Douce (F.) Ancient marriage customs. Archaeologia, vol. xvii. pp. 124-127.
Drake (Samuel Adams). A book of New England legends and folk-lore in prose and poetry. Boston, 1884. 4to. pp. xviii. 461.
Contents: Boston legends—Cambridge legends—Lynn and Nahaut legends—Salem legends—Marblehead legends—Cape Ann legends—Ipswich and Newbury legends—Hampton and Portsmouth legends—York, Isle of Shoals, and Boor Island legends—Old Colony legends—Rhode Island legends—Connecticut legends—Nantucket and other legends.
Draxe (Thomas). Bibliotheca scholastica instructissima, or a treasury of ancient adagies and sententious proverbs, selected out of the English, Greeke, Latine, French, Italian, and Spanish, ranked in alphabeticall order, and suited to one and the same sense. Londini, 1654. Sm. 8vo. pp. 247.
Drummond (Robert). Illustrations of the grammatical parts of the Guzerattee, Mahratta and English languages. Bombay, 1808. Folio, pp. 134 [not paged in type.]
[A selection of Guzerattee proverbs extend from page 20 to page 36.]
Du Chaillu (Paul B.) Explorations and adventures in Equatorial Africa; with accounts of the manners and customs of the people . . . . . . . London, 1861. 8vo. pp. x. 479.
[The customs are mentioned during the narrative of travel.]
————————— The land of the midnight sun: summer and winter journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland and Northern Finland, with descriptions of the inner life of the people, their manners and customs, the primitive antiquities, &c. London, 1881. 2 vols. 8vo. pp. xvi. 441; xvi. 474.
[The customs are mentioned during the narrative of travel.]
Dyer (T. P. Thiselton). British popular customs, present and past; illustrating the social and domestic manners of the people; arranged according to the calendar of the year. London, 1876. 8vo. pp. ii. 520.
—————————— English folk-lore. London, 1878. 8vo. pp. viii. 290.
Contents: Cap. i. Plants. ii. The moon. iii. Birds. iv. Animals. v. Insects—reptiles. vi. Charms. vii. Birth—baptism. viii. Marriage. ix. Death. x. Days of the week. xi. The months and other weather-lore. xii. Bells. xiii. Miscellaneous folk-lore.
—————————— Domestic folk-lore. London, 1881. [Cassells shilling monthly library]. 12mo. pp. viii. 180.
Contents: Birth and infancy—Childhood—Love and courtship—Marriage—Death and burial—The human body—Articles of dress—Table superstitions—Furniture omens—Household superstitions—Popular divinations—Common ailments—Miscellaneous household-lore.
