The People of Palestine / An enlarged edition of "The Peasantry of Palestine, Life, Manners and Customs of the Village"

by Elihu Grant

GENERAL INDEX

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• ‛Abâyeh, [142], [144].
• Abraham, [114].
• Abu ‛Aynayn, [216].
• ‛Âbûd, [224].
• Abu Ghôsh, [225].
• Abu Shûsheh, [17].
• Alcoholics, [88] f., [98].
• American College, [96];
  • Press, [170].
• Animals, wild, [31];
  • domestic, [131], [134], [136], [153].
• Antiquities, [156] f.
• Arabic, [172] ff.
• ‛Araḳ, [138].
• Architects, [153].
• Arrabôn, [154].
• ‛Aṣfûrîyeh, [97].
• Assessors, [226].
• ‛Aṭâra, [20], [190].
• ‛Aujâ river, [18].
• ‛Ayn el-‛Aḳabeh, [218].
• ” ‛Arîk, [216].
• ” el-‛Aṣfûr, [217].
• ” el-‛Azâb, [217].
• ” el-Burj, [200] f.
• ” Fâra, [16], [20].
• ” el-Jâmi‛, [216].
• ” Jeriyût, [21].
• ” Ḳânyeh, [192].
• ” el-Ḳaṣr, [201].
• ” Kefrîyeh, [21].
• ” el-Kusa‛, [217].
• ” Minjid, [201].
• ” Miṣbâḥ, [196], [201].
• ” Mizrâb, [201].
• ” en-Nuṣbeh, [20], [190].
• ” Râs el-Bîr, [217].
• ” esh-Shaykh, [217].
• ” Sînyâ, [223].
• ” Ṣôba, [216].
• ” eṭ-Ṭoreh, [217].
• ” Umm el-Kerzam, [201].
• ” Yebrûd, [115].

• Bâb el-Wâd, [107].
• Baggage, [227], [236].
• Bairam, [121].
• Balû‛a, [19], [196].
• Bâmyeh, [82].
• Banks, [227], [237].
• Banners, [119].
• Baptism, [66].
• Bargaining, [146], [154].
• Baṭn el-Hawâ, [200].
• Bayt Ḥanînâ, [189].
• Baytûnyeh, [199].
• Beads, [117].
• Bedawîn, [43], [130], [221].
• Bethel, or Baytîn, [217] f.
• Betrothal, [55].
• Bigamy, [63].
• Birds, [31] f.
• el-Bîreh, [191], [207] f.
• Birth, [65].
• Bîr ez-Zayt, [223].
• Blacksmithing, [155].
• Blind, [96], [172].
• Blood revenge, [169].
• Booths, [76].
• Boundaries of the village, [192].
• Bread, [79].
• Bribery, [108], [180], [227], [229].
• Bubonic plague, [231].
• Building material, [151] f.
• Burghul, [79].
• Burj, [44], [200];
  • Baytîn, [218].
• Business, [130] ff., [209].
• Butcher, [146], [195]. [See [Work].

• Cactus, [88].
• Calendar, [124], [239].
• Calls, [160], [204].
• Camels, [12], [136], [155].
• Carmel, Mt., [15].
• Carob pod, [88].
• Carriage service, [154].
• Cavasses, [233].
• Caves, [16] ff., [217];
  • sanctuary, [196].
• Charms, [93].
• Children, [64], [66] f., [69];
  • childlessness, [208].
• Cholera, [103] ff., [231].
• Church influence, [45].
• Church law, [59], [63].
• Church Missionary Society, [197], [221] ff.
• Church, old, at el-Bîreh, [113].
• Church, old, at Râm Allâh, [113].
• Church, old, at eṭ-Ṭayyibeh, [113].
• Circassians, [227].
• Cisterns, [21], [75], [222];
  • grain, [137];
  • oil, [195].
• City, appearance of a, [33], [43].
• Clothing, see [Dress].
• Coffee, [81] f., [160], [164].
• Colloquialisms, [176] ff.
• Common dish, [89];
  • cup, [82], [164].
• Complexions, [47].
• Compliments, [206].
• Consular service, [227], [237].
• Conversation, [159] f., [165].
• Court, house, [76];
  • law, [229].
• Crier, public, [149].
• Crocodile, [31].
• Crusaders’ Church, [210].
• Culture, [170].
• Cup, common, [82], [164].
• Curses, [178].
• Customs, see [Birth], [Weddings], [Death], etc.
• Customs, tariff, [237].

