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TRANSACTIONS OF THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY.

Vol. XX.] DECEMBER, 1909. [No. IV.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 19th, 1909.

The President (Miss C. S. Burne) in the Chair.

The minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed.

The election of Mr. F. Hayward Parrott as a Member of the Society was announced.

The death of Dr. Whitley Stokes was also announced.

Mr. A. R. Wright exhibited a headdress of riveted mail, — picked up after the destruction of the forces of the Khalifa at Omdurman in September, 1898, and weighing 6\ lbs. The headdress was covered with twenty- four amulet cases of various sizes, — one of silver, one of leopard skin, fourteen of leather, and the remaining eight of skin and cloth, — containing writings, herbs, etc.

Miss A. Werner read a paper entitled " The Bantu Element in Swahili Folklore " (p. 432), and a discussion followed in which Mr. Wright, Mr. Calderon, Dr. Gaster, Mr. Nutt, and the President took part.

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