List of Officers of the Society.

President.

ANDREW LANG, M.A.

Vice-Presidents.

EDWARD B. TYLOR, LL.D., F.R.S.

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL BEAUCHAMP, F.S.A. THE RIGHT HON. SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, BART., F.R.S., M.P. LT.-GEN. PITT-RIVERS, D.C.L., F.R.S., F.S.A., ETC.

Director.

G. L. GOMME, F.S.A., 1, Beverley Villas, Barnes Common, S.W.

EDWARD CLODD, 19, Carleton Road, Tufnell Park, N.

Auditors.

G. L. APPERSON.

JOHN TOLHURST, F.S.A.

Local Secretaries.

IRELAND: G. H. KINAHAN.

SOUTH SCOTLAND: WILLIAM GEORGE BLACK.
NORTH SCOTLAND: REV. WALTER GREGOR.
INDIA: CAPTAIN R. C, TEMPLE.
CHINA: J. STEWART LOCKHART.

Honorary Secretary.

J. J. FOSTER, Offa House, Upper Tooting, S.W.

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THE

HANDBOOK OF FOLKLORE.

EDITED BY

GEORGE LAURENCE GOMME,

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DIRECTOR OF THE FOLKLORE SOCIETY.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED FOR THE FOLKLORE SOCIETY

BY DAVID NUTT, 270, STRAND.

1890.