• Dabkeh, [168], [186].
• Dâfûr, [81].
• Daḳḳîḳ, [153].
• Dancers, [59];
  • dancing, [168].
• Dâr, [51].
• Dayr Dîwân, [218].
• Deaconesses (Kaiserswerth), [83].
• Dead Sea, [18].
• Death, [99] f., [103], [164] f.
• Deeds, land, [192].
• Demons, [98].
• Dervish, [118].
• Dhurah, [133], [219].
• Dialectical matters, [173] ff.
• Dibbûsy, [142].
• Dibs, [81], [138].
• Disease, [95], [231].
• Dish, common, [89]. [See [Cup].
• Dôsh, [167].
• Dress, [49], [90] ff.
• Drinking customs, [89].
• Dry season, [20], [23] ff., [36].
• Dumb, [96], [112], [192].
• Dûrah, [219].
• Dust, [95].

• Earthquake, [202].
• Easter, [123] f.
• Eating customs, [89].
• Education, [170].
• Effendîyeh, [225].
• Elders, [52].
• Eli and Sibyl Jones Mission, [197]. See [Friends].
• Emigration, [228] f., [237].
• Entertainment, [164], [167].
• Esdraelon, [15].
• Evening scenery, [12], [190].
• Evil-eye, [116].
• Exclamatory remarks, [176] ff.;
  • with animals, [134].
• Eyes, [47], [94].

• Family, [53].
• Famine, [107], [109].
• Farming, [39], [130], [133].
• Fast, Ramaḍân, [121];
  • Lenten, [124].
• Fatalism, [104], [117].
• Feast of St. Barbara, [124];
  • The Cross, [27], [124];
  • St. George, [124].
• Feddân, [132].
• Fees of priests, [122].
• Fellaḥîn, [131].
• Ferns, [30].
• Feuds, [159], [222].
• Fevers, [94].
• Figs, [28], [40] f., [81], [139];
  • plaster, [94].
• Fines, [229].
• Finjân, [82], [160].
• Fire-wood, [39].
• Flocks, [26], [36], [140].
• Flowers, [28] ff.
• Foods, [78] ff., [82], [85].
• Fountains, [20] f., [190], [196], [200] f., [216] ff., [223].
• Foxes, [31].
• Friendship, [52].
• Friends’ Mission and School, [191], [193], [197].
• Friends’ Mission at ‛Ayn ‛Arîk, [217].
• Friends’ Mission at Jifnâ, [222].
• Friends’ Mission at eṭ-Ṭayyibeh, [221].
• Frîky, [25], [86].
• Fruit, [28], [36], [41], [86].
• Fuel, [79], [211].
• Furniture, [76] f.

• Game, wild, [84].
• Games, [70] f., [167].
• Gardening, [144], [145], [216].
• Garments, wedding, [55].
• Gazels, [31].
• Geology, [14].
• Gerizim, Mt., [126].
• Ghôr, [13], [15], [221].
• Gipsies, [155], [168].
• Girls, [64] f., [67].
• Goats, [140] f.;
  • goat-meat, [195].
• Go-between, [150].
• Gospel and Ḳurân, [123].
• Gossip, [160].
• Government of country from city, [225] f.
• Graffiti, [210].
• Grain, [133] f.
• Grapes, [36] f., [138].
• Graves, [18], [99], [103];
  • Samaritan, [126].
• Greek Church, [122], [204] f.
• Greek fire, [124].
• Greetings, [161] ff.
• Groceries, [145].
• Guest-room or house, [59], [164].

