The Folk-Lore of Newfoundland and Labrador: Essays by the Reverend Arthur C. Waghorne from The Evening Herald 1892–1893

BY RITE: CUSTOM, CEREMONY AND COMMUNITY IN ENGLAND 1700–1880. By BOB BUSHAWAY. Junction Books, 1983. 293 pp. Ill. £14.50 (Hardback), £6.95 (Paperback). Reviewed by Victor Neuburg.

HARVESTERS AND HARVESTING 1840–1900. By DAVID HOSEASON MORGAN. Croom Helm 1982. pp. 224. £12.95. 0 7099 1735 X. Reviewed by Neil Philip.

OUR FORGOTTEN PAST: SEVEN CENTURIES OF LIFE ON THE LAND. Edited by JEROME BLUM. Thames &; Hudson 1982. pp. 240 illus. £12.50. 0 500 25080 4. Reviewed by Neil Philip.

SHAMAN: THE WOUNDED HEALER. By JOAN HALIFAX. Thames &; Hudson. London, 1982. 96 pp., illus. £3.95 p.b. Reviewed by Neil Philip.

SEAN Ó CONAILL'S BOOK: STORIES AND TRADITIONS FROM IVERAGH. Recorded and edited by SÉAMUS Ó DUILEARGA. Translated by MÁIRE MACNEILL. Comhairle Bhéaloideas Eireann, Dublin, 1981. 424 pp. £14.00 (Irish pounds). Available from An Ais, 31 Fenian Street, Dublin 2. Reviewed by Neil Philip.

BÉALOIDEAS The Journal of the Folklore of Ireland Society 50, 1982. Reviewed by Neil Philip.

CINDERELLA: A FOLKLORE CASEBOOK. Edited by ALAN DUNDES. Garland Publishing Inc. New York and London, 1982. 311 pp. $35. 0 8240 9295 3. Wildman Press, New York, 1983, $12.95 p.b., 0 030544 15 6. Reviewed by Neil Philip.

THE BOOK OF NASTY LEGENDS. By PAUL SMITH, illustrated by DAVID AUSTIN. Routledge &; Kegan Paul (London, Boston, Melbourne), 1983. 109 pp., ill. £7.95 cloth, £3.95 paperback. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

CELTIC MYTHOLOGY. By PROINSIAS MAC CANA. Newnes Books, Hamlyn Publishing Ltd. (Rushden, Northants, England), 1983. 141 pp., ill. £6.95. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

THE OXFORD BOOK OF ENGLISH TRADITIONAL VERSE ed. FREDERICK WOODS. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1983. 424 pp. £8.95. 0 19 214132 5. Reviewed by J. S. Bratton.

THE ROLLRIGHT STONES. By GEORGE LAMBRICK. Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1983. Pp. 60, 12 illus. A4. Price £1.50. Reviewed by Leslie Grinsell.

AMERICAN FOLKLORE FILMS AND VIDEOTAPES: A CATALOG. VOL. II. Centre for Southern Folklore. R. R. Bowker Co., New York and London, 1982. £34.75 paperback. Reviewed by Paul Smith.

CHILDREN'S SINGING GAMES. Recorded by Damian Webb. Saydisc Traditional Series SLD 338 Mono. Reviewed by Georgina Boyes.     

Playing Dead: Mock Trauma and Folk Drama in Staged High School Drunk Driving Tragedies

LIFE IS LIKE A CHICKEN COOP LADDER; A PORTRAIT OF GERMAN CULTURE THROUGH FOLKLORE. By ALAN DUNDES. Colombia University Press, 1984. Pp. 174. $23.50. 0 231 05494 7. Reviewed by Nicholas Tucker

TRADITIONAL DANCE, vol. 2: Historicál Perspectives: Proceedings of the Second Traditional Dance Conference, March 1982. F.d. THERESA BUCKLAND. Crewe &; Alsager College of Higher Education. Pp. 90. 0 263 9033. Reviewed by Sandra Billington.

FAIRY TALES AND THE ART OF SUBVERSION: THE CLASSICAL GENRE FOR CHILDREN AND THE PROCESS OF CIVILIZATION. By JACK ZIPES. Heinemann, 1983. 214 pp. Reviewed by Ruth Glass.

THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD. Versions of the Tale in Sociocultural Context. By JACK ZIPES. Hefnemann, 1983. 300 pp., Ill. Reviewed by Ruth Glass.

MYTH IN AFRICA: A STUDY OF ITS AESTHETIC AND CULTURAL RELEVANCE. By Isodore Okpewho. Cambridge University Press, 1983. Pp x., 305. £20.00 0 521 24554 0. Reviewed by J. Knappert.

GURAGE FOLKLORE. By WOLF LESLAU. Studien zur Kulturkunde 63. Publ. Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden, 1982. Pp. XIV, 327. DM 118. 3 515 03513 3. Reviewed by Jan Knappert.

