Folklore Notes

GREEK HERO CULTS AND IDEAS or IMMORTALITY: GIFFORD LECTURES, 1920, by LEWIS RICHARD FARNELL. Oxford: The Clarendon Press. 1921. Reviewed by W. Crooke.

ISLAM IN INDIA, OR THE QāNūN-I-ISLāM : THE CUSTOMS OF THE MUSALMāNS OF INDIA, by JA'FAR SHARīF, translated by G. A. HERKLOTS, M.D.; new edition edited by W. CROOKE. Oxford University Press. 1921. Reviewed by T. C. Hodson.

L'ÉTERNUEMENT ET LE BAILLEMENT DANS LA MAGIE, L'ETHNOGRAPHIE ET LE FOLK-LORE MÉDICAL de P. SAINTYVES. Paris: ÉMILE NOURRY. 1921. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

Tne NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CHILD, by DR. COURTENAY DUNN. London and Edinburgh: Marston &; Co., Ltd. 1919. 7s. 6d. net. Reviewed by C. Jenkinson.     

Sirmur Folklore Notes

DEUTSCHES JAHRBUCH FÜR VOLKSKUNDE. Vol. III, Part i. Akademie Verlag, Berlin, 1957. Pp. 343, Plates VIII and text illustrations. Reviewed by E. Ettlinger.

DAS ST. LAMBRECHTER PASSIONSSPIEL VON 1606. Passio Domini AND Dialogus in Epiphania Domini DES JOHANNES GEIGER. Edited by P. OTHMAR WONISCH, O.S.B. Vienna, 1957. Veröffentlichungen des Österreichischen Museums für Volkskunde, Vol. xi. Pp. viii, 96. Reviewed by E. Ettlinger.

THE ROAD TO SANTIAGO. By WALTER STARKIE. John Murray, 1957. Pp.338. 25s. Reviewed by Violet Alford.

JOURNAL OF THE ENGLISH FOLK DANCE AND SONG SOCIETY, Vol. VIII, No. 1. 1956. Reviewed by Michael M. Rix.

MENSA SACRA : THE ROUND TABLE AND THE HOLY GRAIL. By A. A. BARB. Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, XIX, 1–2, 1956. Reviewed by H. R. Ellis Davidson.     

Some Stray Folklore Notes

This article uses ideas developed in the philosophy of science to examine two concepts of culture used in contemporary folkloristics. One of them appears mainly in the context of archival work, while the other occurs chiefly in discussions on themes such as identity politics and ethnic minorities. The main difference between the two concepts is that one is used when formulating ‘substantial theories’ related to ‘kinds’, whereas the other is a bone of contention in ongoing debates on the level of ‘grand theories’. Theoretical tools developed in earlier cultural research are taken into use in contemporary cultural movements, and this affects theoretical debates on the level of grand theories.     

Society Meetings and Folklore Notes

THE ‘DISCIPLINA CLERICALIS’ OF PETRUS ALFONSI. Translated and Edited by EBERHARD HERNES. Translated into English by P. R. QUARRIE. (Routledge &; Kegan Paul) 1977. £5.95. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

EY UP MI DUCK. By RICHARD SCOLLINS and JOHN TITFORD, Parts 1 and 2. Ilkeston (Schollins and Titford) 1976. Pp. 95p. Reviewed by J. D. A. Widdowson.

THE FOLKLORE OF ORKNEY &;SHETLAND. By ERNEST W. MARWIOC. London (B. T. Batsford) 1975. Drawings by GAY JOHN GALSWORTHY. Pp. 215. £4.50. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

TRADITIONAL ROMANCE &; TALE. How Stories Mean. By ANNE WILSON. Ipswich (D. S. Brewer/Rowman &; Littlefield) 1976. Pp. xii and 116. £5.00. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

WESTCOUNTRY WORDS &; WAYS. By K. C. PHILLIPPS. Newton Abbot (David &; Charles) 1976. Pp. 144. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

THE ARMED PROLOGUE. A Hamlet Sequence. By WILLIAM MONTGOMERIE. Pp. 5–22. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

ENZYKLOPÄDIE DES MÄRCHENS. Handwörterbuch zur historischen und vergleichenden Erzählforschung. Ed. KURT RANKE. Vol. 1, issues 3–5. Berlin (Walter de Grǔyter) 1976/77. Cols. 577–1406. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

Haralds Biezais, Lichtgott der alten Letten. Scripta Instituti Donneriani Åboensis VIII. Uppsala, 1976. Pp. 210. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.     

Stray Notes on Oxfordshire Folklore

BIRDS IN LEGEND FABLE AND FOLKLORE. By ERNEST INGERSOLL. Longmans, Green &; Co., 1923. Ill. Front. Pp. v + 292. 12s. 6d. net. Reviewed by D. H. Moutray Read.

GAELIC PIONEERS OF CHRISTIANITY. By DOM LOUIS GOUGAUD, O.S.B. Dublin: M. H. Gill &; Son, 1923. Pp. xxiii. + 166. 7s. 6d. n. Reviewed by Eleanor Hull.

