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THE ETHyOGEAPHT OF BALLTCEOY, COUXIT ^JLiTO. 

 By CHARLES E. BEOWXE, X.D. 



(Plates III. A^'D IT,) 



[Eead ilth Mat, 1896.] 



I. IXTEODrCTIOX, 



u. — Phtsiogeaphy, . 



m. — A>THBOPO GRAPH X : — 



CONTEXTS. 



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1. Methods, 



76 



2. Physical Characters, 



77 



(a) General characters, . 



77 



(b) Statistics of Hair and 

 Eye Colours, • 



82 



(c) Physical Proportions, 



84 



(d) Detailed List of Mea- 

 surements, 



85 



3. Vital Statistics (General 

 and Economic) — . 



90 



(a) Population, 



(b) Acreage and Eental, 



(c) Language and Educa- 



tion, 



90 

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91 



(d) Health, . 



92 



(e) Longevity, 



94 



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4. Fsychology, 



5. Folk-names, 

 -Sociology: — 



1. Occupations, 



2. Family -life and Customs 



3. Food, . 



4. Clothing, 



5. Dwellings, 



6 . Transport, 



-FOLK-LOEE, 



1 . Customs and Beliefs, 



2. Legends and Traditions 

 -Aech^ology : — 



1. Survivals, 



2. Antiquities, . 



-HiSTOEY, . 



-CoxcirDixG Eemaeks, 



-BiBLIOGEAPHT, . 



I. IlTIEODr CTIOy . 



The usual local ethnograpiiic survey undertaken anuaUy as part of 

 the Tvork of the Anthropological Laboratory, Trinity College, -^as 

 last summer carried out by me in. the district known as Ballycroy, a 

 portion of the barony of Erris, Co. Mayo, which was considered 

 worthy of study, owing to the differences, said to exist, between its 

 inhabitants and the natives of other parts of the same barony. 



As the Mullet, Iniskea, and Portacloy were the subjects of last 

 year's inquiry this may be considered as a supplementary survey, 

 practically completing the barony of Erris, and for this reason such 