• Hail-storm, [202].
• Hanauer, Rev. J. G., [176].
• Ḥarâm, [214].
• Ḥarîm or harem, [120], [233].
• Harvest, [25], [135] f.
• Head-dress, [91].
  • See [Dress].
• Health conditions, [27].
  • See [Disease].
• Heat, [12], [23].
• Ḥelâweh, [87].
• Ḥennâ, [59].
• Hermon, Mt., [32].
• Hills, [14], [39].
• Hill sites, [34], [44], [48], [222].
• Ḥirdhôn, [31], [179].
• Ḥisḥis, [31].
• Ḥiṣrim, [81].
• Home affairs, [75] ff.
• Honey, [87].
• Hospices, [234].
• Hospitals, [89], [96].
• Hospitality, [160], [165].
• Hotels, [235].
• Household tasks, [91];
  • utensils, [77] ff.
• House structure, [75], [211].
• Ḥûleh, [18].
• Ḥummus, [137].
• Hunting, [168].
• Hyenas, [18], [99].

• Illness, [27], [94].
• Insane, [96] ff., [99], note.
• Insects, [31].
• Interest, [149], [205].
• Invitations, [161].
• Irrigation, [22].

• Jars, [93].
• Jeba‛, [16].
• Jebel Ṭawîl, [32], [210].
• Jellies, [86].
• Jerîsheh, [79].
• Jerusalem, view of, [33].
• Jewelry, [54], [59].
• Jezreel, [15].
• Jiben, [84].
• Jifnâ, [222].

• Kalîyeh, [86].
• Ḳaṣr, [139].
• Ḳaṭrawâny, [111].
• Ḳays, [225].
• Kefrîyeh, [201].
• Kefr Shiyân, [216].
• el-Khalîl, [113].
• Khân, [194], [209].
• Kharayṭûn, [16].
• Khaṭîb, [171], [186].
• Khurbet Jîbya, [224].
• Kilns, [151].
• Kinship, [158], [230].
• Khulleh, [196].
• Khullet el-‛Adas, [200], [215].
• Khûry, [122], [205].
• Ḳurân and Gospel, [123].
• Kursenneh, [135].
• Kushân, [192].

• Labor, [91].
• Lakes, Ḥûleh, Tiberias and the Dead Sea, [18].
• Lamps, clay, [111] ff.
• Land, holding, [131].
• Lane’s “Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians,” 119.
• Language, [166], [172] ff.
• Learning, [47], [170].
• Leaven, [78].
• Leben, [84].
• Leeches, [95].
• Lemons, [28].
• Lentils, [79].
• Lepers, [99].
• Lime, [151];
  • kilns, [35] f.;
  • stone, [15].
• Literary work, [170].
• Lizards, [31].
• Loans, [149].
• Locusts, [84].
• Looms, [144].

• Maḥshy, [85].
• Maiden-hair fern, [17], [30].
• Maḳâm, [111].
• Maḳlûbeh, [85].
• Male children, [63].
• Ma‛lûf, [141].
• Mandrake, [25].
• Marâmîyeh, [81].
• Maritime Plain, [15].
• Mâr Jurjus, [114];
  • Elyâs, [115].
• Markets, [145], [155] f., [194].
• Marriage, [49], [53] f.
• Masons, [151];
  • marks, [210].
• Meals, [89].
• Measures and weights, [147].
• Meat, [84], [195].
• Medical data, [94], [96].
• Merchants, [194].
• Michmash, [16].
• Midwife, [66].
• Mikhba, [139].
• Miḳlâ‛, [70].
• Mil‛ab, [56].
• Milk, [26].
• Minsaf, [166].
• Mîreh, [131].
• Mists, [11] f., [24], [135].
• Mitchell, Professor H. G., [176].
• Molasses, [138].
• Monasteries, [125].
• Money, [147], [155], [230];
  • changing, [148];
  • lending, [149], [205].
• Montenegrins, [233].
• Months, Christian, Jew and Moslem, [239].
• Mortar and pestle for coffee, [82].
• Mosks, [113] f.;
  • Mosk of Omar, view, [189].
• Mourners, [100], [103], [164] f.
• Mudîr, [226].
• Muezzin, [119].
• Muḳâṭ‛a ‛Âbûd, [224].
• Mukhtâr, [151].
• Mulberry, [28], [223].
• Mules, [220].
• Mulk, [131].
• Mûṣ, [27], [137].
• Muzzling animals, [136].

