The Folk-Lore Journal/Volume 2

THE

FOLK-LORE JOURNAL

VOL. II.

(JANUARY—DECEMBER 1884.)

Alter et Idem

LONDON:

PUBLISHED FOR THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY

BY ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW.

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1884.

Officers of the Folk-Lore Society,

1884-1885.

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PRESIDENT.

THE RIGHT HON. EARL BEAUCHAMP, F.S.A.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

A. LANG, M.A.
W. R. S. RALSTON, M.A.
EDWARD B. TYLOR, LL.D., F.R.S.

COUNCIL.

EDWARD BRABROOK, F.S.A.
JAMES BRITTEN, F.L.S.
EDWARD CLODD.
SIR W. R. DRAKE, F.S.A.
G. L. GOMME, F.S.A.
J. T. MICKLETHWAITE, F.S.A.

ALFRED NUTT.
PROFESSOR A. H. SAYCE, M.A.
EDWARD SOLLY, F.R.S., F.S.A.
WILLIAM J. THOMS, F.S.A.
W. S. W. VAUX, M.A.
HENRY B. WHEATLEY, F.S.A.

DIRECTOR.— WILLIAM J. THOMS, F.S.A

TREASURER.— SIR WILLIAM R. DRAKE, F.S.A.

HONORARY SECRETARIES.

G. L. GOMME, F.S.A., 2, Park Villas, Lonsdale Road, Barnes, S.W.
A. GRANGER HUTT, F.S.A., 8, Oxford Road, Kilburn.

AUDITORS.— John Tolhurst, F.S.A.⁠G. L. Apperson.

BANKERS. — Union Bank of London, Charing Cross Branch.

FOLK-TALE COMMITTEE.— Messrs. Apperson, Britten, Blind, Clodd, Hartland, Nutt, Lang, Ralston, Sonneuschein, Wheatley, Solly, Wake, Gomme.

CONTENTS.

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Abercromby (Hon. J.) Irish Stories and Charms		33
—— Irish Bird-Lore		65
Annual Report for 1883		385
Black (William George). Turcoman Folk-Lore		43
—— Holy Wells in Scotland		173
Britten (James) Irish Folk-Tales		193
Buchheim (Emma S.) The Pied Piper of Hamelin		206
Burne (Charlotte S.) Two Folk-Tales from Herefordshire		20
—— Variant of the Three Noodles		40
Clodd (Edward) Philosophy of Punchkin		289
Coote (Henry Charles) Children’s Games in Sicily		82
—— Folk-Lore in Modern Greece		235
Crombie (J. W.) A Curious Superstition		172
Drayton, Folk-Lore of		111, 142, 225, 266, 357
Edmonds (Mrs. E. M.) Notes on Greek Folk-Lore		168
Folk-Lore Terminology		340
Gomme (G. L.) Bibliography of Folk-Lore Publications in English		197
Gregor (Rev. Walter) Three Folk-Tales from Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire		68
—— Hippie Folk-Lore from the North-East of Scotland		106
—— Folk-Tales from Aberdeenshire		277
—— Old Farming Customs and Notions in Aberdeenshire		329
—— Fishermen’s Folk-Lore		353
Hope (R. C.) Some Derbyshire Proverbs and Sayings		278
Irish Folk-Lore		138, 210
Jones (Rev. W. H.) and Lewis H. Kropf, Szekely Folk-Medicine		97
Kinalian (G. H.) Connemara Folk-Lore		257
Martinengo-Cesaresco (The Countess) The Wise Choice		109
—— American Games and Songs		243
Morris (Rev. Dr. Richard) Folk-Tales of India		304, 332, 370
Notes and Queries		23, 57, 90, 120, 156, 187, 218, 253, 285, 317, 348, 377
Notices and News		27, 63, 95, 125, 159, 192, 223, 255, 320, 351, 382
Nutt (Alfred) Irish Mythology according to a recent writer		175
—— Folk-Lore Terminology		311
Pengelly (William) Impounding Wild Birds		19
Sawyer (Frederick E.) Sussex “Tipteerers” Play		1
—— “Old Clem” Celebrations and Blacksmiths’ Lore		321
Sibree (Rev. James, jun.) Malagasy Folk-Tales		45, 75, 129, 161
Tabulation of Folk-Tales		152, 183, 214, 249, 281
Temple (Captain R. C.) Burmese Ordeals		89
Wratislaw (Rev. A. H.) Prince Unexpected		9