92 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. [Vo.. IX, 1920.] 
of one handkerchief can all be traced back to the essential 
features of a Brahman’s wedding. Only nowadays the mean- 
ing of the ceremonies are forgotten, so that no one sees the 
absurdity of relegating these ceremonies at convenience till 
collapse and roll over helplessly, to the great admiration of 
the feminine portion of the family circle.” (F.E. Penny’s ‘‘ On 
the Coromandel Coast” (1908), p. 246.) The words might be 
written of any Malay bride. 
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