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Occasionally in the course of the evening the lecturer gave 
his audience interesting glimpses of Polish manners and 
customs. He told the legend of the Polish princess whose 
tragic death in Cracow some two thousand years ago has 
been connnemorated annually ever since by the women of 
Poland. The annual blessing of the animals by the parish 
priest and the consecration of the food intended for the 
Christmas feasts were described. The curiously low status 
of the dog and the strange ritual governing matrimonial 
arrangements were referred to. The lecturer also spoke of 
the caves of the rocky region being used for sepulture — the 
bones and skulls being arranged in orderly manner on shelves 
and in recesses, all being marked, registered and made easily 
accessible to the friends of the departed. 
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