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Page 1 - IN THE CHAIR. THE minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and confirmed. The...
Page 206 - I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life.
Page 29 - bina," to dance, in reference to the custom of thus naming themselves, so that, when you wish to ascertain what tribe they belong to, you say, " What do you dance ?" It would seem as if that had been a part of the worship of old. A tribe never eats the animal which is its namesake, using the term "ila," hate or dread, in reference to killing it.
Page 332 - Enough, enough, good fellow," said Solomon : " thou hast proved that I invited thee, and that thou art all men's father in art. Go wash the smut of the forge from thy face, and come and sit at my right hand. The chiefs of my workmen are but men ; thou art more.
Page 434 - ... the stones were heaped up into a mound three or four layers deep, at which point the lowest layers seen between the upper ones were visibly red-hot. That these latter were nevertheless sending out considerable heat there could be no question, though the topmost stones were certainly not red-hot...
Page 205 - From the still glassy lake that sleeps Beneath Aricia's trees — Those trees in whose dim shadow The ghastly priest doth reign, The priest who slew the slayer, And shall himself be slain...
Page 119 - No. 2, Folklore: What Is It and What Is the Good of It? By ES HARTLAND.
Page 383 - BY custom old, in Wirksworth wapentake, If any of this nation find a rake, Or sign, or leading to the same, may set, In any ground, and there lead oar may get : They may make crosses, holes, and set their stowes, Sink shafts, build lodges, cottages, or coes.
Page 220 - In magic man depends on his own strength to meet the difficulties and dangers that beset him on every side. He believes in a certain established order of nature on which he can surely count, and which he can manipulate for his own ends.
Page 63 - Although some modern authors follow Lady Charlotte Guest in explaining this word as meaning "a collection of tales for the young...