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Folk-Lore 
Mr. Marius Barbeau reports that the folk-lore data collected and 
donated to the Museum during the past year stand as follows (a summary 
of the revised totals for the French and English collections is also appended) : 
French 
The Massicotte ( E.Z .) Collection: 
164 song texts (from Lavall£e, Chatel, etc.) 
The Barheau ( Marius ) Collection: 
27 song melodies recorded on the dictaphone (Napierville and Gaspe) 
1 melody recorded by ear 
The Lambert (A.) Collection: 
16 song texts (Drummond, Arthabaska) 
1 melody recorded by ear 
Miscellanea: 
From the Publicity Department, Canadian Pacific railway, 2 specimens of colonial 
technology; from Charles Marchand, 2 songs with melodies; from P. G. Roy, a 
document on early colonial sculpture; from M. Brown, 1 photograph; from 
Photographic Division, Dept, of Mines, 6 photographs; from Miss H. C. Wallace 
(Waterloo, Que.) 1 folk anecdote. 
English 
The Webster (Alice) Collection: 
25 manuscript pages of folk-lore (sayings, omens, folk beliefs, rhymes, formula, folk 
remedies) from Muskoka and lake Simcoe 
3 song texts 
Miscellanea: 
From the late Wm. Mclnnes, 6 manuscript pages of folk-lore from New Brunswick; 
from W. J. Wintemberg, 6 photos; from Frits Johansen, 2 photographs 
Totals— (1914-1927) 
French 
6,476 song texts, excluding those in a few manuscripts 
3,793 melodies recorded on the phonograph 
498 melodies recorded by ear 
319 folk tales 
192 anecdotes and narratives 
4,306 photographs 
105 dance melodies (excluding those in old notebooks) 
310 specimens of Colonial technology 
Blason populaire of folk nicknames, including folk geographic names in a few counties 
A large number of rhymes, sayings, remedies, folk beliefs, etc. 
Voluminous data on the ancient architecture and manual arts of Quebec 
English 
2,200 or over, formulae, sayings, remedies, etc., recorded in various parts of Canada. (A 
part of these materials has been published.) 
130 folk songs 
91 manuscript pages of folk-lore recorded by the late James Teit on Fraser river, B.C. 
Miscellaneous data from Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia 
German 
A manuscript ready for publication of Canada-German folk-lore, by W. J. Wintemberg 
