THE
FOLK-LORE JOURNAL
VOL. II.
(JANUARY—DECEMBER 1884.)
Alter et Idem
LONDON:
PUBLISHED FOR THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY
BY ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW.
1884.
Officers of the Folk-Lore Society,
1884-1885.
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.
EDWARD CLODD.
SIR W. R. DRAKE, F.S.A.
G. L. GOMME, F.S.A.
J. T. MICKLETHWAITE, 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.G. L. Apperson.
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
Abercromby (Hon. J.) Irish Stories and Charms
33
—— Irish Bird-Lore
65
Annual Report for 1883
385
Black (William George). Turcoman Folk-Lore
43
—— Holy Wells in Scotland
173
Britten (James) Irish Folk-Tales
193
Buchheim (Emma S.) The Pied Piper of Hamelin
206
Burne (Charlotte S.) Two Folk-Tales from Herefordshire
20
—— Variant of the Three Noodles
40
Clodd (Edward) Philosophy of Punchkin
289
Coote (Henry Charles) Children’s Games in Sicily
82
—— Folk-Lore in Modern Greece
235
Crombie (J. W.) A Curious Superstition
172
Drayton, Folk-Lore of
111, 142, 225, 266, 357
Edmonds (Mrs. E. M.) Notes on Greek Folk-Lore
168
Folk-Lore Terminology
340
Gomme (G. L.) Bibliography of Folk-Lore Publications in English
197
Gregor (Rev. Walter) Three Folk-Tales from Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire
68
—— Hippie Folk-Lore from the North-East of Scotland
106
—— Folk-Tales from Aberdeenshire
277
—— Old Farming Customs and Notions in Aberdeenshire
329
—— Fishermen’s Folk-Lore
353
Hope (R. C.) Some Derbyshire Proverbs and Sayings
278
Irish Folk-Lore
138, 210
Jones (Rev. W. H.) and Lewis H. Kropf, Szekely Folk-Medicine
97
Kinalian (G. H.) Connemara Folk-Lore
257
Martinengo-Cesaresco (The Countess) The Wise Choice
109
—— American Games and Songs
243
Morris (Rev. Dr. Richard) Folk-Tales of India
304, 332, 370
Notes and Queries
23, 57, 90, 120, 156, 187, 218, 253, 285, 317, 348, 377
Notices and News
27, 63, 95, 125, 159, 192, 223, 255, 320, 351, 382
Nutt (Alfred) Irish Mythology according to a recent writer
175
—— Folk-Lore Terminology
311
Pengelly (William) Impounding Wild Birds
19
Sawyer (Frederick E.) Sussex “Tipteerers” Play
1
—— “Old Clem” Celebrations and Blacksmiths’ Lore
321
Sibree (Rev. James, jun.) Malagasy Folk-Tales
45, 75, 129, 161
Tabulation of Folk-Tales
152, 183, 214, 249, 281
Temple (Captain R. C.) Burmese Ordeals
89
Wratislaw (Rev. A. H.) Prince Unexpected
9