• Names, [66], [72] ff.
• Nârjîleh, [166].
• Nâ‛uṣ, [27].
• Neby Mûsâ, [119].
• Neby Ṣâliḥ, [224].
• Neighbors, [159], [198].
• News, [231].
• Nicknames, [74].
• Nights, [23].
• Noah’s Cave, [17].
• Nomads, [130].
• Noon heat and rest, [12].
• Nuts, [86].

• Oak, [28].
• Officials, [230].
• Oil, [80] f., [140].
• Old Testament sites, [117].
• Olive press, old, [213].
• Olives, [28], [39] f., [80], [140], [223].
• Omens, [202].
• Oranges, [25], [28], [144].
• Orphans, [172].
• Ovens, [78].

• Palmer, Professor E. H., cited, [213].
• Parched wheat, [86].
• Parents, titles of, [66].
• Parties, [159].
• Partnership in crops, [221].
• Passes, [15], [226].
• Pastures, [36].
• Paths, [35], [154].
• Patriarchates, Greek, [122].
• Peacemaking, [228] f.
• Pear-trees, [223].
• Periodical literature, [170].
• Peters, Dr. John P., [216].
• Philosophy. See [Proverbs], [Stories], etc.
• Phrases, [161] ff.
• Pilgrims, [232] f., [235];
  • Moslem, [111], [120];
  • Roman Catholic, [225].
• Pine-trees, [28].
• Place-names, [174].
• Plasters, [94].
• Play, [68], [70], [167] f.
• Plowing, [39], [133].
• Pomegranates, [28], [41].
• Ponds, [19].
• Population, [43] f., [47].
• Portents, [202].
• Postal service, [227], [230] f.
• Pottery, [93].
• Prayer, [203];
  • in sickness, [93];
  • to Abraham, [114];
  • Moslem, [118] f.;
  • for offspring, [117];
  • of women, [114];
  • for rain, [202].
• Press, [231];
  • American, [170].
• Prices, building materials, [151];
  • food, [146].
• Priesthood, Christian, [121] f.
• Priests, [204].
• Printing, [170].
• Proverbs, [52], [83] f., [87], [89], [94], [116], [176], [179] ff.
• Pruning, [139].
• Public weal, [149] ff., [193], [230].
• Punishment, [226].

• Quaker Mission. See [Friends].
• Quarantine, [105], [107], [137], [231] f.
• Quarrels, [168] f., [227] ff.
• Quarry at el-Bîreh, [210].
• Quarrying, [151].
• Quartering of soldiers, [227].

• Rabâb, [164].
• Rafîdya, [209].
• Railway, [232] f.
• Rain, [23] f., [27].
• Rainfall, [22].
• Rain-water, [222].
• Raîs, [122].
• Raisins, [138] f.
• er-Râm, [190].
• Ramaḍân, [121].
• Râm Allâh, [187], [191] ff.;
  • settlement of, [206];
  • schools, [171].
• Reaping, [25], [135].
• Refreshments, [86], [160].
• Religion, [43] ff., [110] ff., [117];
  • as a social factor, [158].
• Remedies, [94].
• Reservoirs, [21], [210].
• Revenge, [169].
• Reverence, [71].
• Rice, [80].
• Ridicule, fear of, [90].
• Rimmon, [220].
• Rivers, Jordan, [18];
  • ‛Aujâ, [18].
• Roads, [34], [154] f., [189], [223];
  • to Râm Allâh, [187].
• Road scenes, [46].
• Robinson, Professor Edward, cited, [221].
• Rock cuttings, [17], [217].
• Rocks, [116], [145].
• Roman Catholic Church, [122], [124], [235].
• Roman roads, [34], [189].
• Roofing-bee, [116].
• Roofs, [27], [75].
• Rooms, [75].
• Rugs, [144].
• Ruins, [18], [21], [190] f., [210], [213] f., [216], [222].
• Rûjib, [127].
• Russian influence, [235];
  • pilgrims, [204], [233] f.

