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1.-(MARCH, 1908.)

Minutes of Meetings : 20th November and 18th December, 1907

The Thirtieth Annual Meeting : 15th January, 1908

The Thirtieth Annual Report of the Council : 15th January, 1908

Treasurer's Cash Account and Balance Sheet

Presidential Address. M. GASTER

Local Traditions of the Quantocks. Rev. C. W. WHISTLER

Some Notes on Homeric Folk-Lore. W. CROOKE

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II.-(JUNE, 1908.)

Minutes of Meetings : 19th February, 18th March and 15th

April, 1908.

Some Characteristics of English Folk-Music. CECIL J. SHARP
Some Notes on Homeric Folk-Lore. W. CROOKE .

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III.-(SEPTEMBER, 1908.)

Minutes of Meetings : 20th May and 17th June, 1908.) .

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Female Infanticide in the Punjab. CAPT. A. J. O'BRIEN

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The Balemba of the Zoutpansberg (Transvaal). HENRI A. JUNOD 276

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IV.-(DECEMBER, 1908.)

The Burryman. ISABEL A. DICKSON

The Disposal of the Dead in Australia. N. W. THOMAS .

Notes on some Customs of the Lower Congo People. J. H.

WEEKS.

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The Lazy Wife: A Manx Folk-tale. SOPHIA MORRISON 78

Notes on some Amulets of the Three Magi Kings. W. L.

HILDBURGH .

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Amulets used in Lincolnshire. MABEL PEACOCK

Sundry Notes from West Somerset and Devon. C. W. WHISTLER 88

Putting Life into an Idol. G. H. SKIPWITH

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A Pin-Offering. G. MONTAGU BENTON.

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Notes on Some Customs of the Bangala Tribe, Upper Congo.

J. H. WEEKS

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The “Bitter Withy” Ballad. F. SIDGWICK

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Notes on some Flemish Amulets and Beliefs. W. L. HILDBURGH

Notes on some Contemporary Portuguese Amulets. W. L.

HILDBURGH .

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Folk-tales of the Aborigines of New South Wales. Part I.

R. H. MATHEWS

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Specimens of Modern Mascots and Ancient Amulets of the

British Isles. A. R. WRIGHT, E. LOVETT

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Folk-tales of the Aborigines of New South Wales. Part II.

R. H. MATHEWS

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Turks Praying for Rain. G. E. WHITE

A Survival of Incubation? (In the Abruzzi). MARIAN C.

HARRISON

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Irish Folk-lore from Cavan, Meath, Kerry and Limerick.

Bryan H. JONES

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Billy Beg, Tom Beg and the Fairies. From the Manx.

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SOPHIA

MORRISON

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Ghost-raising in Wales. J. CEREDIG DAVIES

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The Use of a Skull in a Rain-making Ceremony in Corsica.

F. C. CONYBEARE

332

The “ Jass” at Thun. C. J. BILLSON

Folk-lore from Tangier. Miss F. KIRBY GREEN

441

The “Devil's Door” in Wroxhall Abbey Church. CHARLOTTE

S. BURNE

The Legend of Savaddan Lake. ISAAC C. HUGHES

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The Feast of St. Wilfrid. (Illustrated London News)

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Death-knock in the Wapentake of Corringham, Lincolnshire.

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Crucifying a Crow. MABEL PEACOCK .

Notes from Greece and the Aegean. M. S. THOMPSON

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CORRESPONDENCE :-

The Progress of Folklore Study in Finland. KaarlE KROHN.

The Sociology of the Arranda and Chingalee Tribes (Northern

Territory, Australia). R. H. MATHEWS

Folklore Fiction : A Warning. RENDEL HARRIS

The Fifth of November and Guy Fawkes. EDITH F. CAREY

Folklore of Aristotle. T. EAST LONES

Opening Windows to aid the release of the Soul. J. CEREDIG

DAVIES

Fishers' Folklore. D. TOWNSHEND

Congress of the History of Religions. J. Estlin CARPENTER .

A Macassar Version of Cinderella. E. SIDNEY HARTLAND

Burial of Amputated Limbs. E. B. PITMAN

Wren Boys. BRYAN J. JONES .

The Pedlar of Swaff ham. E. SIDNEY HARTLAND

Opening Windows for the Dead. W. INNEs Pocock

Thar-Cake. C. J. TABOR

Bees and Withered Branches. H. H. JOHNSON

Wedding Custom. C. S. BURNE

Faith-cures. Amy MONTAGUE .

Ghost Invisible to a First-born Son. C. S. BURNE

An Historical Ghost. C. W. WHISTLER

Blood-Kinship. S. SINGER

Journey Omen. F. R. COLES .

Sheep in Folk-Medicine. W. WARDE FOWLER

Egyptian Beliefs. E. P. LARKEN

Sacred Wells. A. MACDONALD

Japanese Folklore on Earthquakes. H. N. HUTCHINSON

Adders Swallowing their Young. E. PEACOCK .

South Indian Folklore. A. R. WRIGHT

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OBITUARY :-

Frederick Thomas Elworthy. Sir E. W. BRABROOK

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REVIEWS :

Paul Sébillot. Le Folk-Lore de France. E. SIDNEY HARTLAND

Prof. E. B. Cowell and W. H. D. Rouse. The Jataka or

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The Lazy Wife: A Manx Folk-tale. SOPHIA MORRISON

Notes on some Amulets of the Three Magi Kings. W. L.

HILDBURGH

83

Amulets used in Lincolnshire. MABEL PEACOCK

Sundry Notes from West Somerset and Devon. C. W. WHISTLER 88

Putting Life into an Idol. G. H. SKIPWITH

91

A Pin-Offering. G. MONTAGU BENTON.

92

Notes on Some Customs of the Bangala Tribe, Upper Congo.

J. H. WEEKS

The “Bitter Withy” Ballad. F. SIDGWICK

190

Notes on some Flemish Amulets and Beliefs. W. L. HILDBURGH

Notes on some Contemporary Portuguese Amulets. W. L.

HILDBURGH .

213

Folk-tales of the Aborigines of New South Wales. Part I.

R. H. MATHEWS

224

Specimens of Modern Mascots and Ancient Amulets of the

British Isles. A. R. WRIGHT, E. LOVETT

288

Folk-tales of the Aborigines of New South Wales. Part II.

R. H. MATHEWS

303

Turks Praying for Rain. G. E. WHITE

308

A Survival of Incubation? (In the Abruzzi). Marian C.

MARIAN

HARRISON

313

Irish Folk-lore from Cavan, Meath, Kerry and Limerick.

BRYAN H. JONES

315

Billy Beg, Tom Beg and the Fairies. From the Manx. SOPHIA

MORRISON

324

Ghost-raising in Wales. J. CEREDIG DAVIES

331

The Use of a Skull in a Rain-making Ceremony in Corsica.

F. C. CONYBEARE

332

The “Jass” at Thun. C. J. BILLSON

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Folk-lore from Tangier. Miss F. KIRBY GREEN

441

The “Devil's Door" in Wroxhall Abbey Church. CHARLOTTE

S. BURNE

The Legend of Savaddan Lake. ISAAC C. HUGHES

459

The Feast of St. Wilfrid. (Illustrated London News)

464

Death-knock in the Wapentake of Corringham, Lincolnshire.

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