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abortion, 253 Adamson, P. B.: his Some Rituals Associated with

Parturition in Antiquity, 176-83 Africa, 57-61, 123, 130, 133-4, 208-16, 264-5 America, 115-20, 126, 129, 140, 144, 147-8 amulets, 176-7, 231, 243 Anderson, F. G., Holzapfel, 0., and Pettitt, T.: their

The Ballad as Narrative reviewed, 125-6 animals, cures for, 243-7, 253; as food, 237-41,

250-1; in insults, 238, 241; sacrificial, 234-42; taboos about, 250; tales about, 104-11, 209-11, 226, 228

anthropology, 130, 133, 139, 234-42, 264-5 Arabic proverbs, 190-207 archaeology, 3-9, 14-15, 21-3 Arthurian literature, 38-56, 130-1 artists (folk), 115-20, 260 ashes (human), 143-4, 146-8 Avalon, 42-3, 45-6

Balkans, 184-9, 266 Ballads, 62-6, 125-6, 133-4, 145, 170-1, 248-52 beardlessness, 200 Beck, E.: his The Trickster on the Threshold, 24-8 Belgium, 142 Bennett, G.: her Heavenly Protection and Family

Unity, 87-97 Beowulf, 98-103 bereavement, 87-97, 144, 150-1 Berkshire, 217-18 Billington, S.: review, 262-3 Bird, S. E.: her 'Lord Randal' in Kent, 248-52 birds, 123 birth, customs at, 176-83, 208-16, 226; monstrous,

204; multiple, 208-16; in animals, 244-5 (see also abortion)

blindness, 184-9 blood, 178, 243, 245 boats, 131 bonfires, 24-8 Book Chronicle, 136, 268 Boyes, G.: reviews, 125-6, 128 breakage, ritual, 21-3 Brown, T.: reviews, 128, 132-3 Buckland, T.: review, 129; her Traditional Dance II,

reviewed, 262-3 Buckinghamshire, 7

C5lus, 129 Canada, 131-2 cancer, 141 cannibalism, 238 Cassar-Pullicino, J.: his Studies in Maltese Folklore

reviewed, 267 cat, 104-111 cattle, 244-6, 253 Cawte, E. C.: his Precise Records of some Marriage

Customs, 254 Cearbheall 0 Dilaigh, 67-86 Celtic myth, 40-2, 44, 48, 130-1, 167-70, 265-6 Chanctonbury (Sussex), 3-7 charms, 9 (see also amulets, healing)

Cheshire, 87-97, 114 children, lore of, 3,7, 24-8, 123-4; training of, 57-61,

128, 135, 249-51 China, 139-40, 145 Christianity, 98-103, 122, 140, 159-60, 167, 172,

178-9, 190-207 chthonic gods, 184-9 circumambulation, 3-20 circumcision, 179-80, 183 Clare, John, 126-8 Clerk, C. C.: his The Fish of Rongo, 134-42 cocks, 112-14 conception and pregnancy, 214, 253; in animals,

244-6, 253 (see also birth) Cosentino, D.: his Defiant Maids and Stubborn

Farmers reviewed, 134 Cotswolds, 29-37, 217 cremation, 139-55 Cumbria, 9 customs, children's, 24-8, 123, 128; life-cycle,

176-83, 208-16, 226, 254; funerary, 21-3, 139-55; seasonal, 24-8, 122-3

dance, 13-14, 29-37, 129, 262-3 Deacon, G.: his John Clare and the Folk Tradition

and his Dream not of Love reviewed, 126-8 death, 87-97, 139-55, 238 Derbyshire, 149-50 Devil, 3-7, 10-14, 18-19 Devon, 218 divination, 10-13, 261 Doan, J.: his The Folksong Tradition of Cearbheall 0

