Folk-Lore/Volume 25

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. XXV.—1914

Alter et Idem

LONDON:

PUBLISHED FOR THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY BY

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

1914

[LXXIII.]

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

CONTENTS.

I.—(March, 1914.)

Minutes of Meetings: November 19th and December 17th, 1913, and January 21st, 1914		1
The Thirty-Sixth Annual Meeting: November 19th, 1913		3
The Thirty-Sixth Annual Report of the Council		5
Cash Account for 1913		10
Presidential Address: Folklore and Psychology. R. R. Marett		12
The Influence of Environment upon the Religious Ideas and Practices of the Aborigines of Northern Asia. M. A. Czaplicka		34
The Holi: a Vernal Festival of the Hindus. W. Crooke		55

II.—(July, 1914.)
Minutes of Meetings: March 18th and April 22nd, 1914		145
“Hook-swinging” in India. J. H. Powell		147
“Bringing in the Fly.” Percy Manning		198

III.—(September, 1914.)
Minutes of Meetings: May 20th and June 17th, 1914		281
“Souling, Clementing, and Catterning”: C. S. Burne		285
On the Origin of the Egyptian Zar. Brenda Z. Seligmann		300
Folk-Tales from Western Ireland. L. M‘Manus		324

IV.—(December, 1914.)
Minutes of Meetings: November 18th and December 16th, 1914		409
The Chevauchée de St. Michel. E. F. Carey		411
On the Evidential Value of the Historical Traditions of the Baganda and Bushongo. E. Sidney Hartland		428
Some Notes on East African Folklore. A. Werner		457

Collectanea:—
“The Keener” in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. R. C Maclagan		84
Some White Ruthenian Folk-Songs, I. H. Iwanowska and H. Onslow		91
Waterford Folk-Tales, I. P. Ussher		109
Notes on Spanish Amulets (Third Series). W. L. Hildburgh		206
Some White Ruthenian Folk-Songs, II. H. Iwanowska and H. Onslow		212
Waterford Folk-Tales, II. P. Ussher		227
Jersey Folklore Notes. John Le Bas		242
Quebec Folklore Notes, IV. E. H. and H. J. Rose		251
Stray Notes on the Folklore of Aberdeenshire and the North-East of Scotland. D. Rorie		342
Folklore Notes from Piedmont, III. Estella Canziani		363
Folklore from Newmarket, Cambridgeshire. Ronald Burn		363
Folklore from Kent. P. J. Heather		366
Wine over a Coffin		368
Sussex Folklore. Mrs. Hardy		368
Worcestershire Folklore. T. E. Lones		370
West Indian Folklore. Mary F. A. Trench		370
Folklore of London Dressmakers. E. M. L.		371
The Devil’s Rocks, near Downton Castle, Ludlow, Shropshire E. M. Leather		372
The Saliva Superstition. “Aeron”		372
The Nightingale an Ill-omened Bird. E. F. Bennion		372
An Omen from Dress. T. E. Lones		372
Bubbling Wells in Somerset. J. B. Partridge		373
Epiphany and Easter Observances in Westmoreland. J. B. Partridge		373
Folklore from Essex. J. B. Partridge		373
Gloucestershire Legends. F. S. Potter		374
Folklore from Yorkshire (North Riding). J. B. Partridge		375
County Clare Folk-Tales and Myths. Thos. J. Westropp		377
Harvest Rites in Ireland		379
Iron a Sacred Metal. W. Crooke		380
Notes on Folk Beliefs: Touching Wood. W. H. F. Basevi		380
A Key for a Coffin. Mabel Peacock		381
The Headless Horseman. Sir G. A. Grierson		382
Superstition regarding Chimney-Sweeps. D. C. Haverfield		382
Folk-Tales of the Angāmi Nāgas of Assam. J. H. Hutton		476

Correspondence:—
Meeting of the Folklore Society at Oxford. F. A. Milne		122
Modern Greek Folk-Tales and Ancient Greek Mythology: Odysseus and Saint Elias. W. R. Halliday		122
Rust’haveli’s Georgian Epic, The Man in the Panther’s Skin. H. Krebs		126
Working Evil by a Duck’s Foot. Amy Montague		126
The Proposed “Frazer Fund.” R. R. Marett		253
Beads and Knots. M. Gaster		254
The Folk-Lore of Irish Plants and Animals. W. Crooke		258
The Romance of Melusine, and Absence of Men during Child-bed. D. Rorie		383
The Wild Huntsman and Yule-Tide. Mabel Peacock		385
Nursery Rhymes. H. J. Rose		386
The Death Coach. Mabel Peacock		388
The Siwa in East Africa. R. R. Marett		499

