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10. 
OCCASIONAL NOTES. 
TRADITIONS. 
Are there popular traditions respecting the origin of 
. music ? 
Have they any myths about a musical deity, or some 
super-human musician ? 
Have they any legends or fairy-tales in which allusion 
to music is made? Ifso, what are they? 
Have they any tradition about the invention of certain 
favourite musical instruments ? 
Have they any tradition or historical record respecting 
the antiquity of stringed mstruments played with a 
bow ? 
Have they any records respecting their sacred music ? 
Is music believed to possess the power of curing cer- 
tain illnesses ? 
Is music believed to possess the power of enticing and 
taming wild animals? 
Are there popular tunes, or certain rhythmical figures 
in the tunes, which according to tradition have been 
suggested by the songs of birds ? 
If there is anything noteworthy about music which 
has not been alluded to in the preceding questions, 
notice it. 
Notr.—A collection of the national Folk-Lore, would be valuable, in as 
far as it relates to music. 