Ddlaigh, 67-86 Doctor, R.: her Sindhi Folklore: An Introductory

Survey, 223-33 dogs, 132-3, 177, 238 Dorset, 218-19 Drury, S.: her Herbal Remedies for Livestock in 17th

and 18th Century England, 243-7 Dundes, A.: his Life is like a Chicken Coop Ladder re-

viewed, 262

Edda, Snorri's, 163-4 eels, 249-50 Egypt, 176-82, 190-207 Eirik the Far-Traveller's Saga, 159-60, 162, 172-3 elves, 62-6 England, 3-20, 24-37, 87-97, 112-14, 121-4, 126-8,

130-1, 139-55, 217-22, 243-52 escapes, 68-9, 74-7, 83-4 Essex, 219 Ethiopia, 265 Ettlinger, E.: review, 133

fables, 226 fairies, 5-10, 16, 169-70, 186 fairytales, 104-11, 129, 133, 224, 228-32, 263-4 (see

also folktales) Fionn mac Cumhaill, 79-81 fire, 245 fish, 234-42

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flowers, 122, 142-3, 145-6, 151-2 (see also herbal remedies)

folk-art, 115-20, 260 Folklore Society, meetings and reports and Accounts

of, 121-4, 256-61 folk-medicine, 243-7, 253 folksay, 126, 190-207, 223, 226 folksongs, 62-5, 67-86, 125-8, 133-4, 248-52 folktales, African, 57-61, 130, 133-4; of Missouri,

129; Sindhi, 223-33; structure of, 98-111, 228-32 food, customary, 24; sacrifical, 234-42; unusual or

nauseating, 147-8, 248-52; status and, 238-9; supernatural, 3-6

fools, 69, 74-81, 193-4 Ford, P. K.: his Celtic Folklore and Christianity

reviewed, 265-6 Forrest, J.: his Morris andMatachin reviewed, 29-37 Fossey, J. M.: his Ritual Breaking of Objects in Greek

Funerary Contexts, 21-3 France, 132-3, 142 French fairytales, 98-111, 129; romances, 43-6 funerals, 21-3, 139-55

Gallup, P. W.: his The Ceremony of the White Cock at Winchester, 112-14

games, 128 Gatley (Cheshire), 87-97 Gawain and the Green Knight, 38-56, 170-1 Geoffrey of Monmouth, 42, 45 Germany, 135, 142, 147, 262 Gervase of Tilbury, 5-6 ghosts, 4, 6-7, 11-12, 87-97, 150-1 giants, 7, 157-8, 163-6, 170-1 Gibson, R. W.: his Folk Fiddling in Prince George,

British Columbia, and his The CCFCS Collection of Musical Instruments reviewed, 131-2

Ginzburg, C.: his The Night Battles reviewed, 267 Giraldus Cambrensis, 42, 45 Glastonbury, 130-1 Glazer, M.: his Flour from Another Sack reviewed,

126 Gloucestershire, 219 gods, African, 208-16; Polynesian, 234-42 (see also

Loki, Thor) Gould, K.: his 'Beowulf' and Folktale Morphology:

God as Magical Donor, 98-103 graves, 12, 19, 21-3, 144-5, 194-5 Greece, 21-3 Grinsell, L. V.: his Hangman's Stones and their

Traditions, 217-222 guising, 24-8 Guy Fawkes Night, 24-8 gypsies, 135, 248-52

Halloween, 12, 14, 24-8 Hampshire, 244, 246, 254 heads, talking, 225 healing, 128, 132-3, 177, 185-6, 214-15, 243-7 Heaney, M.: his A New Theory of Morris Origins: A

Review Article, 29-37 Hebrews, 176-80 (see also Jews) Hebrides, 7-8 hedgehogs, 244, 250 Helgi's Saga, 158-63, 171 herbal remedies, 243-7, 253 Herefordshire, 10-11, 220

Hertfordshire, 245 hills (mounds) of fairies, 7-9, 17, 169 Holzapfel, 0., see Anderson, F. G. horses, 243-4 horseshoes, reversed, 68, 75, 79 houseleek, 253

