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sniiio with tlie bride, and tlicii<;li aU may bo living in tlie isanie lodj^e 

 they ne\'er s}.ieak except in cases of absokite necessity, and then only 

 through a third party. When the husl)and meets his wives' parents in 

 the woods he turns his head aside and passes by witliout noticing them. 

 When a child is sick the father will take the cliild's name, believing 

 it will cause Dthers of the family to die if the name should die. The 

 grandparents as a rule take care of the children and are called father 

 and mother. TTncles and aunts are always addressed as father and 

 mother. 



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