FOLK-LORE MISCELLANEA.
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Folk-lore Items from North Indian Notes and Queries edited by William Crooke, B.A. (Constable and Co.)
(The references are by volume and paragraph. The current volume is II, and these notes begin with January of the present year.)
Popular Religion. — 611. N.W. Provinces. A long song, text and translation. Sāhū Sālār, in digging the foundations of a watch-house, unearths a demon. [This throws light on the human sacrifice so often used in beginning a building, which must be propitiatory.]
613. Customs of the Sultani Sikhs. (Those who cannot go on the great pilgrimage of these people sleep at home at least one night on the ground as a substitute.)
717. Hindu annual festival of snake-worship or appeasing, and fast on Feb. 16th.
726. Instances of Mother Satti, mothers dying by satti with their sons, not their husbands (Rajputana).
729. Yearly ceremony of snake-worship, and charm against snake-bite (Agarwāla Banyas). [The Atharva Veda has numbers of charms against snake-bites.]
Sociology. — 615, 627, 680. Hoshiarpur. Marriage regulations.
616. Ludhiana. Birth ceremonies. (Midwife ties iron ring over the door.)
623. Ludhiana. Jat betrothal ceremonies. (Brides are often purchased.)
624. Marriage ceremonies among the Jats of Ludhiana. (Walking round the fire.)
626. Muhammadan marriage customs : Jalandhar.
681. „ „ „ Ludhiana.
687. „ „ „ Agarwālas.
695. „ „ (polyandry) Dehra Dun.
708. „ „ „ the Khurwars.
682. Land tenure.
691. Manorial dues : Garhwal.
693, 694. Death ceremonies.
731. Couvade in India.
