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Folk-Lore.

TRANSACTIONS OF THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY.



Vol. XXII.]
MARCH, 1911.
[No. I.



WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16th, 1910.

The President (Miss C. S. Burne) in the Chair.

The minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed.

The election of Mr. J. O'May, Miss R. Polkinghorne, Mr. W. B. Thompson, Dr. Thurnwald, Mr. E. Torday, Mrs. A. J. N. Tremearne, and Mr. T. J. Westropp, as members of the Society, was announced.

The death of Mr. C. Letts, and the resignations of Miss E. Belcher, Mr. H. Conrad, Mrs. W. S. Durrant, Miss A. Garnett, the Rev. H. N. Hutchinson, and Mr. G. Zervos, were also announced.

The following objects were exhibited:—

By Mr. E. Lovett:—Traps, tallies, and amulets of a Norfolk mole-catcher.

By Mrs. Gomme:—"Kern Babies " from Hereford, Berwick (N.B.), and Long Crendon (Bucks.); "Necks" from Cornwall and Devon; "Hare" from Aberdeen.

By Mr. J. S. Amery:—"Kern Baby" and sickle for