of the West of England_, 239-47; in Scotland two variants are given
by Chambers, _Popular Rhymes of Scotland_, under the title
"Whuppity Stourie." The "name-guessing wager" is also found in
"Peerifool", printed by Mr. Andrew Lang in _Longman's Magazine_,
July 1889, also _Folk-Lore_, September, 1890. It is clearly the
same as Grimm's "Rumpelstiltskin" (No. 14); for other Continental
parallels see Mr. Clodd's article, and Cosquin, _Contes pop. de
Lorraine_, i. 269 _seq_.

_Remarks_.--One of the best folk-tales that have ever been
collected, far superior to any of the continental variants of this
tale with which I am acquainted. Mr. Clodd sees in the class of name-
guessing stories, a "survival" of the superstition that to know a
man's name gives you power over him, for which reason savages object
to tell their names. It may be necessary, I find, to explain to the
little ones that Tom Tit can only be referred to as "that," because
his name is not known till the end.



II. THE THREE SILLIES.

_Source_.--From _Folk-Lore Journal_, ii. 40-3; to which it
was communicated by Miss C. Burne.

_Parallels_.--Prof. Stephens gave a variant from his own memory
in _Folk-Lore Record_, iii. 155, as told in Essex at the beginning
of the century. Mr. Toulmin Smith gave another version in _The
Constitutional_, July 1, 1853, which was translated by his daughter,
and contributed to _Melusine_, t. ii. An Oxfordshire version was