THE
FOLK-LORE JOURNAL
VOL. I.
(JANUARY—DECEMBER 1883.)
Alter et Idem
LONDON:
PUBLISHED FOR THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY
BY ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW.
1883.
Officers of the Folk-Lore Society,
1883-1884.
PRESIDENT.
THE RIGHT HON. EARL BEAUCHAMP, F.S.A.
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
A. LANG, M.A.
W. R. S. RALSTON, M.A.
EDWARD B. TYLOR, LL.D., F.R.S.
COUNCIL.
EDWARD BRABROOK, F.S.A.
JAMES BRITTEN, F.L.S.
DR. ROBERT BROWN.
EDWARD CLODD.
SIR W. R. DRAKE, F.S.A.
G. L. GOMME, F.S.A.
ALFRED NUTT.
PROFESSOR A. H. SAYCE, M.A.
EDWARD SOLLY, F.R.S., F.S.A.
WILLIAM J. THOMS, F.S.A.
W. S. W. VAUX, M.A.
HENRY B. WHEATLEY, F.S.A.
DIRECTOR.— WILLIAM J. THOMS, F.S.A
TREASURER.— SIR WILLIAM R. DRAKE, F.S.A.
HONORARY SECRETARIES.
G. L. GOMME, F.S.A., 2, Park Villas, Lonsdale Road, Barnes, S.W.
A. GRANGER HUTT, F.S.A., 8, Oxford Road, Kilburn.
AUDITORS.— John Tolhurst, F.S.A.J. S. Udal.
BANKERS. — Union Bank of London, Charing Cross Branch.
FOLK-TALE COMMITTEE.— Messrs. Apperson, Britten, Blind, Clodd, Hartland, Nutt, Lang, Ralston, Sonneuschein, Wheatley, Solly, Wake, Gomme.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Apperson (G. L.) Index to the Folk-lore of Horace
115
Black (William George) The Hare in Folk-lore
84
Blind (Karl) May-chafer and Spring Songs in Germany
187
Brinton (Daniel G.) Folk-lore of Yucatan
244
Britten (James) Irish Folk-tales
52, 184, 316, 363
——————— Warwickshire Customs, 1759-60
351
Continental Folk-lore Notes
380
Coote (H. C.) A Building Superstition
23
Crombie (J. W.) Some Spanish Superstitions
295
Fenton (J.) Folk-lore in relation to Psychology and Education
258
Folk-tale Analysis
41
Gomme (G. L.) Bibliography of Folk-lore Publications in English
77, 344, 387
Gregor (Rev. W.) Stories of Fairies from Scotland
25, 55
——————— Some Marriage Customs
119
——————— Kelpie Stories
292
Hope (R. C.) Derbyshire and Cumberland Counting-out and Children's Game Rhymes
384
Jones (Rev. W. H.) and J. L. Kropt. Magyar Folk-lore
354
Lang (Andrew) Anthropology and the Vedas
107
Martinengo-Cesaresco (Countess). Songs for the Rite of May
153
Moore (T. H.) A Chilian Folk-tale
221
Notes, Queries, Notices, and News
28, 59, 90, 121, 166, 191, 226, 267, 297, 330, 363, 394
Palmer (Rev. A. Smythe) An Irish Folk-tale
256
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Peacock (Edward) Monmouthshire Folk-lore
378
Rivett-Carnac (Mrs. H.) Folk-lore Notes from India
369
Sawyer (F. E.) St. Swithin and Rainmakers
211
Sayce (Rev. Professor) On Babylonian Folk-lore
16
Sibre (Rev. James, Junior) On the Oratory, Songs, Legends, and Folk-tales of the Malagasy
1, 33, 65, 97, 169, 201, 233, 273, 305, 337
Swinnerton (Rev. C.) Four Legends of King Rasalu
129
—————————— Folk-lore from Peshawur
324
Temple (Captain R. C.) Panjabi and other Proverbs
175
Wake (C. Staniland) Ananci Stories
280
Walker (Mrs.) Greek Folk-lore
217
Yorkshire Local Rhymes and Sayings
164