Sinhalese Folklore Notes : Ceylon

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" (grandmot- her, grandmother, there is a good cocoanut, shall I pluck it) ; and, when answered, " Oh, certainly " (bohoma hondayi), brings it down. A mimetic performance of husking the nuts, breaking them, throwing out the water, scraping the pulp and cooking some eatable follows this.
They twist the fingers of the left hand, clasp them with the right, leaving only the finger-tips visible and get each other to pick out the middle finger.
They take stones or seeds into their hands and try to gu
...ess the number, or they take them in one hand, throw them up, catch them on the back of the hand, and try to take them back to the palm.
They keep several seeds of stones in front of them f throw one up and try to catch it after picking up as many seeds or stones as possible from the ground.
They hold the fingers of their baby bro- thers saying " this says he is hungry, this says what is to be done, this says let us eat, this says who will pay, this says though I am 46 SINHALESE FOLKLORE NOTES the smallest I will pay " and then tickle them saying " han kutu." They keep their hands one over the other* the palm downwards, and the leader strokes each hand saying, " Aturu muturu, demita muturu Rajakapuru hetiya aluta gena manamali hal atak gerala, hiyala getat bedala pahala getat bedala, us us daramiti peliyayi, miti miti daramiti peliyayi, kukala kapala dara pille, kikili kapala veta mulle, sangan palla," (Aturu muturu demita muturu ; the new bride that the merchant, Rajakapuru, brought, having taken a handful of rice, cleansed it and divided it to the upper and lower house ; a row of tall faggots ; a row of short faggots ; the cock that is killed is on the threshold ; the hen that is killed is near the fenee ; sangan palla); one hand is next kept on the owner's forehead and the other at the stomach and the following dialogue ensues : — Q.


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