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floor and the first load of threshed grain is being carried to the 
house to be stored, the housewife will come out to meet. the labourer 
who is carrying theload. She has in her hand a lota of water, and 
with this she walks around the man carrying the grain and 
obeisance to the grain. This respect is aaa to the first load of 
grain 
49. Cause and Cure 0f ee —There is a wide-spread belief 
that styes are caused b eing a dog in the act of defcecatin ng. 
And there are several remedies employed to remove a stye 
of the most common remedies is connected with the Da’han Pahar, 
the hill which occupies s atch a prominent position as a geographi- 
cal feature of the district. This hill may be seen at a distance 
Dalhan Hill is small, my stye is big) the hill will be annoyed, the 
stye will be pleased, and as a result the stye will disppear. Some 
say that while saying these words, the afflicted person should rub 
the third finger of the right hand in the palm of the left hand and 
apply the finger to the stye. It is also customary to o take a grain 
of the wild rice, apply it to the stye, and then throw it away. As: 
the grain decays the stye will disappear 
a ore with a number of FP tigte: asia me, the servant 
lighted the lamp and placed it on the table inside the tent 
Immediately all the villagers arose and said ‘ * to me an 
placing both hands on his shoulders, weeps loudly and m ®& 
wailing tone narrates anything special that has taken place in 
To a stranger it would seem that a great loss ha befallen: 
them. A daughter would be welcomed aes roll 
quently I have mistaken the weeping of meeting for that of 
mourning. Experience, shld has taught me to ep game 
two kinds of wailing. When anyone goes as a guest to Ptriend’s 
house, he partakes of the usual food prepared by the fatty: When. 
the people who are entertaining prepare some specially good food, 
