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sown, and this making of a circle around the field is called 
“wedding the fields.” Is there a connection in these two prac- 
tices ? 
46. Binding the Rain.—Mr. Crooke, in his Folklore of North- 
ern India, tells of various devices for binding the rainfall. In 
ing of a flour-mill, but there will be no more rain. 
think it is said that the rain must be gathered from the eaves 
of a house at the Pora Festival. 
47. Counting and keeping Fecords.—The method of enu- 
meration followed by the most ignorant people of the district is 
that of counting by fives. For instance, if a man is counting 
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kories, and so on. The grain measures most in use are also on 
the same principle. Twenty kaias make one khandi, and twenty 
khandies make one gara. When grain is being measure at the 
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woollen blanket and cattle graze in a field grown from seed thus 
sown, the cattle will surely die. I questioned a farmer in the © 
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never used to stir the peas when they are being boiled as dull, 
vd metal will cause The dall to be tough and indigestible. (3) 
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and use some of the obscene hrases which are used in the Holi 
Festival, (4) When the rida has been threshed in the threshing 
