Folk-Lore/Volume 1

by The Folk-Lore Society

FOLK-LORE

A QUARTERLY REVIEW

OF

MYTH, TRADITION, INSTITUTION, & CUSTOM.

[Incorporating The Archæological Review and
The Folk-Lore Journal.]

VOL. I.—1890.

Alter et Idem

LONDON:

PUBLISHED FOR THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY

BY DAVID NUTT, 270, STRAND.

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1890.

[XXVII.]

LONDON:
WHITING AND CO., SARDINIA STREET, LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS.

CONTENTS.

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I.—(March 1890.)
PAGE
Editorial		1
Annual Presidential Address for the Session 1889-90. Andrew Lang		4
Discussion		15
Magic Songs of the Finns, I. Hon. J. Abercromby		17
Legends from Torres Straits, I. Prof. A. C. Haddon		47
Greek Trade Routes to Britain. Prof. W. Ridgeway		82
Recent Research on Folk-Tales. E. Sidney Hartland		108
Recent Research on Teutonic Mythology. F. York Powell		118
II.—(June 1890.)
Some Popular Superstitions of the Ancients. J. G. Frazer		145
Legends from Torres Straits, II. Prof. A. C. Haddon		172
A Highland Folk-Tale and its Foundation in Usage. G. L. Gomme		197
Peeping Tom and Lady Godiva. E. Sidney Hartland		207
“How They Met Themselves” James Darmesteter et Auguste Barth		227
Report: Celtic Myth and Saga. Alfred Nutt		234
Report: Italian Folk-Songs. Miss R. H. Busk		261
III.—(September 1890.)
English and Scotch Fairy Tales. Collected by Andrew Lang		289
The Collection of English Folk-Lore. Miss C. Burne		313
Magic Songs of the Finns, II. Hon. J. Abercromby		331
The Riddles of Solomon in Rabbinic Literature. S. Schechter		348
Notes on Chinese Folk-Lore. J. H. Stewart Lockhart		359
Report on the Campbell MSS. at Edinburgh. Alfred Nutt		369
Recent Research in Comparative Religion. Joseph Jacobs		384
Report of the Annual Meeting of the Folk-Lore Society		397
IV.—(December 1890.)
Marriage Customs of the Mordvins. Hon. J. Abercromby		417
Marriage among the Early Slavs. Prof. P. Kowalewsky		463
The Marriage Ceremonies of the Manchus. J. H. Stewart Lockhart		481
The Story of “The Frog Prince”. W. A. Clouston		493
Folk-Lore Congress, 1891		507
Notes and News (March, June, September, December)		127, 268, 407, 513
Review: Les Contes Moralisés de Nicole Bozon. Joseph Jacobs		270
Correspondence:
What’s in a Name? E. Clodd. Fascination and Hypnotism, A. Nutt		272
“How They Met Themselves,” C. G. Leland. “Fascination” and Hypnotism, Havelock Ellis. A Tale of Campbell and its Foundation in Usage, Joseph Jacobs		403
Zanzibar Parallel to Jacques de Vitry, Isabella Barclay. Tales and Legends of the Highlands, J. Macdonald		515
Miscellanea (March, June, September, December)		130, 275, 409, 518
Folk-Lore Bibliography (March, June, September, December)		137, 281, 410, 525
Indexes		531
List of Officers and Members of the Folk-Lore Society		553
Supplements:
Tabulation of Folk-Tales		123-154
Index to Archæological Journals		81-88