Folk-Lore/Volume 29

by The Folk-Lore Society

FOLK-LORE

A QUARTERLY REVIEW

OF

MYTH, TRADITION, INSTITUTION, & CUSTOM

BEING

The Transactions of the Folk-Lore Society

And Incorporating The Archæological Review and
The Folk-Lore Journal

VOL. XXIX.—1918

Alter et Idem

LONDON:

PUBLISHED FOR THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY BY

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

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1918

[LXXVIII.]

GLASGOW: PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
BY ROBERT MACLEHOSE AND CO. LTD.

CONTENTS.

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I.—(March, 1918.)
PAGE
Minutes of Meetings: November 21st, 1917; January 23rd, February 20th, and March 20th, 1918		1
Fortieth Annual Report of the Council		5
Report of Progress of the “Brand Committee” for the Year 1917		12
Presidential Address.—The Transvaluation of Culture. R. R Marett		15
The Influence of Burial Customs on the Belief in a Future State Mrs. Holland		34
Parthenogenesis.—In Serbian Popular Tradition. T. R Georgevtch		58
Classified Catalogue of Brand Material. C. S. Burne		66
Honours conferred on Ex-Presidents of the Society		96
II.—(June, 1918.)
Minutes of Meetings: April 17th and May 15th, 1918		97
Magic and Religion: A Criticism of Dr. Jevens. N. W. Thomas		99
The House in India from the Point of View of Sociology and Folklore. W. Crooke		113
Classified Catalogue of Brand Material. C. S. Burne		146
III.—(September, 1918.)
Minute of Meeting: June 19th, 1918		177
Some Mythical Tales of the Lapps. Charles J. Billson		178
A Mediaeval Legend of the Terrestrial Paradise. M. Esposito		193
The Provenience of Certain Negro Folk-Tales. Elsie Clews Parsons		206
’Prentice Pillars: The Architect and his Pupil. W. Crooke		219
The Black Pig of Kiltrustan. Eleanor Hull		226
IV.—(December, 1918.)
The Rosary in Magic and Religion. Winifred S. Blackman		255
Folklore and History in Ireland. D. H. Moutray Read		281
Collectanea:—
Medio-pollito (the Half-Chicken)		75
Breton Folklore. Jonathan Ceredig Davies		79
The Town of Barbarie. Joseph J. MacSweeney		82
The Cherry-Tree Carol. Joseph J. MacSweeney		83
Arval or Avril Bread. T. W. Thompson		84
Scotch Cures for Epilepsy. W. Mackenzie		86
“Couvade” in Ontario. H. J. Rose		87
Matrilineal Kinship among North American Indians		87
Folk Customs of the Russian Peasantry. D. E. W.		155
The Praying Palm of Faridpur		158
An Anglesey Superstition: Modes of Protection from Evil Spirits. R. Gwynedon Davies		158
Sanctuaries and Fairies in West Ireland		159
War Mascots		160
The Killing of the Khazar Kings		238
A Study of the Folklore on the Coast of Connacht, Ireland Thomas Johnson Westropp		305
Traces of Couvade (?) in England. Winifred S. Blackman		319
“King Orfeo.” Joseph J. MacSweeney		321
Correspondence:—
The Bird Cult of Easter Island. Arnold Burley		88
Melanesian Influence in Easter Island. A. C Haddon		161
The Killing of the Khazar Kings. Sir J. G. Frazer		162
Easter Church Ceremonies. E. S. Goodrich		163
Women fertilized by Stones. Sir J. G. Frazer		254
Nature Myths from Samoa		254
Obituary:—
Mr. Clement Arthur Miles		89
Paul Sébillot. E. Sidney Hartland		252
Reviews:—
P. Saintyves. Porphyre. L’Antre des Nymphs. E. Sidney Hartland		90
Gerald Friedlander. Jewish Fairy Tales		91
J. W. Wickwar. Dreams: What they are, and what they mean		93
Dwight Edwards Marvin. Curiosities in Proverbs		94
M. Gilleit. Folklore, Legend, and Superstitious Customs in connection with Andover and its Neighbourhood		94
Sven Magnus Gronberger. St. Bridget of Sweden		95
Judah Steinberg. The Breakfast of the Birds, and other Stories		95
F. W. Bussell. Religious Thought and Heresy in the Middle Ages. J. Kennedy		164
M. E. Dobbs. Side-Lights on the Tain Age and other Studies. J. Baudiš		169
W.J. Perry. The Megalithic Culture of Indonesia. E. Sidney Hartland		171
William I. Thomas and Florian Znaniecki. The Polish Peasant in Europe and America. M. A. Czaplicka		248
T. R. St. Johnston. The Lau Islands (Fiji), and their Fairy Tales and Folklore. W. Crooke		324
Index		327