CELTIC FOLKLORE AND CHRISTIANITY. Ed. by PATRICK K. FORD. McNally and Loftin, Publishers, Santa Barbara, California, 1983. ISBN 0 87461 052 4. 225 pp. $18. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

WEREWOLF AND VAMPIRE IN ROMANIA. By HARRY A. SENN. New York: Columbia University Press (for East European Quarterly), East European Monographs No. XCIC, 1982. 148pp. ISBN 0-914710-93-1. Reviewed by Alby Stone.

THE NIGHT BATTLES: WITCHCRAFT AND AGRARIAN CULTS IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES. By CARLO GINZBURG. Translated by JOHN &; ANNE TEDESCHI. Foreword by ERIC HOBSBAWN. London: Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1983. 209 pp. ISBN 0-7100-8507-4. Reviewed by Alby Stone.

STUDIES IN MALTESE FOLKLORE. By J. CASSAR-PULLICINO. University of Malta, 1976. Reviewed by Alan Smith.     

The Folk

FOLKLORIST OF THE COAL FIELDS: GEORGE KORSON'S LIFE AND WORK. By ANGUS K. GILLESPIE. Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park and London, 1980. Pp. 200. £10.20. 271 00255 7. Reviewed by J. D. A. Widdowson.

THE CRAFT OF RALPH ELLISON. By ROBERT F. O'MEALLY. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Mass.-London, 1980. Pp. 212. £8.40. 0 674 17548 4. Reviewed by J. D. A. Widdowson.

ROSC: REVIEW OF SCOTTISH CULTURE 1 (1984), Edited by ALEXANDER FENTON with HUGH CHEAPE and ROSALIND K. MARSHALL. John Donald Publishers Ltd. and National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland. Edinburgh, vii + 104 pp. Illustrated, £5.00. Reviewed by W. F. H. Nicolaisen.

RESEARCH IN RITUAL STUDIES: A PROGRAMMATIC ESSAY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY. By RONALD L. GRIMES. The American Theological Library Association and Scarecrow Press. Metuchen N.J., and London, 1985. 177pp. $15. 0 8108 1762 4. (ATLA Bibliography Series No. 14). Reviewed by Susan Drury.

KINTYRE: THE HIDDEN PAST. By ANGUS MARTIN. John Donald Publishers Ltd., Edinburgh, 1984. xii + 232 pp., illus. £12.00 p.b. Reviewed by W. F. H. Nicolaisen.

NATIVE AMERICAN FOLKLORE, 1879 to 1979. An Annotated Bibliography. Compiled by WILLIAM M. CLEMENTS and FRANCES M. PALPEZZI. Swallow Press (Ohio University Press), Athens Ohio, London, Chicago, 1984. 247pp. 0-8040-0831-6672. £29.65. Reviewed by Robert Turpin.

ENZYKLOPÄDIE DES MÄRCHENS. Editor K. RANKE. Volume ii Fascicle 5. Berlin, New York (Walter de Gruyter), 1979. Cols. 1186-1444. Volume iii. 1981. 1446 Cols. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.     

Books received

FOLKLORE STUDIES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: PROCEEDINGS OF THE CENTENARY CONFERENCE OF THE FOLKLORE SOCIETY. Ed. VENETIA J. NEWALL. D. S. Brewer, 1980. Pp. 463, ill. £35.00. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

NINE LIVES: CATS IN FOLKLORE. By KATHARINE M. BRIGGS. Routledge and Kegan Paul. London and Henley, 1980. Pp. 222. ill. £7.95. Alicia C. Percival.

THE FOLKLORE OF STAFFORDSHIRE. By JON RAVEN. Batsford, London. 1978. Pp. 222. £4.95. Reviewed by Derek Froome.

A GUIDEBOOK TO ARTHURIAN BRITAIN. By GEOFFREY ASHE. Longman, 1980. £7.50. Reviewed by Richard Barber.

ÖSTERREICHS MÄRCHENSCHATZ by KARL HAIDING. Vienna 1980 (Kremayr &; Scheriau) 448 pp. ill. Reviewed by Ruth Michaelis-Jena.

PRIMITIVE RELIGION AND HEALING: A STUDY OF FOLK-MEDICINE IN NORTH EAST BRAZIL. By PAUL V. A. WILLIAMS. Brewer. Cambridge 1979. 212 pp. £12.00. Reviewed by Douglas Gifford.

ITALIAN FOLKTALES. Selected and retold by ITALO CALVINO. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. New York and London, 1980. Pp. 763. Reviewed by Neil Philip.

TOCHER: TALES, SONGS, TRADITIONS 33. School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh, 1979. Pp. 71 £0.50. Reviewed by Neil Philip.