Reviews:—
Festskrift Tillegnad Edvard Westermarck. H. J. Rose		127
Laographia. H. J. Rose		130
Von Géza Róheim. Drachen und Drachenkämpfer. H. J. Rose		132
Greek Popular Songs on St. George and the Dragon. H. J. Rose		132
G. Pascu. Despre Cimilituri. M. Gaster		134
R. Sutherland Rattray. Hausa Folk Lore: Customs, Proverbs etc. E. Sidney Hartland		137
A. J. N. Tremearne. Hausa Superstitions and Customs. J. H. Weeks		140
Jeremiah Curtin. Myths of the Modocs. H. J. Rose		142
Gertrude Schoepperle. Tristan and Isolt. Eleanor Hull		260
Myrrha Lot-Borodine. Le Roman Idyllique au Moyen Age. J. L. Weston		262
Albrecht Dieterich. Mutter Erde. W. R. Halliday		263
Agnes Arber. Herbals, their Origin and Evolution. D. H Moutray Read		265
Franz Sohns. Unsere Pflanzen. D. H. Moutray Read		265
E. C. Hargrove. Wanderings in the Isle of Wight. D. H. Moutray Read		267
E. N. Setälä. Kullervo-Hamlet. H. J. Rose		268
J. Jegerlehner. Sagen und Märchen aus dem Oberwallis. W. R. Halliday		271
August von Löwis. Der Held im Deutschen und Russischen Märchen. W. R. Halliday		274
E. Canziani, E. Rohde. Piedmont. A. R. Wright		277
J. E. Field. The Myth of the Pent Cuckoo. S. A. H. Burne		390
E. M. Wright. Rustic Speech and Folklore. C. S. Burne		391
Haughton, H. L. Sport and Folklore in the Himalaya. W. Crooke		393
J. E. E. Craster. Pemba, the Spice Island of Zanzibar		395
J. Main. Religious Chastity. W. R. Halliday		395
J. von Negelein. Der Traumschlüssel des Jagaddeva. W. R. Halliday		398
F. Boll. Die Lebensalter. W. R. Halliday		400
H. Bächtold. Die verlobung im Volks- und Rechtsbrauch. W. R. Halliday		402
N. W. Thomas. Anthropological Report on the Ibo-speaking Peoples of the Awka Neighbourhood. W. Crooke		404
J. G. Frazer. Psyche’s Task: A Discourse concerning the Influence of Superstition on the growth of Institutions. W. Crooke		406
E. Westermarck. Marriage Ceremonies in Morocco: Ceremonies and Beliefs connected with Agriculture. W. Crooke		501
B. Spencer. Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia. E. Sidney Hartland		504

Short Notices:—
28th Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology		144
C. de Danilowicz. L’Art Rustique Français. L’Art Provençal		144
B. Hunt. Folk Tales of Breffny		280
B. Pilsudski. Materials for the Study of the Ainu Language and Folklore		280
E. Clodd. The Childhood of the World		407
D. C. Owen. The Infancy of Religion		407
P. R. T. Gurdon. The Khasis		408

List of Plates:—
TO FACE PAGE
I.	“Hook-swinging” in India (Photo No. 1)	148
II.	⁠„⁠„⁠(⁠„⁠ No. 2)	149
III.	⁠„⁠„⁠(⁠„⁠No. 3)	148
IV.	⁠„⁠„⁠(⁠„⁠No. 4)	149
V.	⁠„⁠„⁠(Photos Nos. 5 & 6)	152
VI.	⁠„⁠„⁠(Photo No. 7)	153
VII.	⁠„⁠„⁠(⁠„⁠No. 8)	154
VIII.	⁠„⁠„⁠(⁠„⁠No. 9)	155
IX.	⁠„⁠„⁠(⁠„⁠No. 10)	156
X.	⁠„⁠„⁠(⁠„⁠No. 11)	157
XI.	⁠„⁠„⁠(⁠„⁠No. 12)	158
XII.	⁠„⁠„⁠(⁠„⁠No. 13)	159
XIII.	⁠„⁠„⁠(⁠„⁠No. 14)	160
XIV.	⁠„⁠„⁠(Photos Nos. 15 & 16)	161
XV.	Spanish Amulets	206
XVI.	Map illustrating the Distribution of the Customs of Souling, Clementing, and Catterning	284
XVII.	Fig. 1. Temporary Shrine of Babinga and N’Gurma	316
XVIII.	Fig. 2. Kaltuma possessed	317
XIX.	Vale Church and Court House of St. Michel	420
XX.	Perron du Roi	421
XXI.	The Siwas of Patte and Lamu	500
XXII.	The Siwa of Patte	501

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