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In his introductory summary of previous research, Zygmunt Klodnicki characterises my interpretation of the hay-bow as "isolated". By this he meant that in part I was interpreting the development of the hay-bow in Sweden as indigenous, and that in part I considered it to be a relatively recent phenomenon: "Analysing old inventories he has come to the conclusion, that rezginias appeared in Sweden in the first part of the XVIIIth century." The first problem in mapping the Italian types of cradle is that of the availability and quality of the data. As far as I know, there is no specific and systematic study concerning Italy or any of its single provinces. Data are mostly fortuitous, not very analytical and often vague. Furthermore the study of the traditional cradle has been dealt with exclusively from two points of viewVolume 8 Issue 1
Editorial
The Scots Element in North Irish Popular Culture
Ethnicity, Social Class And Acculturation of Immigrants in Barcelona
Kulturelle und soziale Aspekte der südeuropäischen Einwanderung in die Schweiz
Some Trends in Regional Enthnology in Britain
Innovation und Tradition
Patterns of Marriage among the Old Scandinavian Peoples
Die Ethnologische Karte als Mittel der historischen und funktionalen Analyse
"Rezginia" in Europe
Hay-bow in Europe
Die Ethnologische Karte als Mittel der historischen und funktionalen Analyse
Typen der Kinderwiege in Europa
Die finnischen Wiegenformen
Die Wiege in den Niederlanden
Problems in Mapping the Italian Types of Cradle
Zu den älteren Schichten der finnischen Hauskultur
Quellopfer und Quellverehrung im vorgeschichtlichen Europa
Muster räumlichen Verhaltens bei Vorstellungen des Volksglaubens