Folklore, Volume 18Joseph Jacobs, Alfred Trübner Nutt, Arthur Robinson Wright, William Crooke Folklore Society, 1907 - Electronic journals Most vols. for 1890- contain list of members of the Folk-lore Society. |
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A. C. L. Brown Iwain Adonis ancient Annwfn asks babies baptism belief bride brother called castle Celt Celtchar Celtic ceremony child Christian church Cocullo Cuchulain cult custom daughter death Dermat Dieri Dis Pater dress EDWARD CLODD fact father feast figure Finn Folk-Lore folk-tale Fountain Gaul Gawain giant Gilla Dacker girl Grail group-marriage hero heroine horse Howitt husband Ireland Irish J. G. FRAZER Jātaka jinn king Knight of Valour Kurnai lady land Laudine legend Library literature LL.D Lunete Maimed King marriage marry means Miss mother native ngaperi Nutt original Ortnit pagan passage pirrauru Ploss poem prince probably Professor Pryderi race relation Rhys rites romance sacred Saint Society spirits stone story tale Tam Lin Tethra Thomas thou tippa-malku tradition tree tribes Voyage Welsh wife woman women word Yvain
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Page 124 - Guinea, is payable in advance on the first of January in each year. This will entitle Members to receive the publications of the Society for such year. Members having joined during the present year, and desirous of obtaining the publications of the Society already issued, several of which are becoming scarce, may do so by paying the subscriptions for the back years.
Page 8 - Marett in the Chair. The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and confirmed. The...
Page 300 - ... dramatic union of the sexes for the purpose of furthering at the same time and by the same act the multiplication of fruits, of animals, and of men. To them the principle of life and fertility, whether animal or vegetable, was one and indivisible. To live and to cause to live, to eat food and to beget children, these were the primary wants of men in the past, and they will be the primary wants of men in the future so long as the world lasts.
Page 44 - And he is not a comely man, but on the contrary he is exceedingly ill-favoured; and he is the woodward of that wood. And thou wilt see a thousand wild animals grazing around him. Inquire of him the way out of the glade, and he will reply to thee briefly, and will point out the road by which thou shalt find that which thou art in quest of.
Page 443 - The wren, the wren, the king of all birds, St. Stephen's Day was caught in the furze, Although he is little, his family's great, I pray you, good landlady, give us a treat.
Page 245 - ... thoroughness which, to those accustomed to regard the status and authority of the father as the foundation of society, are exceedingly remarkable. Not only is the mother the head and source, and only bond of union, of the family ; in the most primitive part of the hills, the Synteng country, she is the only owner of real property, and through her alone is inheritance transmitted.
Page 124 - Society already issued, several of which are becoming scarce, may do so by paying the subscriptions for the back years. Post-office orders and cheques should be sent to the Secretary. All communications intended for reading at an evening meeting or for publication in Folk-Lore should be addressed to the Secretary, as above, to whom ladies and gentlemen desirous of joining the Society are requested to send in their names. The Subscription (£1 u.) is now due and should be forwarded to the Secretary.
Page 46 - Heaven knows," replied the maiden, "she may be said to be the fairest, and the most chaste, and the most liberal, and the wisest, and the most noble of women. And she is my mistress; and she is called the Countess of the Fountain, the wife of him whom thou didst slay yesterday.
Page 444 - Brownie ; whereupon, the first and second brewings were spilt and for no use, though the wort wrought well, yet in a little time it left off working and grew cold; but of the third browst or brewing, he had ale very good, though he would not give any sacrifice to Brownie, with whom afterwards they were no more troubled.
Page 151 - ... Monks congregate like dogs in a kennel, From contact with their superiors they acquire knowledge, Is one the course of the wind, is one the water of the sea ? Is one the spark of the fire, of unrestrainable tumult ? Monks congregate like wolves, From contact with their superiors they acquire knowledge. They know not when the deep night and dawn divide. Nor what is the course of the wind, or who agitates it, In what place it dies away, on what land it roars. The grave of the saint is vanishing...