Ibsen, H., 62-3 Iceland, 133-5, 156-75 Igbo (Nigeria), 57-61 India, 223-33 Ireland, 8-9, 41-2, 67-86, 149, 156, 167-9, 253, 265-6 Italy, 267

Jackson, M.: his Allegories of the Wilderness reviewed, 130

Japan, 148, 179 Jews, 190-207 (see also Hebrews) jokes, 124, 143-4, 146-50, 193-4, 201-2, 204, 262 Jones, M.: review, 130-1 Jung, C.: 38-40, 47, 49-51, 53-4

keyhole, 10-11 Kent, 3, 7, 9-10, 12, 245, 248-52 Khayyat, S. L.: his Relations between Muslims,

Christians and Jews as Reflected in Arabic Proverbs, 190-207

Kit's Coty House (Kent), 3, 7, 9-10 Kligman, G.: her Clul reviewed, 129 Knappert, J.: reviews, 130, 134, 264-5 knives, 7-9, 12-13, 18 Kronenberg, A., and Kronenberg, W.: their

Nubische Mdrchen reviewed, 133

Laeghaire mac Crumthainn, 168 land rights, 239-41, 264 Lappland, 179 Lebanon, 190-207 legends, local, 3-20, 87-8, 135, 217-22, 227-8; urban,

141, 146-50, 217-18, 250 Leicestershire, 220 Leslau, W.: his Gurage Folklore reviewed, 265 Lincolnshire, 10, 220, 244-6 lizard, 234, 236, 240 Loki, 163-6 'Lord Randal,' ballad, 248-52 Lord's Prayer, 10-11 luck, 122, 211-15 Lughnasa, 113

Mabinogion, 42, 167-8 Malarte, C. L.: her Structure and Structural Compo-

nents in 'Le Chat Botti,' 104-11 Malta, 267 Man, Isle of, 170-1 Mangaia (Polynesia), 234-42 marriages, 226, 254 Maypoles, 263 McLellan, S. G.: his Generalization Within Genre:

A Song from Ibsen's 'Olaf Liljekranz' Reconsidered, 67-86

memorates, 87-97, 142 Menefee, S. P.: his Circling as an Entrance to the

Otherworld, 3-20 Mesopotamia, 176-82 Mexico, 179 midnight, 3-4, 6, 10-13

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midsummer, 3-4, 6 mock mayors, 124 monkeys, 209-11 moonlight, 179 Morgan la Fee, 38-56 morphology, 98-103, 104-11 morris dancing, 29-37, 262-3 Morris, R., and Morris, F.: their Scottish Healing

Wells reviewed, 135 Motz, L.: her The Wise One of the Mountain re-

viewed, 135 mounds, see hills music, 67-86, 125-8, 131-4, 226 Muslims, 180, 190-207, 223-33 myths, African, 134, 208-16, 264-5; Celtic, 40-2, 44,

48, 130-1, 167-9; Norse, 163-6, 172; Polynesian, 234-42

names, 211-12 Neolithic culture, 184-9 Newall, V.: her Folklore and Cremation, 133-55 Nigeria, 57-61, 208-16 Norfolk, 10 Northumberland, 220 Nubia, 133 numbers, magical, 3-21

Okpewho, I.: his Myth in Africa reviewed, 264-5 Olason, V.: his The Traditional Ballads of Iceland re-

viewed, 133-4 onions, 244-6 oracles, 208, 211, 213 Oruene, T.: her The Magical Powers of Twins in the

Beliefs of the Yoruba, 208-16 Otherworld, 3-20, 156-75, 238

Pakistan, 223-33 Paradise, 159-60, 167, 172 Perrault, C., 104-11 Pettitt, T., see Anderson, F. G. Philip, N.: reviews, 129, 135 pigs, 124, 238, 246 plant-lore, 122, 145-6, 243-7, 253 Polynesia, 234-42 Porter, J.: his The Ballad Image reviewed, 125-6 Power, J.: her Journeys to the Otherworld in Icelandic

