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Indeed those who were very old were the ones who always went 
after water, not the young ones it is said. They were the ones who 
already thought seriously about things in their hearts. It is said 
that young ones were not permitted. It is said that they would be 
thought of (in this way), “Why, very likely when they are made 
tired they will set it down on the ground; they will rest.” That 
verily is why those ceremonial attendants who already think seriously 
about things go after that water. 
It is said that the younger ones only butcher (the meat). That 
was what the younger ones were allowed to do when they acted as 
ceremonial attendants. Again, the younger ones had to cook. 
Also, indeed, the old men. Only those old men who were strong 
were the ones who went after water. It is said that was the way 
they did. 
And also when the time came for them to serve all of those invited 
it is said that they would wash their hands very vigorously. After 
they had done that they would begin to serve (the food). Still, it 
is said, the ceremonial attendants would wait and smoke the bowls. 
Now it is said that the ceremonial attendants did not sit down. 
Indeed they would always stand up. 
And it is said the leading ceremonial attendant would then stand 
where the sacred packs were as long as the ceremonial attendants 
were serving (the food). He was not to sit down. 
After those who were eating had all eaten the ceremonial attendants 
would go around and gather the bones that were left. They gathered 
them up carefully indeed so they were not to be lying around any- 
where. That is what the leading ceremonial attendant said to the 
ceremonial attendants. And after the gens festival, it is said those 
bones were then taken away. The leading attendant would take 
the lead carrying earth in his hands. Eventually he carried that 
earth back to where he got it early in the morning. He (also) put 
oak leaves there. Those bones were then poured out there, those 
that were left over. 
Indeed, eventually every one of the ceremonial attendants had to 
go straight back in where they had had the gens festival. They 
then went out from there. It is said that they would each go to 
their homes. They considered that they had gone through it. 
Now the ceremonial attendants do not do that at all. All (they do) 
is to only act as ceremonial attendants, even indeed very carelessly. 
It is not like what it used to be at all. It seems as though the cere- 
monial attendants just do a little (of what ought to be done). Indeed 
some go home after they have eaten. Some go outside when indeed 
they get hot. Some go outside indeed when the smoke gets into 
their eyes. Some think meanly of those who are invited, even in 
there. Those who do that do not usually feed them properly. 