DER UNBEKANNTE BRUDER GRIMM. Edited by GERD HOFFMANN &; HEINZ RÖLLEKE. Düsseldorf (Verlag Eugen Diederichs) 1979. Pp. 144. 2 plates and 3 facsimiles. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

DAS ALTE VOLKSSCHAUSPIEL DES BURGENLANDES. By LEOPOLD SCHMIDT. Theatergeschichte Österreichs vol. viii. Burgenland 1. Vienna (Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften) 1980. Pp. 358. 6 maps, 15 plates (1 coloured). ZUNFTZEICHEN; ZEUGNISSE ALTER HANDWERKSKUNST. Salzburg (Residenz Verlag) 1973. Pp. 160, 54 plates (48coloured). Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.     

The Scotch Fisher Child

AN EGG AT EASTER, A FOLKLORE STUDY. By VENETIA NEWALL. Routledge and Kegan Paul. £6. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

MYTH, LEGEND AND CUSTOM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. A Comparative Study with Chapters from Sir James G. Frazer's Folklore in the Old Testament. By THEODOR H. GASTER. Harper &; Row, New York, 1969. Pp. 899. $20.00. Reviewed by E. O. James.

OUR LIVING TRADITIONS. An Introduction to American Folklore. Edited by TRISTRAM POTTER COFFIN. Basic Books, Inc. 1968. Pp. 301. $6.50. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

THE BALLAD AS SONG. By BERTRAND HARRIS BRONSON. University of California Press. Berkeley &; Los Angeles, 1969. Pp. 344. $7.95. Reviewed by Maud Karpeles.

THE PLEASANT LAND OF IRELAND. By K. DANAHER. Cork (Mercier Press) 1970. Pp. 88. 55 ills., 1 map. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE CUSTOMS AND FOLKLORE. By ENID PORTER. With Fenland Material provided by W. H. Barrett. Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1969. Pp. 419. Plates 78 and Map. £5.25. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

GREEN HILLS OF MAGIC. WEST VIRGINIA FOLKTALES FROM EUROPE. By RUTH ANN MUSICK. The University Press of Kentucky. $7.50. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF EXMOOR. Bideford Bay to Bridgwater. By L. V. GRINSELL. David &; Charles, 1970. With 23 plates, 5 drawings in text, and 8 maps in two colours. Pp. 242. £3. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

SACHGÜTER UND LEBENSFORMEN. Einführung in die materielle Kulturgeschichte des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit. Grundlagen der Germanistik vol. n. By D. W. H. SCHWARZ. Berlin (Erich Schmidt Verlag) 1970. Pp. 244; 7 illustrations.Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

JAHRBUCH FÜR VOLKSLIED-FORSCHUNG. Vol. XV. Edited by R. W. BREDNICH. Berlin (Erich Schmidt Verlag) 1970. Pp. 225, 2 plates, 6 tunes and 4 maps. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

TRADITIONS AND HEARTHSIDE STORIES OF WEST CORNWALL. By William Bottrell. 2nd Edition published by Frank Graham, 1970. Pp. 275 and Index. £2.50. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

STORIES TOLD BY THE AZTECS BEFORE THE SPANIARDS CAME. By Carleton Beals. Abelard-Schuman. £1.40. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.

STARS IS GOD'S LANTERNS. An Offering of Ozark Tellin' Stories. By Charles Moreau Wilson. University of Oklahoma Press. $4.95. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.     

In Memoriam: Lord Avebury (1834–1913).

THE FOLKLORE OF THE LAKE DISTRICT. By MARJORIE ROWLING. B. T. Batsford, 1976. £3.95. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

JÁNOS HONTI: LEBEN UND WERK. By T. DÖMÖTÖR. Helsinki (FFC vol. xciv No. 221) 1978. Pp. 84, 1 photograph. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

VOLKSKUNDE: EINE EINFUHRUNG. By G. WIEGELMANN, M. ZENDER, and G. HEILFURTH. Grundlagen der Germanistik vol. 12. Berlin (Erich Schmidt Verlag) 1977. Pp. 265.11 text illustrations. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

SWEDISH LEGENDS AND FOLKTALES. By JOHN LINDOW. University of California Press (Berkeley, Los Angeles, London), 1978.219 pp. £7.75 ($10.95). Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

CHAPBOOKS AND TRADITIONAL DRAMA: PART I, ALEXANDER AND THE KING OF EGYPT CHAPBOOKS. By M. J. PRESTON, M. G. SMITH, and P. S. SMITH, CECTAL Bibliography and Special Series no. 2. University of Sheffield, 1977. 38 pp., illus. £1. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN MUSIC AND ORAL DATA: A CATALOGUE OF SOUND RECORDINGS, 1893–1976. By DOROTHY SARA LEE. Bloomington &; London: Indiana University Press, 1979. 2 Figs; Index to Culture Groups, Cross-References to Culture Groups, Index, pp. xiv + 463. No price. Reviewed by Paul S. Smith.

CRACKLIN BREAD AND ASFIDITY: FOLK RECIPES AND REMEDIES. Compiled by JACK and OLIVIA SOLOMAN. Alabama: University of Alabama, 1979. Illus.; notes; bibliography; list of contributors; pp. 215. No price. Reviewed by Georgina Smith.