Fornaldarso'gur, 156-75 proverbs, 126, 190-207, 223, 226, 265 purification, 178-9 Puss in Boots, 104-11

revenant, see ghost Riviere, G. H., Obituary of, 255 Rodger, I., Obituary of, 255 Romania, 129, 147, 266 Rongo (Polynesian god), 234-42 Russell, I.: reviews, 126-8; obituary of I. Rodgers,

255 Russia, 179

sacrifices, 112-14, 180, 211-12; human, 234-42 sagas, 156-75 St. Guinefort, 132-3 saints, 132-3, 224-6, 265-6 Saxo Grammaticus, 164-6, 169 scatological jokes, 262 Schmitt, J. C.: his The Holy Greyhound reviewed,

132-3

Scot, J.: his The Early History of Glastonbury re- viewed, 130-1

Scotland, 7-10, 12-14, 128, 135 seers, 261 Senn, H.: his Werewolf and Vampire in Romania re-

viewed, 266 Shakespeare, 71 sheep, 217-22, 246 shrew-mouse, 244-5 Shropshire, 8, 11-12, 220 Sierra Leone, 134 Sikhs, 141 Simpson, J.: reviews, 133-5, 265-6; obituary ofG. H.

Riviere, 255 Sindhs, 223-33 smith, supernatural, 135 Smith, A.: review, 267 smock weddings, 254 snakes, 248-52 Snorri Sturluson, 163-4 Somerset, 245 souls, 209-10 spirits, 3-23, 87-97, 208-16 (see also ghosts) Stone, A.: reviews, 266-7 stones, 3-7, 9-10, 14, 18, 217-22 storytelling, 58-9, 61, 130, 133-4 structuralism, 98-111, 228-32 Suffolk, 12 Sumeria, 176-82 Sussex, 3-7, 11-12, 220, 244-5 swaddling, 178-9 Sweden, 148-9, 161 Syria, 190-207

taboos, 250 Taylor, D. A.: his Boat-Building in Winterton, New-

foundland reviewed, 131 thieves detected, 213-14; hanged, 217-22 Thomas, R. H.: his It's Good to Tell You reviewed,

129 Thor, 163-6, 169-70 Thorstein's Saga Boejarmagns, 156-64, 168-71 threatening figures, 249, 251 tombs, see graves treasure, 6-7, 9, 157, 165, 169-70 trees, 243-7 tricksters, 24-8, 38-56, 130, 134, 312 Tristan, 80 Tucker, N.: review, 262 Turke and Gowin, T7he, 170-1 Turkey, 121-2 twins, 208-16

Uba-Mgbemena, A.: his The Role of Ifo in Training the Igbo Child, 57-61

vampires, 266 Vickery, A. R.: his Sempervivum Tectorum as an

Abortifacient, 253 Vilhjalms Saga, 162-3, 169, 172 Vlach, J. M.: his The Emergence of Forgotten Folk

Artists, 115-20 Vukanovit, T. P.: his Neolithic Blind Statuettes,

184-9

Wales, 12-13, 41-2, 123, 139, 148, 167-8, 221, 265-6 Webb, D.: his Children's Singing Games reviewed,

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wells, 128, 132, 185, 261 werewolves, 266 whistling, 10-11 widdershins, 8-11, 13 Widdowson, J.: reviews, 131-2 William of Malmesbury, 130-1 William of Newburgh, 5-6 Williams, E.: her Morgan la Fee as a Trickster in

'Gawain and the Green Knight' 38-56 Williamson, D.: his Fireside Tales of Traveller Child-

ren reviewed, 135 Willy Howe (Yorks), 5 Wiltshire, 7, 217, 221, 246 Winchester, 112-14 witchcraft, 10, 244, 267 wives, sale of, 254 Worcestershire, 244

Yngvar's Saga, 160-3, 165, 169, 172 Yorkshire, 5, 7-8, 141, 221, 243, 245-6 Yoruba (Nigeria), 208-16 Yugoslavia, 179, 184-9

Zipes, J.: his Fairytales and the Art of Subversion, and his The Trials and Tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood reviewed, 263-4

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