Yard, Carey St., W.C.

1907. Seattle Public Library, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., per B. F. Stevens & Brown, 4 Trafalgar Square, S. W.

1899. Sheffield Free Public Library, Surrey Street, Sheffield, per S. Smith, Esq. 1908. Sigma Fraternity, The, per Miss K. S. Hazeltine, 203 College Hall, Wellesley, Mass., U.S.A.

1898. Signet Library, Edinburgh.

1905. Sion College Library, Victoria Embankment, E.C., per C. H. Limbrick,

1879. Stockholm, Royal Library of, per W. H. Dawson & Sons, St. Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane, E.C.

1903. Sunderland Public Library, Borough Rd., Sunderland, per B. R. Hill, Esq. 1894. Surgeon General Office Library, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., per Kegan Paul & Co., 43 Gerrard Street, W.

1891. Swansea Public Library, per S. E. Thompson, Esq., Librarian. 1908. Swarthmore College Library, per E. G. Allen & Son, 14 Grape St., W.C. 1881. Sydney Free Public Library, per Truslove & Hanson, 153 Oxford St., W.

1895. Tate Library, University College, Liverpool, care of J. Sampson, Esq. 1906. Texas, University of Austin, Texas, U.S.A., per G. E. Stechert, 2 Star Yard, Carey Street, W.C.

1883. Taylor Institution, Oxford, per Parker & Co., Broad Street, Oxford. 1898. Toronto Public Library, per C. D. Cazenove & Son, 26 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, W.C.

1899. Toronto University Library, per C. D. Cazenove & Son, 26 Henrietta St., Covent Garden, W.C.

1879. Torquay Natural History Society, care of A. Somervail, Esq.

1899. Upsala University Library, per C. J. Lundström, Upsala, Sweden.

1896. Van Stockum, W. P. & Son, 36 Buitenhof, The Hague, Holland. 1899. Vassar College Library, Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.A., per H. Sotheran & Co., 140 Strand, W.C.

1907. Victoria Public Library, Melbourne, per Agent-General for Victoria, 142 Queen Victoria Street, E.C.

1901. Vienna Imperial University Library, per Asher & Co., 13 Bedford St., W.C.

1890. Watkinson Library, Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A., per E. G. Allen & Son, 14 Grape St., Shaftesbury Avenue, W.C.

1898. Weimar Grand Ducal Library, per Dr. P. von Bojanowsky.

1907. Wesleyan University, Library of, Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.A. 1898. Wisconsin State Historical Society, per H. Sotheran & Co., 140 Strand, W.C. 1908. Woolwich Free Library, William St., Woolwich, per E. B. Baker, Esq., Librarian.

1885. Worcester Free Public Library, Mass., U.S.A., per Kegan Paul & Co., 43 Gerrard Street, W.

1905. Yale University Library, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A., per G. E. Stechert & Co., 2 Star Yard, Carey Street, W.C.

Folk-Lore.

TRANSACTIONS OF THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY.

VOL. XIX.]

MARCH, 1908.

[No. I.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20th, 1907.

THE PRESIDENT (DR. GASTER) IN THE CHAIR.

THE minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed.

The election of the following new members, viz. :-Mr. Halliday Sparling, Major M'Nair, Mrs. Rounthwaite, The Lady Edith Campbell, Mr. C. Gilbertson, and Mr. R. James Williams was announced.

The resignations of Dr. H. O. Forbes, Sir J. P. Rodger, Mr. F. L. Bickley, and Mr. R. H. Marsh, and the death of Lord Aldenham were also announced.

The Secretary exhibited a Lincolnshire charm sent by Miss M. Peacock, consisting of a heart-shaped piece of bog oak 1 inches long, with bow for suspension to the watch-chain, and read a note by Miss Peacock thereon [p. 87].

The Rev. C. W. Whistler read a paper entitled, "Local Traditions of the Quantocks" [p. 31], and in the discussion which followed Mr. Calderon, Mr. Higgins,