WEDNESDAY, FEBRUAEY 21st, 1894.
The President (Mr. G. Laurence Gomme, F.S.A.) in the chair.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.
The election of the following new members was announced, viz.: Mr. James Campbell, Mrs. Strueber, the Surgeon- General's Office (Washington, D.C.), Messrs. Röhrscheid and Ebbecke, Mr. F. A. Brockhaus, Mr. A. Hussey, Prof. E. Anichkof, and Miss Marjory Wardrop.
The Chairman exhibited a lucky bone, sent by Miss Rouse of Cheltenham, and a nail with human hair attached, sent by Mr. F. Fawcett, with a note explaining the use to which it was put in exorcising spirits in South India.
The Chairman read a letter addressed by the Rev. R. H. Clutterbuck of Penton Mewsey Rectory, Andover, to Mr. Brabrook, detailing a recent case of witchcraft at Abbott's Anne, in the Anton Valley, Hants.
The following books and pamphlets were laid upon the table, viz.: "Annuaire des Traditions populaires", presented by the Soc. des Traditions populaires; "The Victoria Quarterly Review for October 1892", by Dr. Cargill; and "Words and Phrases of South-East Worcestershire", by Mr. J. Salisbury.
Professor E. Anichkof read a paper entitled "St. Nicolas and Artemis" (infra, p. 108 et seq.), and a discussion followed, in which the President, Dr. Blind, Messrs. Nutt, Jacobs, and Gaster took part.
The Rev. Dr. Gaster read several Gipsy fairy tales from Roumania. In the discussion which followed, the President, Mr. Hartland, Miss Lucy Garnett, Mr. Kirby, and Mr. Nutt took part.
Papers on "An East Anglian Harvest Custom", by Mr. W. B. Gerish (infra, p. 167), and on the "Roman van Walewein", by Prof. W. P. Ker (infra, p. 121 et seq.), were also read.
