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INDEX 



Fireworks, 206, 208-209, 219. 



First fruits observances, 69. 



Fishing, 20, 52-53, 101-107. 



Fishnets. 10, 20, 102, 103, 107-110. 



Flora, 27. 



Folklore. 4, 90; legend about Santo Entierro, 192- 

 193; loss of milk teeth, 235; of churchbells, 190- 

 191 ; very little indigenous, 286. 



Food, "hot" and "cold," 51; "hot" foods forbidden 

 nursing mothers, 226-227; ideas about, 51-52, 167; 

 meal times, 152; menu patterns, 162-168; prepa- 

 ration of food, 48-52; quantities consumed annual- 

 ly, 158-162. 



Franciscans, 7. 16, 20, 24. 189, 190. 



Funerals, 268-270. 



Games, of children, 238-240. 

 Gestures, 236-237. 

 Good Friday. 212-213. 

 Giiares, 33, 204, 221, 248, 249. 

 Giiatapera, 201. 204. 



Hair, care of, 47—48. 



History, legendary, 7-9; of the ejido, 170-175; re- 

 corded, 15-22. 



Holy Week. 195, 210-214. 



Homosexuality, 247. 



Hospitals, of Vasco de Quiroga, 18. 



Houses, construction of, 34-36, 123-125; costs of. 

 124-125; furnishings. 34^37; pre-Conquest types, 

 9-10; ranked by categories, 37-39. 



Hummingbird, used in witchcraft, 276. 



Illegitimacy, 247, 260. 



Incomes, of families, 156-162. 



Infant mortality. 230, 268-269, 271-272. 



Infanticide. 230. 



Inheritance, 175-176. 



Installment buying, common. 145. 



Irrigation. 67. 



Kenguerin. 189, 201-202. 

 Kermis, 187-188, 206, 252. 

 Kurunda. 49. 



Labor, attitudes toward. 129-131; contracts in the 

 United States, 147-149; division of in households, 

 151 ; division of in pottery making, 91-92. 



Land, ownership of, 169-175; types of agricultural 

 land, 58-59. 



Language, Spanish, local usages of, 283. 



Language, Tarascan, sociological efiect of use by Ta- 

 rascans. 33; speakers in Tzintzuntzan. 31-33; var- 

 iations in dialects, 22. 



LavatoTw. 196. 211. 



Law and justice, modern. 136-187; pre-Conquest, 

 12-13. 



Lent, 195, 196. 205, 209-214. 



Literacy, correlated with land ownership, 39; percent- 

 age of Tzintzuntzeiios literate, 245. 



Loans, 141-145. 



Love, letters, 248-249. 



Marigold (simplasuche), as design element on pot- 

 tery, 95; as floral offering on All Saints' Day, 219. 

 220-221, 287. 



Markets, Erongaricuaro, 127; mock market of the 

 Octavo, 217; Patzcuaro, 132-137; pre-Conquest 

 markets, 11. 



Marriage, ages at, 229-230; modern customs, 228, 

 229-230; parents' objections to daughters', 246, 

 258-259; pre-Conquest, 11; statistics on, 256-259; 

 Tarascans with Mestizos, 32-33. 



Martin de Jesus, 7, 16. 



Masses, Church, 194-195; for the dead. 194, 269; 

 not said during the "Persecution," 175. 



Matraca, 210, 212. 



Measures, 5. 



Menstruation, 224, 245-246. 



Merchants, in Tzintzuntzan, 138-141. 



Mezcal, in family work schedules. 154, 155-159; 

 preparation of. 121-123; rights to exploit, 170. 



Midwivery. 224-228. 



Milking, 114-115. 



Mollera, 226, 227. 266-267. 



Mongolian spot, 227. 



More. Sir Thomas. 13. 



Movies, attendance at. 149-150. 



Naming, 230-233, 262. 

 Nicknames. 233. 

 Novena, 198, 269. 



Officials, of Church. 193-202; of municipio. 178- 



179: of town. 179. 

 Owls, in witchcraft. 276. 



Palm, burned as tempest ]irotection. 210; rain cape, 

 135-136, 137. 



Palm Sunday. 210. 



Paricutin volcano. 22, 147. 



Patron saint, of Tzintzuntzan. 218. 



Penitentes, 208, 213. 



Petate making. 113-114. 



Pilgrimages, 147. 



Pinole fiesta, 200. 



Political organization, modern, 176-183; pre-Con- 

 quest, 11-13. 



Polygyny, modern. 223, 261; pre-Conquest. 11, 17. 



Ponce, Alonso, 20. 



Population data. 27-29. 



Pottery, artistic wares, 93-99 ; modern industry, 79- 

 101; pre-Conquest. 10. 



Fozole, as ceremonial feasting, 3, 196-198, 199, 200, 

 201. 202, 207, 209. 219; as food. 48; not to be 

 confused with southern Mexican type. 49. 



Pregnancy. 224-225, 227. 



Premarital intercourse, 247. 



Price, agricultural produce, 73-74; canoes, 112; char- 

 coal, 120; clotliing. 43. 45; domestic animals. 119; 

 factors determining, 145-147; in Tzintzuntzan 

 stores, 139-141; land. 76-77; light and water, 39- 

 40; meat, 116, 117; miscellaneous, 120, 121, 122, 

 124; petates, 113; pots, 100; pottery ingredients, 

 93. 



