The particular papers the author selected for this book all deal with matters which interested him to work out. They are all concerned with topics of some importance to students of folklore, but with one exception, the periodicals in which they have previously appeared are not widely read by folklorists. Contents: gypsies of Turkey; Byzantine carol; modern Greek carols in honor of St. Basil; singing games and seasonal songs in ancient Greece; of snake-stones; Damis of Ninevah and Walter of Oxford.