226 The Liftmg of The Bride.
Folklore " \_infra, p. 252], which was followed by a dis- cussion, in which Miss Burne, Mr. Bouverie Pusey, Miss Hawkins-Dempster, and the President took part.
The Secretary read a paper by Mr. S. O. Addy on the Collection of English Folklore [infra, p. 297] , upon which Miss Burne and Miss Hawkins-Dempster offered some observations.
The Meeting terminated with votes of thanks to Mr. Longworth Dames and Mr. Addy for their papers.
The following books, presented to the Society since the last Meeting, were laid on the table :
Christ Church, Canterbury, being No. 34 of the Publi- cations of the Cambridge Antiqtiaria?i Society; the Journal of the African Society, No. j ; Die Sprichworter Hendyngs, by Dr. Karl Kneuer (presented by the author); and Transactions of the Glasgow Archseological Society, vol iv., part ii. (N.S.).
THE LIFTING OF THE BRIDE. By W. Crooke, B.A.
{Read at Meeting of 22,rd April, 1902.)
In the course of this paper I propose to discuss three groups of early custom, all more or less connected with marriage. Although these groups of custom present some superficial marks of resemblance, which have induced some writers to treat them as identical, they are, I venture to think, in conception distinct, though occasionally, as in the case of most primitive rites, the ideas on which they are based tend to converge, and thus ultimately become identified or reg4rded as similar in origin.