THE ANTHROPOLOGISTS' COOKBOOK. By JESSICA KUPER (editor). London: Routledge &; Kegan Paul, 1977. Illus.; pp. ix + 230. £4.75. Reviewed by Georgina Smith.

THE WITCH ON THE WALL: MEDIEVAL EROTIC SCULPTURE IN THE BRITISH ISLES. By JORGEN ANDERSEN. Copenhagen &; London (George Allen &; Unwin) 1977. Pp. 172, figs. 147, 4 distribution maps. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

ENGLISCHE UND WALISISCHE SAGEN. Edited and translated by C. AGRICOLA. Europäische Sagen vol. 8. Berlin (Erich Schmidt Verlag) 1976. Pp. 507. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

MÄRCHEN DER NIEDERLANDE. Edited and translated by A. M. A. COX-LEICK &; H. L. Cox. 1977. Pp. 271.—MÄRCHEN AUS DEM KAUKASUS. Edited by I. LEVIN and translated by G. SCHENKOWITZ. 1978. Pp. 316.—MÄRCHEN AUS DEM LIBANON. Edited and translated by U. and Y. ASSAF. 1978. Pp. 264. Düsseldorf, Eugen Diedrichs Verlag. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.     

Reviews of Folklore Scholarship

AN INTERIM CHECKLIST OF CHAPBOOKS CONTAINING TRADITIONAL PLAY TEXTS, by M. J. PRESTON, M. G. SMITH and P. S. SMITH, History of the Book Trade in the North, Newcastle, 1976, £1.50: MORRICE DANCERS AT REVESBY, CECTAL Facsimiles No. 1, University of Sheffield, 1976, 75p: THE PACE EGG : THE MIDGLEY VERSION, Introduction by H. W. HARWOOD and F. H. MARSDEN, 2nd ed., David Bland, Halifax, 1977, 75p. Reviewed by Derek Froome.

FOLKLORE TODAY: A FESTSCHRIFT FOR RICHARD M. DORSON. Edited by LINDA DÉGH, HENRY GLASSIE and FELIX J. OINAS. Bloomington, Indiana University. 1976. xx+537 pp. Reviewed by J. D. A. Widdowson.

THE MONGOL WORLD EMPIRE 1206–1370. By JOHN ANDREW BOYLE. Variorum Reprints, London. 1977. 316 pp. Reviewed by C. R. Bawden.

SCOTTISH PLACE-NAMES, THEIR STUDY AND SIGNIFICANCE. By W. F. H. NICOLAISEN. Batsford, London. 1976. 8vo, xxix+210 pp. £4.95. Reviewed by John McNeal Dodgson.

AMERICAN FOLK MEDICINE. Edited by WAYLAND D. HAND. University of California Press. Reviewed by Eric Trimmer.

ORAL POETRY. Its nature, significance and social content. By RUTH FINNEGAN. Cambridge University Press. 1977. Pp. 300. £7.50. Reviewed by H. R. Ellis Davidson.

THE FAIRIES IN TRADITION AND LITERATURE. By K. M. BRIGGS. Routledge &; Kegan Paul. £2.95. Reviewed by Alicia C. Percival.

THE OLD SONGS OF SKYE: FRANCES TOLMIE AND HER CIRCLE. By ETHEL BASSIN, ed. by DEREK BOWMAN. Routledge &; Kegan Paul, London. 1977. Pp. 227. £5.95. Reviewed by E. B. Lyle.

PROBLEME DER SAGENFORSCHUNG. VERHANDLUNGEN DER TAGUNG VERANSTALTET VON DER KOMMISSION FUR ERZÄHLUNGSFORSCHUNG DER DEUTSCHEN GESELLSCHAFT FÜR VOLKSKUNDE … 1973 IN FREIBURG IM BREISGAU. Ed. by L. RÖHRICH. Freiburg, Forschungsstelle Sage. 1973. Pp. 219, 3 illustrations. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

B. P. SCHLIEPHACKE, MÄRCHEN, SEELE UND SINNBILD. Ed by E. KRACHT. Vol. 5 of the Schriften der Geselhchaft zur Pflege des Märchengutes der europaischen Völker. Münster (Verlag Aschendorff). 1974. Pp. 143. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

INDEX OF MEXICAN FOLKTALES. By STANLEY L. ROBE. Folklore Studies vol. 26. Berkeley (University of California Press), 1973. Pp. xxiii+276. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.     

Sussex Folklore

SING A SONG OF ENGLAND : A SOCIAL HISTORY OF TRADITIONAL SONG. By REGINALD NETTEL. Phoenix House, 1954. Pp. 286, 5 pi. 8 vo. Reviewed by A. G.

FOLKSONGS AND FOLKLORE OF SOUTH UIST. By MARGARET FAY SHAW. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul. 1955. Pp. xiv, 290 + 24 plates + map. 50s. Reviewed by W. B.

PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, VOL. 4. New York, International Universities Press, Inc. 1955. Pp. 295. $6.00. Reviewed by W. B.

FESTSCHRIFT FÜR WILL-ERICH PEUCHERT ZUM 60. GEBURTSTAG. HERAUSGEGEBEN VON HELMUT DÖLKER. Berlin, E. Schmidt, 1955. Pp. ix, 164 + portrait. DM. 19.80. Reviewed by W. B.

NEW MEXICO VILLAGE ARTS. By ROLAND F. DICKEY. Drawings by LLOYD LÓZES GOFF. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque. 1949. Pp. xii + 266. $5.00. Reviewed by Beatrice Blackwood.

THE LAND DAVAKS OF SARAWAK. By W. R. GEDDES, M.A. (N.Z.), Ph.D. (Lond.), London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1954. Colonial Research Studies No. 14, Pp. 113, folding maps and tables, 3 pp. of plates. £1 12s. 6d. net. Reviewed by Beatrice Blackwood.     

Specimens of Somali Tales.

A BALLAD OF KERALA. By M. D. RAGHAVAN, B.A. Reprinted from the Indian Antiquary, vol. lxi., pp. 9–12, 72–77, 112–116, 150–154, 205–211. Reviewed by F. J. R..

MYTH AND RITUAL. Essays on the Myth and Ritual of the Hebrews in relation to the Culture Pattern of the Ancient East. Edited by S. H. HOOKE. Oxford University Press, 1933. Pp. xix + 204. Illust. 20. Price 10s. 6d. Reviewed by A. M. Hocart.

THE ELIZABETHAN FAIRIES, THE FAIRIES OF FOLKLORE AND THE FAIRIES OF SHAKESPEARE. By MINOR WHITE LATHAM, Ph.D. Columbia University Press, 1930. 8½″ x 5½″. Pp. viii + 313. 18s. 6d. Reviewed by H. C. L..

INDO-EUROPEAN FOLK-TALES AND GREEK LEGEND. By W. R. HALLIDAY. Pp. vii.+ 158. Cambridge University Press, 1933. 7s. 6d. 8″ x 5½″. Reviewed by H. J. Rose.

DRAGUTIN SUBOTI?. YUGOSLAV POPULAR BALLADS, THEIR ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT. Cambridge, University Press, 1932. Price 10s. 6d. 288 pp. 8vo. Reviewed by M. Gaster.

SACRAMENTS OF SIMPLE FOLK. By R. R. MARETT, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1933. Pp. ii + 230. 10s.net. Reviewed by H. J. Rose.

PRIMITIVE ARTS AND CRAFTS. By R. U. SAYCE. Cambridge University Press. 1933. 7¾″ x 5½′ F - Pp. xiii + 291 Reviewed by M. M. B..

THE ALEXANDER BOOK IN ETHIOPIA : The Ethiopic versions of Pseudo-Callisthenes, the Chronicle of Al-Mâkin, the Narrative of Joseph ben Gorion, and a Christian Romance of Alexander. SIR ERNEST A. WALLIS BUDGE. London : Oxford University Press. 1933. i–xxix, and 1–277. 13 Plates. Price 7s. 6d. Size 7¾″ x 5¼″. Reviewed by M. Gaster.

QUILEUTE TEXTS. By MANUEL J. ANDRADE. Columbia University Contributions to Anthropology, Volume XII. New York: Columbia University Press ; Oxford : Humphrey Milford, 1931. 206 pp. 26s. 6d. Reviewed by Barbara Aitken.

TRIBES OF THE NIGER DELTA, THEIR RELIGIONS AND CUSTOMS. By P. AMAURY TALBOT, D.Sc. Illustrated. Map. London : The Sheldon Press. 1932. 9″ x 6″. Pp. xi + 350. 18s. Reviewed by Edwin W. Smith.

RECHERCHES SUR NOTRE ANCIENNE CHANSON POPULAIRE TRADITIONELLE. Exposé V. by PAUL COIRAULT. Libraire E. Droz, 25 Rue de Tournon, Paris. VIme. 1932. Pp. 321–685. 10″ x 6½″. Reviewed by M. M. B..     

Annual Report and Accounts for the Year 1983

ENZYKLOPÄDIE DES MÄRCHENS. Edited by KURT RANKE. Volume 5. Issues 1-3. Berlin (Walter de Gruyter) 1985/86. cols 1-864. Issue 1: ISBN 3 11 010590X. Price: DM 73.00. Issues 2/3 ISBN 3 11 010591 8. Price: DM 152.- Reviewed by Sandy Hobbs.

OEDIPUS: A FOLKLORE CASEBOOK. Edited by LOWELL EDMUNDS and ALAN DUNDES. Garland Publishing, Inc. New York and London. 1983. xv 266 pages. ISBN 0.8240.9242.2 Reviewed by Sandy Hobbs.

