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sold them. In England there was a belief that on St. Agnes' Eve, if the left garter was knotted round the right stocking, the wearer would dream of her future husband.
Arches are half circles, and, like full circles, soare fiends. So the Konkant Kunbis of Poona make an arch of mango leaves over the door of the wedding porch, 50 and among the Lakhâris, or Marwari, lac-bracelet makers in Ahmadnagar, a tinsel arch is made before the bride's house.51 So in times of cholera a töran or arch is set up outside a Gujarat village to stay the entrance of Mother Cholera.53 Charms are hung on arches in front of the palace at Dahomey. And at Dahomey they have also tall gallows of thin poles with a fringe of palm-leaf to keep off spirits.54 These African gallows, like the cholera or small-boxstopping tôrans of Gujarat villages, and the Bengal Malers posts and cross beams, seem to be the rude originals of the richly carved gateways of Sañcht and other topos. which, like them, are crowned with charms, the Buddhist emblem of luck or evil-scaring. In Devonshire, black bead, or pinsoles, is cured by thrice creeping on hands and knees ander or through a bramble. The bramble ought to form a natural arch, and the roots and rooted branch tips should be in different properties.56
(To be continued.)
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF OBJECTS MADE AND USED BY THE
NATIVES OF THE NICOBAR ISLANDS.
BY E, H, MAN, C.I.E.
(Continued from p. 112.)
12. Articles for preparing and taking Food. 113 (m). Shinlo. Wooden scoop for serving boiled rice to guests and others. 114 (m). Tanonga (C. N. Sanòng-terils). Wooden pestle, used in preparing the Cycas
paste in a wooden trough (vide No. 117). 115 (m). Danüa-han. Pestle of smaller size : used for pounding chillies in a cocoanat
shell mortar (vide No. 38). (m). Entana-momūa. Grating, used when preparing Cycas-paste (vide No. 47). 117 (m). Holshoal (C. N. Takachawõh). Wooden trough, used for feeding pigs and dogs.
Similar troughs of smaller size are nised in preparing Cycas and cocoannt paste, boiled rice, etc., for their own consumption. Sometimes a large clam, i. e., Tridacna
shell, is used as a trough for feeding their animals. 118 (m). Shala or Shala-larām. Plain wooden board, used in preparing Pandanus-paste. 119 (m), Shanos (C. N. Lansicbya). Spit, on which fowls, birds, and fish are broiled over
a fire; the other end is stuck into the ground beside the fire or held in the hand. The shanös used for fish is kept apart, and not used for other descriptions of meat. This implement is likewise employed for taking meat, vegetables, etc., out of a pot
when cooking. It is generally made of the wood of the Areca catechu. 120 (m). Chanop-not. Pointed stick, for taking boiling pork ont of a pot. 121 (on). Kanlôk-nõt. Pointed stick, used for killing a domestic pig. It is thrust into his
body immediately below the breast bone, and upwards towards his heart, thereby cansing denth in a few seconds, and with the expenditure of only a few drops of blood. Sometimes an iron spike, bayonet, or even a ram-rod (obtained from shiptraders) has been used for this purpose. In like manner, a fowl is frequently killed
** Braai'. Popidar Antiquities, Vol. III. p. 5. 80 Bomb ry Gareteer, Vol. XVIII. p. 302.
. From MS. Notes. 66 Fergasson's Tree and Serpent. Forship.
19 Chambers's Book of Days, Vol. I. p. 140. 51 Op. cit. Vol. XVII. p. 115. 53 Barton's Dahomey, Vol. I. p. 218. 4 Op. cit. Vol. I. p. 245. 66 Dyer's Folk-Lore, p. 172.
