Folk-Lore/Volume 24

FOLK-LORE

A QUARTERLY REVIEW

OF

MYTH, TRADITION, INSTITUTION, & CUSTOM

BEING

The Transactions of the Folk-Lore Society

And Incorporating The Archæological Review and
The Folk-Lore Journal

VOL. XXIV.—1913

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Alter et Idem

LONDON:

PUBLISHED FOR THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY BY

SIDGWICK & JACKSON, LTD., 3 ADAM ST., ADELPHI, W.C.

1913

[LXXII.]

GLASGOW: PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
BY ROBERT MACLEHOSE AND CO. LTD.

CONTENTS.

I.—(March, 1913.)
PAGE
Minutes of Meetings: November 20th and December 18th, 1912, and January 15th, 1913		1
The Thirty-Fifth Annual Meeting: February 19th, 1913		5
The Thirty-Fifth Annual Report of the Council: February 19th		7
Cash Account and Balance Sheet		12
Presidential Address: Method of Investigation and Folklore Origins. W. Crooke		14
A Short Account of the Indians of the Issa-Japura District (South America). T. W. Whiffen		41

II.—(July, 1913.)
Minutes of Meetings: March 19th and April 16th, 1913		153
Mr. Andrew Lang’s Theory of the Origin of Exogamy and Totemism. (The Late) Andrew Lang		155
The Romance of Mélusine. E. Sidney Hartland		187

III.—(September, 1913.)
Minutes of Meetings: May 21st and June 18th, 1913		281
The Poetry of the Kiwai Papuans. G. Landtman		284
The Ceremonial Customs of the British Gipsies. T. W. Thompson		314

IV.—(December, 1913.)
The Religion of Manipur. J. Shakespear		409
Pokomo Folklore. Alice Werner		456

Collectanea:—
Further Notes on Spanish Amulets. W. L. Hildburgh		63
Oxfordshire Village Folklore (1840-1900). Angelina Parker		74
Piedmontese Proverbs in Dispraise of Women. Estella Canziani		91
County Clare Folk-Tales and Myths, I. Thos. J. Westropp		96
Welsh Folklore Items, I. E. J. Dunnill and Ella M. Leather		106
County Clare Folk-Tales and Myths, II. Thos. J. Westropp		201
Piedmontese Folklore, I. Estella Canziani		213
Ontario Beliefs. H. J. Rose		219
Indian Folklore Notes, IV. W. Crooke		228
The Magic Mirror: A Fijian Folk-Tale. D. Jenness		233
Scraps of English Folklore, VII. M. C. Jonas, J. B. Partridge, Ella M. Leather, and F. S. Potter		234
Cretan Folklore Notes. W. R. Halliday		357
Quebec Folklore Notes, III. E. H. and H. J. Rose		360
Piedmontese Folklore, II. Estella Canziani		362
County Clare Folk-Tales and Myths, III. Thos. J. Westropp		365
The Gilyaks and their Songs. Bronislaw Pilsudski		477
County Clare Folk-Tales and Myths, IV. Thos. J. Westropp		490
Breconshire Village Folklore. M. E. Hartland and E. B. Thomas		505

Report of Brand Committee. H. B. Wheatley		111

In Memoriam: Lord Avebury (1834-1913). H. B. Wheatley		242

Correspondence:—
Folk-Medicine in London. E. Lovett		120
Rules Concerning Perilous Days. Laurence Gomme		121
Burial of Amputated Limbs. Robt. M. Heanley		123
The Completion of Professor Pitrè’s Collection of Sicilian Folklore. E. Sidney Hartland		245
Charon—Charos. H. J. Rose		247
Cursing Trees. W. Crooke		247
Feast Days and Saints’ Days. P. J. Heather		249
Twentieth Century Marriage Customs. A. R. Wright		250
Interim Report of Brand Committee to Council. H. B Wheatley		382
The Evil Eye in Somerset (1902). M. A. Hardy		382
Folk-Medicine in the Report of the Highlands and Islands Medical Service Committee. David Rorie		383
Simulated Change of Sex to Baffle the Evil Eye. W. Crooke		385
The Religion of Manipur. T. C. Hodson		518
Silbury Hill. Robt. M. Heanley		524
Vehicle Mascots. A. R. Wright		524

