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(192) What is the shrine of the local saint ? 



(210) Witchcraft. Describe minutely the ceremonies performed by 

 the witch. What preliminary ceremony took place to pro- 

 tect the witch ? 



(294) Are charms used to find evil spirits and prevent their moving 



away ? 



(295) Are amulets, talismans, written bits of paper, gestures, &c., used 



to avert evil or to ensure good ? If so, how ; when ; where ? 



(297) Are skulls of animals, or horses, or other objects hung up in 



trees to avert the evil eye and other malign influences ? 



(298) What methods are employed for divining future events ? What 



omens are believed in ? 

 (353) What superstitions are attached to women's work as such ? 

 (356) Are women ever excluded from any occupation, ceremonies, or 



places ? 

 (358) What superstitious are attached to the status of widowhood ? 

 (366) Are particular parts of any town or village, or particular 



sections of auy community, entirely occupied in one trade or 



occupation ? 



(368) Have they customs and superstitions peculiar to their occupation ? 



(369) Do they intermarry among themselves, and keep aloof from 



other people ? 



(373) Have they any processions or festivals ? 



(422) What parts of the body are superstitiously regarded ? 



(432) Ai-e bones, nails, hair, the subject of particular customs or 

 superstitions ; and is anything done with bones when acci- 

 dentally discovered ? 



(436) Is dressing ever considered as a special ceremonial ; are 

 omens drawn from accidents in dressing ? 



(452) Are any parts of the house considered sacred ? 



(453) Is the threshold the object of any ceremony ; is it adorned 



with garlands ; is it guarded by a horseshoe or other object ? 



(454) Are any ceremonies performed at the hearth ; are the ashes 



used for divination ; is the fire ever kept burning for any 



continuous period ? 

 (456) Is it unlucky to give fire from the hearth to strangers always, 



or when ? 

 (467) Is there any ceremony on leaving a house, or on first occupying 



a house ? 

 (509) What are the chief festivals, and what the lesser festivals 



observed ? 



(515) Explain the popular belief in the object of each festival. 



(516) Describe the customs and observances appertaining to each 



festival. 

 (540) When does the new year popularly begin ? 



State the superstitions or legends known to attach to — 



(a) Hallowe'en. 



(b) May Eve. 



(c) Midsummer Day, and St. John's Eve, l Both old and new 



(d) Lammas, or August 1. styles. 



(e) New Year's Day. 



(/) Christmas. > 



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