Folk-Lore.
TRANSACTIONS OF THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY.
EVENING MEETINGS.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16th, 1921.
The President (Dr. W. H. R. Rivers) in the Chair.
The minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed.
The election of Mr. J. S. Scott as a member of the Society was announced. The resignation of Miss Legge and the death of Dr. Oscar Montelius were also announced.
Mr. Carline exhibited charms (a) worn by a baby cutting its teeth, (b) hung round a baby's neck to prevent its crying by night, from Korogwe in the Tanganyika district, East Africa.
Professor Elliot Smith read a paper by Mr. Donald Mackenzie on Colour Symbolism; and in the discussion which followed, the President, Miss Hull, Miss M. Read, Dr. Hildburgh, Dr. Hartland and Mr. Wright took part.
The Meeting terminated with hearty votes of thanks to Mr. Mackenzie for his paper, to Professor Elliot Smith for reading it and to Mr. Carline for exhibiting his charms.