Reviews:—
James H. Leuba. A Psychological Study of Religion. W. Crooke		124
Ernst Samter. Geburt, Hochzeit und Tod. W. R. Halliday		126
Arnold van Gennep. Religious Moeurs et Légendes : Essais d’Ethnographie et de Linguistique. E. Sidney Hartland		128
S. O. Addy. Church and Manor. S. A. H. Burne		132
Felix Arnaudin. Chants Populaires de la Grande-Lande et des Regions voisines. E. Sidney Hartland		136
Richard Wunsch. Albrecht Dieterich. Kleine Schriften. W. R. Halliday		137
O. Dähnhardt und A. von Lowis of Menar. Natursagen, Band IV. Tiersagen. W. R. Halliday		143
Henri A. Junod. The Life of a South African Tribe, Vol. II. The Psychic Life. E. Sidney Hartland		143
L. K. Ananiha Krishna Iyer. The Cochin Tribes and Castes, Vol. II. W. Crooke		147
J. Shakespear. The Lushei Kuki Clans. T. C. Hodson		149
Hermann Gollancz. The Book of Protection: being a Collection of Charms now edited for the first time from Syriac MSS. M. Gaster		150
Knut Stjerna. Essays on Questions connected with the Old English Poem of Beowulf. Bertram C. A. Windle		252
A. C. L. Brown. On the Independent Character of the Welsh ‘Owain.’ J. L. Weston		254
Vilhelm Grønbech. Vor Folkeæt i Oldtiden, Vols. II., III., and IV. B. M. Craster		256
R. N. Bradley. Malta and the Mediterranean Race. W. Crooke		263
A. L. Kitching. The Backwaters of the Nile. E. Torday		264
Cullen Gouldsbury and Hubert Sheane. The Great Plateau of Northern Rhodesia E. Torday		264
The Census of Northern India. Reports. W. Crooke		270
Charles Hose and William M'Dougall. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo. W. J. Perry		273
Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen. Across Australia. B. Malinowski		278
J. G. Frazer. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Vol. I. Lewis R. Farnell		386
B. Freire-Marreco and J. L. Myres. Notes and Queries on Anthropology. John H. Weeks		392
Paul Sebillot. Le Folk-Lore : Litterature Orale et Éthnographic Traditionelle. E. Sidney Hartland		398
E. Hoffmann Krayer. Feste und Bräuche des Schweizervolkes E. Sidney Hartland		400
Marjory Scott Wardrop. The Man in the Panther’s Skin F. C. Conybeare		401
Richard Thunwald. Ethno-psychologische Studien an Sudseevölkern auf dem Bismarck-Archipel und den Salomo-Inseln. W. J. Perry		404
B. Malinowski. The Family among the Australian Aborigines. Edward Westermarck		406
E. Durkheim. Les Formes Élémentaires de la Vie Religieuse B. Malinowski		525
Harold Bayley. The Lost Language of Symbolism.		531
Athelstane Baines. Ethnography (Tribes and Castes). W. Crooke		533
P. T. Srinivas Iyengar. Life in Ancient India in the Age of the Mantras. W. Crooke		533
A. Avalon. Tantra of the Great Liberation (Mahānirvāna Tantra). W. Crooke		533
A. and E. Avalon. Hymns to the Goddess. W. Crooke		533
R. L. Lacey. The Holy Land of the Hindus. W. Crooke		533

Short Bibliographical Notices:—
H. Alexander. The Place-Names of Oxfordshire : their Origin and Development		279
J. Bland-Sutton. Man and Beast in Eastern Ethiopia		280
H. A. MacMichael. Brands used by the Chief Camel-Owning Tribes of Kordofan		280
Mannin. A Journal of Matters Past and Present relating to Mann		536
The Jātaka, or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births. Index Volume		536

List of Plates:—
I.	Spanish Amulets	To face page 64
II.	⁠„⁠„	„⁠„⁠66
III.	The Cloughlea (Finn’s “Sharpening Stone”), Ballysheen, Co. Clare	„⁠„⁠202
IV.	St. Brecan, St. Luchtighern, and St. Inghine Baoith	„⁠„⁠204
V.	St. Maccreiche’s Tomb, Kilmacreehy Church, Co. Clare	„⁠„⁠208
VI.	Binding Churches with Wax Candles in Crete	„⁠„⁠358
VII.	1. Thedraves of the Leinster Men (Tipperary)
	2. Armada Carving at Spanish Point (Clare)	„⁠„⁠368
VIII.	1. Children Dressed as Krishna and Radha for Rās Lila Sacred Dance
	2. Raja’s Jaganath Car at Rath Jatra Festival	„⁠„⁠416
IX.	1. Demons and Body of Crane in San-jenba (Cow-herding) Play
	2. Lai-sangs of Pureiromba and his Son Chinsongba at Andro	„⁠„⁠418
X.	1. Litter with Kmblem of Khumlangba
	2. Maiden Dancers at Khumlangba’s Lai-harauba . . . .426
XI	1. Enticing Thāngjing at Moirang
	2. Khumlangba's Orchestras (with Pennas) and Married Dancers	„⁠„⁠430
XII.	1. Dance of Village Officials at Thāngjing's Lai-harauba
	2. Imphal God-carriers with Umbrella-bearers	„⁠„⁠432
XIII.	1. Ceremony at Santhong’s Lai pham
	2. Manipur State Arrow-Thrower	„⁠„⁠438

ERRATA

P. 421 l. 18 For Hingchabis read Hingchābis
P. 431. Delete Note 12.

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