Journal of American Folklore. 5:16 (1892)

Today's free book is Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 5, No. 16 (1892). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image; I have provided individual story titles where applicable.

The book is available at Hathi (I have not checked for other online sources).


Table of Contents


Henry R. Lang. The Portuguese Element in New England (pp. 9-18)
Fanny D. Bergen. Some Bits of Plant-Lore (pp. 19-22)
William Wells Newell. Conjuring Rats (pp. 23-32)
J. Walter Fewkes. The Ceremonial Circuit among the Village Indians of Northeastern Arizona (pp. 33-42)
James Deans. Legend of the Fin-Back Whale Crest of the Haidas, Queen Charlotte's Island, B. C. (pp. 43-47)
Collection of Folk-Lore in Finland (p. 48)
Frank Hamilton Cushing. A Zuñi Folk-Tale of the Underworld (pp. 49-56)
Mrs. W. Wallace Brown. "Chief-Making" among the Passamaquoddy Indians (pp. 57-59)
Proverbs and Phrases (p. 60)
Superstitions of the "Crackers" in Georgia (p. 62)
Method of Challenge among California Indians (p. 62)
The Luck of the Number Three (pp. 62-63)
Divination with the Sifter (p. 63)
Crossing the Back (pp. 63-64)
Tabasheer (pp. 64-65)
Ghost Dance in Arizona (pp. 65-68)
H. Carrington Bolton. "Injun-Giving" (p. 68)
Ernest Ingersoll. Decoration of Negro Graves (pp. 68-69)
Fanny D. Bergen. Quilt Patterns (p. 69)
Charles Godfrey Leland. Another "Witch's Ladder" (p. 70)
W. W. Newell. Primitive Marriage Customs as Preserved in the Games of Children (pp. 70-71)
William John Potts. Creation Myth of the Assinaboines (pp. 72-73)
William John Potts. Creation Myth of the California Indians (pp. 73-74)
William John Potts. Peter Piper's Proper Pronunciation of Perfect English versus Peter Pipernus (pp. 74-76)

Book Reviews
Mann und Fuchs by Kaarle Krohn (pp. 83-84)
Poesie dei Popoli selvaggi o poco civili by G. Ragusa-Moleti (pp. 84-85)
Traditions et Superstitions de la Boulangerie by Paul Sébillot (pp. 85-86)