JOURNAL 
OF THE 
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL 
Part I.— HISTORY, LITERATURE, &e. 
No. I.—1883. 
Folklore from Eastern Gorakhpur (N. W. P.)—By Hugh Fraser, C. S 
Communicated by F. H. Fisher, C. S., and edited by G. A. Grierson, C. S.* 
[The following songs ancl snatches were collected add translated by 
Mr. Hugh Fraser, C. S., during his residence at Kasia, the head-quarters 
of the subdivision of the same name. He kindly placed them at my 
disposal for use in the Statistical Memoirs which are under preparation 
in connection with the North-Western Provinces’ Gazetteer. As the 
volume containing the Gorakhpur Memoir had been published before these 
songs were received, I have forwarded them to Dr. Hoernle for publication 
in tbe B. A. S. Journal. In his note accompanying the contribution, 
Mr. Fraser says, “ I have written the songs down exactly as I heard them, 
but have had no time to go over them thoroughly, so cannot be absolutely 
certain as to the spelling, especially as regards dotted letters ; but except 
these points I think they are correct, although many of the letters may 
seem strange ; e. g., pahira for pahina, ivJiaili for nihaili, &c. I am sure, 
however, that many of the Verb endings are not correct though they are 
as they were given to me.” The notes to the songs, &c. are Mr. Fraser’s. 
—F. H. F.] 
* [The translations and notes are by Mr. Fraser. Tbe notes added by Messrs. 
F. H. Fisher and G. A. Grierson -are distinguished by their initials, F. H. F. and 
G. A. G. The text which was originally communicated in a romanized version, has 
been very carefully revised and transcribed into Nagari by Mr. G. A. Grierson, with 
the assistance of Bihari Pandits, and may now be accepted as perfectly correct. 
The Hindi prosodical mark | (= English v - , j has been used for marking doubtful 
vowels, when they are short. Mr. Grierson has also contributed some valuable notes 
On certain dialectic peculiarities, noticeable in the songs.— Ed.] 
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