650 REPORT— 1893. 



sections of any community entirely occupied in one trade or 

 occupation ? 



(3G8) Have they customs and superstitions peculiar to their occupa- 

 tion ? 



(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) Are 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) Halloween (both old and new styles). 



(6) May Eve. 



(c) Midsummer day, and St. John's Eve. 



(c?) Lammas, or August 1. 



(e) New Tear's Day. 



(/) Christmas. 



Is there any superstition as to the first person who enters a house in 

 the New Tear ? Is stress laid upon the colour of complexion and hair ? 



(567) What are the customs observed at the birth of children ? 

 (588) Describe the ceremonies practised at courtship and marriage. 

 (623) Describe the ceremonies at death and burial. 

 (669) Describe any games of ball or any games with string, or other 



games. 

 (674) Describe all nursery games of children. 

 (686) Is there any special rule of succession to property ? 

 (703) Is any stone or group of stones, or any ancient monnment or 



ancient tree connected with local customs ? 

 (706) Are any special parts of the village or town the subject of 



particular rights, privileges, or disabilities ; do these parts 



bear any particular names ? 

 (711) Describe special local modes of punishment or of lynch law. 



