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XXVII. 



THE ETHNOGEAPHY OF CAENA AND MWEENISH, IN THE 

 PAEISH OE MOYErSS, CONNEMAEA. By CHAELES 

 E. BEOWNE, M.D. 



[Read November 12, 1900.] 

 (Plates XXI. to XXV.) 



CONTENTS. 



I. — Introductory Eemaeks, . 503 

 II. — Physiography, . . . 504 

 III. — Anthropography : — 



1. Methods, 



2. Fhysical Characters, 



(a) General characters, . 



(b) Tables of Hair and 



Eye Colours, . 507 



(c) Physical Proportions, 508 



(d) Detailed List of Mea- 



surements, 



3. Vital Statistics : — 



(a) Population, 



(b) Language and Educa 



tion, 



(c) Health, . 



4. Psychology, . 



5. Folk-names, . 



505 

 506 

 506 



510 



516 



516 

 616 

 517 

 518 



IV. — Sociology : — 



1. Occupations, . . . 520 



2. Family -life and Customs, 521 



3. Food, . . . .523 



4. Clothing, . . .623 



5. Dwellings, . . . 523 



6. Transport, . . . 525 



V. — FoLK-LoRE : — 



1. Custoins and Beliefs, . 526 



2. Charms and Witchcraft, . 527 



3. Legends and Traditions, . 527 



VI. — Archeology : — 



1. Survivals, 



2. Antiquities, 



528 

 529 



VII. — History and Concluding 



Eemarks, . . . 533 



I. IlSTTEODUCTOET EeMAEKS. 



The district of south Conneinara having been foiind. in the visit 

 made to Gorumna and Lettermiillen to possess so much matter of 

 interest and to be so worthy of study, I was encoui'aged to extend the 

 scope of investigation a little further along the coast, none the less 

 that the establishment of the tourist trafS.c, hotels for sportsmen, and 

 the efforts of the Congested Districts Board are introducing elements of 

 change into a district which, up to this, seems to have retained, to a 

 large extent, the conditions which prevailed in Eoderick O'Flaherty's 