THE LATIN AND IRISH LIVES OF ST. CIARAN. By R. A. STEWART MACALISTER. Pp. 190. 10s. n. LIFE OF ST. DAVID. By A. W. WADE-EVANS. Pp. xx.+ 124. 7s. 6d. n. [Translations of Christian Literature : Series V., Lives of Celtic Saints.] Soc. for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1923. Reviewed by Eleanor Hull.

CONTES SLAVES DE LA MACÉDOINE SUD-OCCIDENTALE : Etude linguistique; textes et traduction; Notes de Folklore. Par ANDRÉ MAZON. Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, 1923. Reviewed by A. H. Krappe.

EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY. By W. MAX MÜLLER. [Being vol. xii. of The Mythology of All Races, 1923.] Geo. G. Harrap &; Co., 1923. Ill. Pp. xvi.+448. 10s. 6d. n. Reviewed by M. A. Murray.

LIFE IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA : THE MAGIC, BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS OF THE IBIBIO TRIBE. By P. AMAURY TALBOT. Macmillan &; Co., 1923. 8vo. Pp. xvi. + 356. Map; 51 ill. 21s. n. Reviewed by A. R. Wright.

THE GOLDEN ASS OF LUCIUS APULEIUS. In the translation of WILLIAM ADLINGTON. Edit., with an Intro., by F. J. HARVEY DARTON. Navarre Society, 1924. Ill. Pp. 359. 21s. net.     

Stray Notes on Japanese Folklore.

A WORLD REMEMBERED: TALES AND LORE OF THE POLISH LAND. Collected and compiled by MARION MOORE COLEMAN. Cherry Hill Books, 1965. Price 5 dollars. Reviewed by Violet Mason.

ANNUAL CUSTOMS AND FESTIVALS IN PEKING. By TUN LI-CH'EN. Trans lated and Annotated by DERK BODDE. Hong Kong University Press; Oxford University Press. Pp. 147. 52s. 6d. Reviewed by W. H. Hudspeth.

FOLKLORE BALEAR. Bv ANDRÉS FERRER GINARD. Ed. Cort. 1965. Reviewed by Violet Alford.

INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF REGIONAL EUROPEAN ETHNOLOGY AND FOLKLORE. VOL. ii: Folk Literature (Germanic). By LAURITS BØDKER. Published by CIAP with the support of UNESCO. Copenhagen, Rosenkilde &; Bagger, 1965. Pp. 365. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

STRAW PATH. Data on the Spread and the Origin of the Mediterranean Name Type of Via Lactea. By LÁSZLÓ MÁNDOKI. Acta Ethno graphica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Tomus XIV, Fasciculi 1–2. Budapest, 1965. Pp. 21. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

MYTH. A Symposium. Edited by THOMAS A. SEBECK. Indiana University Press, 1965. Pp. 180. $2–45 (7s 6d). Reviewed by E. O. James.

SOMERSET FOLKLORE, By R. L. TONGUE, edited by K. M. BRIGGS. County Folklore, Vol. VIII. The Folk-lore Society, 1965. Pp. 243. 40s. Reviewed by Faith Sharp.

HEALTH AND HEALING IN RURAL GREECE. By RICHARD AND EVA BLUM, Stanford University Press. 30s. Reviewed by Eric J. Trimmer.

SAGEN UND HIRE DEUTUNG. By MAX LÜTHI, LUTZ RÖHRICH and GEORG FOHRER. Introduction by W. E. Peuckert. Evangelisches Forum. Heft 5. Göttingen, Vandenhoeck &; Ruprecht, 1965. Pp. 80. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

DAS MÄRCHEN. SEIN ORT IN DER GEISTIGEN ENTWICKXUNG, By HEDWIG VON BEIT. Bern, Francke Verlag, 1965. Pp. 373. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

EARLY IRISH POETRY. Edited by JAMES CARNEY. Cork, The Mercier Press, 1965. Pp. 99. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

THE FIRST BOOK OF IRISH MYTHS AND LEGENDS. With introduction by EOIN NEESON. Cork, The Mercier Press, no year. Pp. 126. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

TRADITIONAL COUNTRY CRAFTSMEN. By J. GERAINT JENKINS. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd, 45s. Reviewed by D. N. Kennedy.

THE HOGARTH BOOK OF SCOTTISH NURSERY RHYMES. Collected and edited by NORAH AND WILLIAM MONTGOMERY. London. Hogarth Press, 1964. 15s. Reviewed by W. Bonser.

ENVIRONMENT AND ARCHAEOLOGY. An Introduction to Pleistocene Geography. By KARL W. BUTZER. Methuen, 1965. Pp. 524. 84s. net. Reviewed by E. O. James.

PATTERNS OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR. By S. FORD and FRANK A. BEACH. Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1965. Pp. 330. 30s. net. Reviewed by E. O. James.