OEDIPUS: THE ANCIENT LEGEND AND ITS LATER ANALOGUES. By LOWELL EDMUNDS. The Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore and London, 1985. xxii, 242 pages. List of Analogues. Bibliographies. Index of Sources. Index of Names and Subjects. ISBN 0.8018.2490.7 Reviewed by Sandy Hobbs.

COUNTRY VOICES: LIFE &; LORE DM FARM &; VILLAGE. By CHARLES KIGHTLY. London: Thames &; Hudson, 1984. £8.95. pp. 239; Illus.,; Glossary; Index. Reviewed by Georgina Boyes.

DER ALTERSVERS DES WECHSELBALGES UND DIE ÜBRIGEN ALTERSVERSE. (FF Communications No. 235). By ROBERT WILDHABER. Academia Scientiarum Fennica, Helsinki, 1985, Paperback, pp. 116 Reviewed by Jon Erickson.

THE HONEY TREE SONG: POEMS AND CHANTS OF SARAWAK DAYAKS—by CAROL RUBENSTEIN. Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio 1985. ISBN 0-8214-0413-X. Reviewed by Jan Knappert.

BELLE GUNNESS: THE LADY BLUEBEARD by JANET L. LANGLOIS. University of Indiana Press, 1985, xi, 174pp, hardback. No price. Reviewed by Brian McConnell.

THE BANSHEE: THE IRISH SUPERNATURAL DEATH MESSENGER by PATRICIA LYSAGHT. Dublin, The Glendale Press, 1986, 433 pp., maps and bibliography, ISBN 0-907606-29-6. Reviewed by Gillian Bennett.

MABON AND THE MYSTERIES OF BRITAIN. By CAITLIN MATTHEWS. Arkana, London and New York, 1986. £5.95. pp. 205. Index. Bibliography. Illustrated. ISBN 1-85063-052-6 Reviewed by Juliette Wood.

GERMAN VOLKSKUNDE: A Decade of Theoretical Confrontation, Debate and Reorientation (1967–1977) (Folklore Studies in Translation), edited and translated by JAMES R. DOW and HANNJOST LIXFELD. Indiana University Press. Bloomington, Indiana, 1986. 343 pp. $35.00 Cloth. 0-253-32577-3 Reviewed by Craig Fees.

LOUDER THAN WORDS: AN INTRODUCTION TO NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION. By Marjorie Fink Vargas. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press. $19.95. pp. 182 Illus. ISBN 0-8138-1113-9 Reviewed by P. G. Daniels.

EVOLUTION IN TEXTILE DESIGN FROM THE HIGHLANDS OF GUATAMALA. By MARGOT BLUM SCHEVILL. University of Washington Press, P.O. Box 50096, U.S.A., $12.95, direct from Publisher. 84 pp, 87 illustrations, maps, appendices, glossary notes and bibliography. ISBN 0-963127-01-5, LC 86-2858 Reviewed by Wanda Stanley.

KATALOG ZUR VOLKSERZÄHLUNG, HANS-JÖRG UTHER. K. G. Saur, München, New York, London, Oxford, Paris 1987. 2 vols. pp. 1135 £165.00 Reviewed by RMJ.

THE EVIDENCE FOR PHANTOM HITCH-HIKERS. By MICHAEL GOSS. THE AQUARIAN PRESS, WELLINGBOROUGH, 1984. PP 160, 13 ILUST. ISBN 0-85030-376-1. £2.95 Reviewed by Angelika Schmetzke.

A LYCANTHROPY READER: WEREWOLVES IN WESTERN CULTURE, by CHARLOTTE F. OTTEN. Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, New York. 1986. Cloth $32.50. Paper $14.95, Pp. 360. Index. Selected bibliography. ISBN 0 8156 2383 6 and 0 8156 2384 4 (pbk). Reviewed by Caroline Oates.

SAGA, LEGEND, TALE, NOVELLA, FABLE: NARRATIVE FORMS IN OLD TESTAMENT LITERATURE. Edited by GEORGE W. COATS. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Supplement Series 35. Department of Biblical Studies, the University of Sheffield. 1985. £15.95; pbk £6.50. pp. 157. Indeces of Biblical passages and of authors quoted. ISBN 0-905774-84-1 and 0-905774-85-x Pbk. Reviewed by W. F. H. Nicolaisen.     

IN MEMORIAM. Donald Archie MacDonald, 1929–1999

ENZYKLOPÄDIE DES MÄRCHENS. Edited by K. RANKE. Vol. 2, issues 1–4. Berlin (Walter de Gruyter) 1977. 1152 cols. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

THE DAEMON IN THE WOOD: A STUDY OF ORAL NARRATIVE PATTERNS. By DAVID E. BYNUM, with a foreword by Albert B.Lord. The Center for the Study of Oral Literature, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1978. Pp.454; 68 Figs, in the text. Reviewed by H.R.Ellis Davidson.

