Volume 119, No 1, April 2008

Contents

Lectures

Games, Pastimes and Magic in Russia
Will F. Ryan

Superstition in Estonian Folklore: From Official Category to Vernacular Concept
Ülo Valk

Research Articles

A Gypsy, Butterfly, and Gadje: Narrative as Instruction for Behaviour
Jelena Cvorovic

The Midsummer Solstice As It Was, Or Was Not, Observed in Pagan Germany, Scandinavia and Anglo-Saxon England
Sandra Billington

A Play of Three Suitors: A Neglected Middle Dutch Version of the “Entrapped Suitors” Story (ATU 1730)
Ben Parsons and Bas Jongenelen

Fossil Folklore from India: The Siwalik Hills and the Mahâbhârata
Alexandra van der Geer, Michael Dermitzakis, and John de Vos

Topics, Notes and Comments

The Devil's Footprints and Other Folklore: Local Legend and Archaeological Evidence in Lancashire
David A. Barrowclough and John Hallam

Katharine Briggs Folklore Award 2007: Report

Book Reviews

Index to Folklore 117, 2006