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LN. 9.] 
I am told that this mushroom grows over the spot where a cow has 
given birth to its young. It is an invariable practice for the herds- 
men orthe ploughmen when they find this mushroom to stick it 
in the cord round the waist or to put it behind the ear. It seems. 
to serve no practical purpose, and yet people carry it around like a 
charm. This mushroom is tough and leathery and appears to be 
quite durable. 
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merely burning dried cow-dung Then they uutie the foot-pieces 
from the stilts, and one foot-piece is thrown into the river and the 
other is either buried in the sand by striking it upright or it is 
carried to the home and struck in the ground in front of the door- 
wa 
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toof to be kept till the next season. After this festival of stilts, the 
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fishermay goes around with his net and he throws this on to the 
child of any prominent person. This appears to be a sign of 
g00d-luck or prosperity, for the parents of the child reward 
wit in or money. A fisherman once tried to. 
unfortunate to be thus hindered ; ‘0 he placed his net over me. 
his own 
