Folklore as an Historical Science

FOLKLORE AS AN HISTORICAL SCIENCE BY GEORGE LAURENCE GOMME WITH TWENTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON _First Published in 1908_ [Illustration: "PEDLAR'S SEAT," SWAFFHAM CHURCH] CONTENTS CHAPTER I. HISTORY AND FOLKLORE _pages_ 1-122 INTRODUCTORY _pages_ 1-13 HISTORY AND LOCAL AND PERSONAL TRADITIONS 13-46 HISTORY AND FOLK-TALES 46-84 TRADITIONAL LAW 84-100 MYTHOLOGY AND TRADITION 100-110 HISTORIANS AND TRADITION 110-120 II. MATERIALS AND METHODS 123-179 TRADITIONAL MATERIAL 123-129 MYTH, FOLK-TALE, AND LEGEND 129-153 CUSTOM, BELIEF, AND RITE 154-179 III. PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS 180-207 IV. ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONDITIONS 208-302 PRIMITIVE INFLUENCES 211-238 EARLIEST…

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