taken to assist in drawing up a code of questions under each head:—
Folk Tales;
Hero Tales;
Ballads and Songs;
Place Legends and Traditions;
Goblindom;
Witchcraft;
Astrology;
Superstitions connected with material things;
Local Customs;
Festival Customs;
Ceremonial Customs;
Games;
Jingles, Nursery Rhymes, Riddles, &c.;
Proverbs;
Old Saws rhymed and unrhymed;
Nicknames, Place-rhymes, and Sayings;
Folk-etymology.
The Council desire to point out to Members the importance of this subject to the general student, as evidenced by Mr. Lockhart's efforts in China, and its special importance at the present time, when the Palestine Exploration Fund have, so far as Arabia is concerned, the means of turning to practical use the code of questions which may be promulgated by the Society. The materials collected by the Folk-tale Committee, who have in hand the analysis of Folk-tales, form an important addition to the proposed Hand-book on the Science of Folk-lore; and the Council, bearing in mind the work accomplished by the Society, and knowing how vast a field has yet to be covered, earnestly ask the assistance of all interested in the science towards carrying out the various projects now before students of Folk-lore.
