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Arthur A. Perera

Belief and Practice.

Chapter. PAGES
1. The Earth and the Sky 1
2. The Vegetable World 4
3. The Animal World 6
4. Human Beings 11
5. Things made by man 13
6. The Soul and another Life 14
7. Superhuman Beings 15
8. Omens and Divination 21
9. The Magic Art 23
10. Disease and Leech-craft 25

Customs.

11. Social and Political Institutions 26
12. Rites of Individual Life 32
13. Occupations and Industries 36
14. Festivals 40
15. Games, Sports and Pastimes 43

Stories, Songs and Sayings.

16. Stories 47
17. Songs and Ballads 51
18. Proverbs, Riddles and Local Sayings 54

Appendix.

Glossary of Sinhalese Folk terms from the Service Tenure Register (1872).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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