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TRANSACTIONS OF THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY.

Vol. XXVII.] SEPTEMBER, 1916. [No. III.

JUNE 21st, 1916.

The President (Dr. R. R. Marett) in the Chair.

The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.

A letter from Mr. S. A. H. Burne was read, in which he regretted his inability to be present at the meeting, but said that Miss C. S. Burne had kindly undertaken to read his paper.

Dr. H. B. Wheatley read a paper entitled " The Folk- Lore of Shakespeare," and in a short discussion which followed the Chairman, Miss Hull and Dr. Gaster took part.

Miss Burne read a note communicated by Mr. Crooke on Hone's Recollections of Brand which he had discovered in an article written by Mr. Russell, published in Notes and Queries.

Miss Burne read a paper by Mr. S. A. H. Burne entitled " Examples of Folk Memory from Staffordshire." The paper was followed by a discussion on the credibility of traditional legends, which was opened by Mr. E. S. Hart-

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