DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION 
398 Folklore Proverbs, etc. 
See also 291-3 Mythology 
This section is for material needed in studying Folklore. Mere stories foi 
children, unless having a value to students of folklore, go in 813, 823, etc. 01 
in J, if there is a Juvenil collection 
Primitiv traditions 
Legends, tales, traditions 
Tales 
Legends Sagas 
Legends of Arthur, Charlemagne, Roland, Faust, Reynard the fox, etc, But 
poems, dramas, etc. based on these legends clas in literature 
Folklore, traditional beliefs and customs, popular super- 
stitions 
Fire 
Haunted localities 
Cemeteries, burnd cities, ancient ruins, haunted houses, caves, water sources, 
forests etc. 
Fétes 
See also 394.26 Holidays 
The year Calendar dates 
Principal fétes 
Spring 
April 1 
Easter 
Summer 
Autumn 
Winter 
Christmas 
New Year 
Lent 
{Local customs 
House, outbildings, furniture etc 
Fairies, elvs, ogers, monsters 
Bogies, gnomes, dragons, vampires, werewolvs, etc, 
Chapbooks 
Riddles 
Dream books 
Song books Nursery rimes Popular cries 
Including only popular collections, hardly ranking with Poetry or Music 
but useful in the study of Folklore. ete. 
Proverbs 
399 
Customs of war 
Wepons War dances Treatment of captivs Scalping Mutilation Burne 
ing Cannibalism See also 623.4 Firearms 
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