HOLY THORN OF GLASTONBURY. (West Country Folklore No. 12). By A.R.VICKERY. The Toucan Press, Mount Durand, St.Peter Port, Guernsey, 1979. Pp.14, 2 Figs. 30p. Reviewed by H.R.Ellis Davidson.

TRISTAN EN EL NORTE. By ÁLFRÚN GUNNLAUGSDÓTTIR. Reykjavik: Stofnun Árna Magnüssonar. 1978. 366 pp. Reviewed by Alan Deyermond.

DRAGONS. By PETER HOGARTH with VAL CLERY. Allen Lane and the Viking Press, London and New York, 1979. £7.95. Pp.207, many ills. THE DRAGON; NATURE OF SPIRIT, SPIRIT OF NATURE. By FRANCIS HUXLEY. Thames and Hudson, London, 1979. £2.95. Paperback, pp.96, many ills. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

THE FOOL AND THE TRICKSTER: STUDIES IN HONOUR OF ENID WELSFORD. Ed. by PAUL V.A.WILLIAMS. D.S.Brewer, 1979. £8.50. Pp.142, ill. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

ABBEY LUBBERS, BANSHEES AND BOGGARTS. BY KATHARINE BRIGGS. Kestrel Books (Penguin Books Ltd), 1979. £5.95. Pp.159, ill. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.     

Book Reviews

‘WE GATHER TOGETHER’: FOOD AND FESTIVAL IN AMERICAN LIFE. Edited by THEODORE H. HUMPHREY and LIN T. HUMPHREY. Utah State University Press, 1991. 289pp. $17.95 paper, ISBN 0-87421-155-7. Reviewed by Jennifer Chandler.

SPOKEN IN JEST. Edited by Gillian Bennett. Sheffield Academic Press, Sheffield, 1992. ISBN 1850752575. 296pp., 3 plates, 22 figures. £25 (cloth). Reviewed by Susan Storrier.

WEDDING CAKES AND CULTURAL HISTORY by SIMON CHARSLEY. Routledge, London, 1992. 162pp. 4 illustrations. ISBN 0-415-02648-2 (hbk); 0-415-02649-0 (pbk). Reviewed by George Monger.

NORSE MYTHS. By R. I. PAGE. London: British Museum Press, 1990. 80pp. £5.95. ISBN 0 7141 2062 6. Reviewed by Carolyne Larrington.

DIE MAUS IM JUMBO-JET: NEUE SAGENHAFTE GESCHICHTEN VON HEUTE. By ROLF WILHELM BREDNICH, Beck'sche Reihe 435. München: Beck, 1991. 143 pp. Reviewed by W. F. H. Nicolaisen.

THE RISE OF MAGIC IN EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE by VALERIE J. FLINT. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1991. 452 pp. ISBN 0-19-820093-5. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

INTERNATIONAL PROVERB SCHOLARSHIP: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. SUPPLEMENT I (1800–1981). WOLFGANG MIEDER. Garland Publishing Inc., New York and London, 1990. 436 pp. Reviewed by Malcolm Jones.

THE CONCISE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF PROVERBS. Ed. JOHN SIMPSON and JENNIFER SPEAKE. Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York (2nd ed.), 1992. 316 pp. ISBN 0-19-866177-0. Reviewed by Malcolm Jones.

A DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN PROVERBS. Ed. WOLFGANG MIEDER, S. A. KINGSBURY and K. B. HARDER. Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, 1992. 710 pp. £27.50. ISBN 0-19-505399-0. Reviewed by Malcolm Jones.

ETHNIC MUSIC ON RECORDS. By RICHARD K. SPOTTSWOOD. University of Illinois Press, 1990. Volumes 1-7. Pp. 4,347. Illustrated. ISBN 0-252-01718-8 (set). Reviewed by Gordon Ashman.

DUNBAR THE MAKAR. By PRISCILLA BAWCUTT. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1992. 196pp. £50. ISBN 0-19-812963-7. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

SIGNS FROM THE ANCESTORS by M. JANE YOUNG, 1990. Reviewed by Donald Taylor.

THE NIGHTWAY by JAMES C FARIS, 1990. Reviewed by Donald Taylor.

FORMS OF DEFORMITY. By LYNN HOLDEN. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 131. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1991. 370pp. Appendix and bibliography. ISBN 1-85074-327-X. £40. Reviewed by Jennifer Chandler.

CITY, MARRIAGE, TOURNAMENT ARTS OF RULE IN LATE MEDIEVAL SCOTLAND. By LOUISE OLGA FRADENBURG. University of Wisconsin Press, 1991. 390pp, ill. ISBN 0-299-12954-3. Reviewed by Sandra Billington.

GEORGE EWART EVANS. By GARETH WILLIAMS. Writers of Wales Series, University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 1991. 93pp. £3.50. Reviewed by Trefor M. Owen.     

