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THE ETHNOGRAPHY 

 MULLEN, IN THE 

 E. BROWNE, ir.D. 



XI. 



OF GARTJMNA AND LETTER- 

 COUNTY GALWAY. By CHARLES 



[Plates IV. and Y.] 



[Eead November 30, 1898.] 



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DONT 



PAGE 



ENTS 





PAGE 



I. — Intkoductort Rejiakks, 



223 



IV. 



— Sociology: — 





II. — Physiography, . 



224 





1. Occupations, . 



248 



III. — Antheopography : — 







2. Family-life and Customs, 



252 



1. Methods, 



226 





3. Food, . . . . 



254 



2. Physical Characters, 



226 





4. Clothing, 



255 



(a) General characters, . 



226 





5. Bivellings, 



256 



(b) Tables of Hair and 







6. Transport, 



259 



Eye Colours, . 



228 









(c) Physical Proportions, 



230 



V. 



— FoLK-LoRE : — 





(d) Detailed List of Mea- 







1 . Customs and Beliefs, 



260 



sui-ements, 



232 





2. Charms and Leechcraft, . 



263 



3. Vital Statistics : — 







3. Legends and Traditions, 



264 



(a) Population, 



239 









(b) Acreage and Eental, 



240 



VI. 



— Archeology : — 





(c) Language and Educa- 







1. Survivals, 



265 



tion, 



240 





2. Antiquities, . 



265 



(d) Health, . 



240 









(e) Longevity, 



243 



VII. 



— History, . . . . 



266 



4. Fsyehology, . 



243 









5. Folh-names, . 



245 



VIII. 



— Concluding Eemarks, 



268 



I. IlSTTEODTJCTOET ReMAEKS. 



The group of islands which separates Greatmans Bay from Kilkerrin 

 Bay, and which are of interest as containing probably the poorest and 

 most primitive population in Ireland, was chosen as the field for the 

 seventh of the annual local surveys which have, from the first, formed 

 a regular part of the work of the Anthropological Laboratory of 

 Trinity College. It was at first intended that the whole group of 

 islands shoitld be included in the scope of the inquiry, but the field 

 proved too large to be thoroughly worked in the time available, so a 



