The Folk-Lore Journal/Volume 1

THE

FOLK-LORE JOURNAL

VOL. I.

(JANUARY—DECEMBER 1883.)

Alter et Idem

LONDON:

PUBLISHED FOR THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY

BY ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW.

---

1883.

Officers of the Folk-Lore Society,

1883-1884.

---

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.
DR. ROBERT BROWN.
EDWARD CLODD.
SIR W. R. DRAKE, F.S.A.
G. L. GOMME, 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.⁠J. S. Udal.

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.

---

		PAGE
Apperson (G. L.) Index to the Folk-lore of Horace		116
Black (William George) The Hare in Folk-lore		84
Blind (Karl) May-chafer and Spring Songs in Germany		187
Brinton (Daniel G.) Folk-lore of Yucatan		244
Britten (James) Irish Folk-tales		52, 184, 316, 363
——————— Warwickshire Customs, 1759-60		351
Continental Folk-lore Notes		380
Coote (H. C.) A Building Superstition		23
Crombie (J. W.) Some Spanish Superstitions		295
Fenton (J.) Folk-lore in relation to Psychology and Education		258
Folk-tale Analysis		41
Gomme (G. L.) Bibliography of Folk-lore Publications in English		77, 344, 387
Gregor (Rev. W.) Stories of Fairies from Scotland		25, 55
——————— Some Marriage Customs		119
——————— Kelpie Stories		292
Hope (R. C.) Derbyshire and Cumberland Counting-out and Children's Game Rhymes		384
Jones (Rev. W. H.) and J. L. Kropt. Magyar Folk-lore		354
Lang (Andrew) Anthropology and the Vedas		107
Martinengo-Cesaresco (Countess). Songs for the Rite of May		153
Moore (T. H.) A Chilian Folk-tale		221
Notes, Queries, Notices, and News		28, 59, 90, 121, 166, 191, 226, 267, 297, 330, 363, 394
Palmer (Rev. A. Smythe) An Irish Folk-tale		256
		PAGE
Peacock (Edward) Monmouthshire Folk-lore		378
Rivett-Carnac (Mrs. H.) Folk-lore Notes from India		369
Sawyer (F. E.) St. Swithin and Rainmakers		211
Sayce (Rev. Professor) On Babylonian Folk-lore		16
Sibre (Rev. James, Junior) On the Oratory, Songs, Legends, and Folk-tales of the Malagasy		1, 33, 65, 97, 169, 201, 233, 273, 305, 337
Swinnerton (Rev. C.) Four Legends of King Rasalu		129
—————————— Folk-lore from Peshawur		324
Temple (Captain R. C.) Panjabi and other Proverbs		175
Wake (C. Staniland) Ananci Stories		280
Walker (Mrs.) Greek Folk-lore		217
Yorkshire Local Rhymes and Sayings		164