Fairy Beliefs and other Folklore Notes from County Leitrim

Recent writing on the medieval origins of the concept of the witches' sabbath have emphasized the importance of beliefs in nocturnal processions or cavalcades of spirits, known in modern times by the umbrella term of the ‘Wild Hunt’. This article suggests that the modern notion of the Hunt was created by Jacob Grimm, who conflated different medieval traditions with modern folklore. It further argues that a different approach to the study of medieval spirit processions, which confines itself to medieval and early modern sources and distinguishes between the types of procession described in them, results in different conclusions, with regard both to the character of the Hunt and to its relationship with the sabbath.     

Report From Nagqu County Grasslands

OurcarspedovertheNagquGrasslandsonafreezingday.Grazinggrasswaswitheringintheopen,butstillflourishinginenclosedparts."Evenifthereisabigsnowfor40days,wecansurvive,"declaredSangdong,deputymagistrateofNagquCountywhoaccompa-niedusduringthevisit.odS8fds8.Surviv…     

位卑未敢忘忧国——《蒙古游牧记》著述年代考

《蒙古游牧记》是清代学者张穆研究边疆史地的重要著述,也是清嘉、道之际西北史地学研究的代表作之一,填补了蒙古地志的空白。这部在近代很有影响的著作,其确切撰述年代却经久未定。根据对张穆遗留于世的书信、文集及与其关系密切的学者的相关文献之考订,可以确定《蒙古游牧记》的始撰之年为道光二十五年(1845)。《蒙古游牧记》之撰述年代的确定对研究张穆的学术思想具有重要学术价值。     

A Note from the Editor

Abstract

This paper presents results of research conducted during the summer of 2006 at the South Flats Earthwork (20MU2) along the Muskegon River in western Michigan. The site was first identified and excavated by George Irving Quimby in the 1930s. Our objectives included assessing the condition of the earthwork, systematically testing the area both within and outside the earthwork, developing data on earthwork construction, and considering alternative hypotheses for understanding the function of this earthwork in the context of recent discussions of earthworks in Michigan and the Midwest.