The Problem of Diffusion: Rejoinders

MYTH AND RELIGION OF THE NORTH, The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia. By E. O. G. TURVILLE-PETRE. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1964. Pp. 340.50s. net. Reviewed by E. O. James.

HERBERT JENNINGS ROSE, 1883–1961. By W. L. LORIMER, Oxford University Press. 3s. net. Reviewed by E. O. James.

THE CULT OF THE CAT. By PATRICIA DALE-GREEN. London, William Heinemann. Pp. 189; 39 plates. Price 30s. Reviewed by Theo Brown.

DIE SAGEN DER MONATHLICHEN UNTERREDUNGEN OTTO VON GRABENS ZUM STEIN. Edited by W. E. PEUCKERT. Corpus Fabulorum I. Berlin, W. de Gruyter &; Co., 1961. Pp. xix, 327. Reviewed by E. Ettlinger.

GÖTTER UND GÖTTERTIERE DER MAYA. By WOLFGANG CORDAN. Bern, Francke Verlag, 1963. Pp. 75; 50 text figs. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

THE REGIONAL VOCABULARY OF TEXAS. By E. Bagby Atwood. University of Texas Press, 1962. Pp. 273, xiii. $5.75. Reviewed by C. A. Burland.

LAPP LIFE AND CUSTOMS. By ØRNULF VORREN and ERNST MANKER, (translated by Kathleen McFarlane). London, 1962. Pp. 183.38s. Reviewed by W. R. Mead.

FOLK TALES FROM RAJASTHAN. Retold by L. N. BIRLA. Illustrated by PHANI BHUSHAN. London, Asia Publishing House, 1964. Pp. 60. 20s. Reviewed by L. P. Elwell-Sutton.

DRAMA AND IMAGERY IN ENGLISH MEDIEVAL CHURCHES. By M. D. ANDERSON. C.U.P., 1963. Pp. 248. 45s. Reviewed by Alex Helm.

BRETON FOLK DANCES. By JEAN-MICHAEL GUILCHER. Paris, School of Higher Studies, Sorbonne. Reviewed by Douglas Kennedy.

THE LAST DAYS OF THE SIOUX NATION. By ROBERT M. UTLEY. Yale University Press, 1961. Pp. 314; 24 plates. 56s. net. Reviewed by C. A. Burland.

STUDIES IN JAPANESE FOLKLORE. By RICHARD M. DORSON. Indiana University Press, 1963. Pp. 247. Reviewed by W. H. Hudspeth.

THE MEDIEVAL HISTORY OF THE COAST OF TANGANYIKA. By G. S. P. FREEMAN-GRENVILLE. Oxford University Press. Pp. 238; maps, plates. 50s. Reviewed by W. H. Whiteley.

DIE VOLKSERZÄHLUNG. By LEOPOLD SCHMIDT. Berlin, Erich Schmidt Verlag, 1963. Pp. 448; 4 maps. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

DEUTSCHES JAHRBUCH FÜR VOLKSKUNDE. Vol. ix. Berlin, Akademie Verlag, 1963. Pp. 468; Pls. 8, xvi; 9 text figs. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

BRÜDER GRIMM GEDENKEN 1963. Gedenkschrift zur hundertsten Wiederkehr des Todestages von Jacob Grimm. Marburg, N. G. Elwert Verlag, 1963. Pp. ix, 610; 16 plates. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

SONGS OF THE CIVIL WAR. Compiled and edited by IRWIN SILBER, Piano and Guitar Accompaniment by Garry Silverman. Columbia University Press, 1960; Oxford University Press, 1961. Reviewed by K. M. Briggs.     

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.     

Modern Swabian Folk-Beliefs about Witches

DIVINE HORSEMEN: The Living Gods of Haiti. By MAYA DEREN. Thames and Hudson. London and New York. 1953. pp. 350. 25s. net. Reviewed by E. O. James.

THE OLDEST STORIES IN THE WORLD. Edited by Theodor H. Gaster. The Voking Press. New York. 1952. pp. 238. $5.00. Reviewed by E. O. James.

FOLKLORE STUDIES I. THE ITALIAN WELLERISM TO THE END OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. By CHARLES SPERONI. University of California Press. Berkeley and Los Angeles. 1953. Reviewed by Estella Canziani.

WILD MEN IN THE MIDDLE AGES. By RICHARD BERNHEIMER. Harvard University Press. 1952. xiii + 224 pp. Illustrated. $4.00 25s. (O.U.P.). Reviewed by G. Bullough.

ALBERT WESSELSKI AND RECENT FOLKTALE THEORIES. By EMMA EMILY KIEFER. Indiana University Publications ; Folklore Series, No. 3, 1947. Pp. 84. Reviewed by R. M. Dawkins.

HIGHLAND SETTLER : a portrait of the Scottish Gael in Nova Scotia. Front., ix, 179 p., maps. University of Toronto Press. $4, Geoffrey Cumberledge 32s. 1953. By DUNN, CHARLES W. Reviewed by Shirley E. A. King.