Abstract

FOLKLORE AMONG THE ALGERIAN TRIBES.—In the June issue of Folk-lore (vol. xxxiii. No. 2) Mr. M. W. Hilton-Simpson publishes the result of a series of excursions among the hill and desert tribes of Algeria. In this hitherto practically unknown field he has found many curious usages. Among others, at a marriage firearms are discharged to scare the Jinn who are on the watch to possess the bride. On her arrival at her husband's house she is lifted into the house by a man, and as she reaches the door a female member of her family presents her with an egg, which she breaks on the lintel as she passes under it. This last usage is sometimes modified by the bride smearing the door-lintel with butter, the series of charms being probably fertility magic.

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