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(192) What is the shrine of the local saint ? 
(210) Witchcraft. Describe minutely the ceremonies performed by 
the witch. What preliminary ceremony took place to pro¬ 
tect the witch ? 
(294) Are charms used to find evil spirits and prevent their moving 
away ? 
(295) Are amulets, talismans, written bits of paper, gestures, &c., used 
to avert evil or to ensure good P If so, how ; when ; where ? 
(297) Are skulls of animals, or horses, or other objects hung up in 
trees to avert the evil eye and other malign influences ? 
(298) What methods are employed for divining future events P What 
omens are believed in ? 
(353) What superstitions are attached to women’s work as such ? 
(356) Are women ever excluded from any occupation, ceremonies, or 
places ? 
(358) What superstitions are attached to the status of widowhood ? 
(366) Are particular parts of any town or village, or particular 
sections of any community, entirely occupied in one trade or 
occupation ? 
(368) Have they customs and superstitions peculiar to their occupation P 
(369) Do they intermarry among themselves, and keep aloof from 
other people ? 
(373) Have they any processions or festivals P 
(422) What parts of the body are superstitiously regarded ? 
(432) Are bones, nails, hair, the subject of particular customs or 
superstitions • and is anything done with bones when acci¬ 
dentally discovered ? 
(436) Is dressing ever considered as a special ceremonial; are- 
omens drawn from accidents in dressing ? 
(452) Are any parts of the house considered sacred ? 
(453) Is the threshold the object of any ceremony; is it adorned 
with garlands ; is it guarded by a horseshoe or other object ? 
(454) Are any ceremonies performed at the hearth; are the ashes 
used for divination; is the fire ever kept burning for any 
continuous period ? 
(456) Is it unlucky to give fire from the hearth to strangers always, 
or when ? 
(467) Is there any ceremony on leaving a house, or on first occupying 
a house P 
(509) What are the chief festivals, and what the lesser festivals 
observed ? 
(515) Explain the popular belief in the object of each festival. 
(516) Describe the customs and observances appertaining to each 
festival. 
(540) When does the new year popularly begin P 
State the superstitions or legends known to attach to— 
(a) Hallowe’en. ' 
( b ) May Eve. 
(c) Midsummer Day, and St. John’s Eve. Both old and new 
(d) Lammas, or August 1. 
(e) Hew Year’s Day. 
(/) Christmas. 
