as been made consistent where
appropriate, without note. Minor printer errors (missing or transposed
letters or punctuation, etc.) have been amended. The list of amendments
is included below.

There are a few instances of oe ligatures; these have been rendered
simply as oe. There are also a few Greek words, which have been
transliterated in this version, in the form [Greek: word].

Illustrations have been shifted slightly, so that they are not in the
middle of paragraphs. The frontispiece illustration has been moved to
follow the title page.

Transcriber's List of Amendments:

Page 42--ryhme amended to rhyme--"... the old rhyme is still
remembered ..."

Page 76--missing accent added to "vice versa".

Page 92--signifiance amended to significance--"... rhythmical formulae
which have legal significance."

Page 118--missing accent added to "prima facie".

Page 184--preceeding amended to preceding--"... those immediately
preceding the reign ..."

Page 198--bedesecrated amended to be desecrated--"must not be
desecrated"

Page 271--missing apostrophe added--"do not go to the wives' region of
abode."

Page 368--Firbolgs amended to Fir-Bolgs, in line with other
occurrences.

Footnote 358--missing period added at end of footnote.

Footnote 416--Ser. made consistent with other occurrences--amended to
"ser."

Footnote 469--comma added--"Myth, Ritual and Religion".

Footnote 473--precedessors amended to predecessors--"... apparently
dependent upon their predecessors."

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