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CONTENTS.

I. (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

II. (JUNE, 1908.)

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I

3

5

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12

31

52

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

April, 1908.

129

Some Characteristics of English Folk-Music. CECIL J. SHARP

Some Notes on Homeric Folk-Lore. W. CROOKE .

III. (SEPTEMBER, 1908.)

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

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

The Balemba of the Zoutpansberg (Transvaal).

IV. (DECEMBER, 1908.)

The Burryman. ISABEL A. DICKSON

257

261

HENRI A. JUNOD 276

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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COLLECTANEA :—

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

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

HILDBURGH

Amulets used in Lincolnshire. MABEL PEACOCK

78

83

87

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

Putting Life into an Idol. G. H. SKIPWITH

A Pin-Offering. G. MONTAGU BENTON.

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

J. H. WEEKS

The "Bitter Withy" Ballad. F. SIDGWICK

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

Notes on some Contemporary Portuguese Amulets. W. L.

HILDBURGH .

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

R. H. MATHEWS

Specimens of Modern Mascots and Ancient Amulets of the

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

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

R. H. MATHEWS

Turks Praying for Rain. G. E. WHITE

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

HARRISON

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

BRYAN H. JONES

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

MORRISON

Ghost-raising in Wales. J. CEREDIG DAVIES

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

F. C. CONYBEARE

The "Jass" at Thun. C. J. BILLSON

Folk-lore from Tangier. Miss F. KIRBY GREEN

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

S. BURNE

The Legend of Savaddan Lake. ISAAC C. HUGHES

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

Death-knock in the Wapentake of Corringham, Lincolnshire.

Crucifying a Crow. MABEL PEACOCK.

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

CORRESPONDENCE:-

The Progress of Folklore Study in Finland.

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.

Folklore of Aristotle. T. EAST LONES

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

DAVIES

Fishers' Folklore. D. TowNSHEND

E. SIDNEY HARTLAND

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

A Macassar Version of Cinderella.

Burial of Amputated Limbs. E. B. PITMAN
Wren Boys. BRYAN J. JONES.

The Pedlar of Swaffham. E. SIDNEY HARTLAND

Opening Windows for the Dead.

Thar-Cake. C. J. TABOR

Bees and Withered Branches.

Wedding Custom. C. S. BURNE

H. H. JOHNSON

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469

KAARLE KROHN.

98

99

104

Faith-cures. AMY MONTAGUE .

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

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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COLLECTANEA :—

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

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

HILDBURGH

Amulets used in Lincolnshire. MABEL PEACOCK

78

83

87

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

Putting Life into an Idol. G. H. SKIPWITH

A Pin-Offering. G. MONTAGU BENTON.

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

J. H. WEEKS

The "Bitter Withy" Ballad. F. SIDGWICK

200

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

Notes on some Contemporary Portuguese Amulets. W. L.

HILDBURGH.

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

R. H. MATHEWS

Specimens of Modern Mascots and Ancient Amulets of the

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

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

R. H. MATHEWS

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

HARRISON

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

BRYAN H. JONES

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

MORRISON

Ghost raising in Wales. J. CEREDIG DAVIES

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

F. C. CONYBEARE

Folk-lore from Tangier. Miss F. KIRBY GREEN

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

S. BURNE

The Legend of Savaddan Lake. ISAAC C. HUGHES

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

Death-knock in the Wapentake of Corringham, Lincolnshire.