• Ṣaḥjeh, [168], [184].
• Salâ‛t eṭ-Ṭîreh, [213].
• Salt, [146].
• Salutations, [161] ff.
• Samaritans, [125] ff.;
  • passover of, [127] ff.
• Samson country, [17].
• Sanctuary, [113] f.
  • See [Shrines].
• Scenery, [12], [20], [32].
• Schneller’s school, [172].
• School at el-Bîreh, [211].
• Sea, [232].
• Seasons, [22].
• Sects, [84].
• Sha‛fât, [189].
• Shaykh, [150].
• Shaykh Sâliḥ, [210].
• Shaykh Yûsuf, [222].
• esh-Shayṭân, [209].
• Sheep, [57], [59], [140].
• Shephelah, [19].
• Shepherd, [141] f.
• Shipping, [232].
• Shôbek, [206].
• Shoes, [90].
• Shops, [145], [195].
• Shrines, [38], [41], [111] ff., [117], [210], [234].
• Sickness. See [Disease], [Medicine], etc.
• Sifting, [137].
• Sîjeh, [167].
• Silk, [144].
• Sirocco, [11], [25] f.
• Sḳîfeh, [204], [211].
• Slings, [70].
• Smîd, [79].
• Smoking bottles, [76].
• Ṣnôber, [80].
• Soap, [81].
• Sociability, [164].
• Society, [158] ff.
• Soil, [15], [18].
• Soldiers, [126], [149] f., [227], [229] f.
• Song, [168], [184] ff.;
  • at weddings, [56], [60] f.;
  • of mourners, [101] ff.
• Souvenirs, [234].
• Spinning, [143].
• Springs, [16], [20], [24];
  • warm, [21].
  • See [‛Ayn].
• Spring-water, [222].
• St. George, [114], [202].
• Stones, [18], [38].
• Stone trades, [151].
• Stores, [145].
• Stories, [17] f., [20], [68], [83], [88], [111], [166], [171], [176], [179], [205], [214], [228].
• Stranger in village, [132], [164].
• Sugar, [146].
• Sûḳ, [145].
• Summer, [36].
• Superstitions, [93] f., [98], [114], [116] f., [202], [213] f., [220].
• Ṣurdah, [115].
• Sûs, [80].
• Swaddling, [66].
• Sweetmeats, [86] f.
• Syria, future of, [228].
• Syrian Protestant College, [96].
• Syrians in America, [237].

• Talebearing, [230].
• Ṭarafîdya, wâdy and ‛ayn, [199].
• Tares, [135].
• Ṭarîḳ el-Majnûny, [199].
• Tattoo, [117].
• Taxes, [144], [146], [150], [192], [226] f.
• eṭ-Ṭayyibeh, [221].
• Telegraph, [231].
• Terrace, [38] f.
• Thief, [64].
• Thorns, [35].
• Threshing, [136] ff.
• Tiberias, [18].
• Tibn, [137].
• Tibneh, [224].
• Time of day, [241].
• eṭ-Ṭîreh, [213].
• Tobacco, [146], [164], [166].
• Tomatoes, [82].
• Tombs, old, [112], [157], [215], [219], [222] ff.
• Tools, stoneworkers’, [152] f.
• Topographical remarks, [13], [19], [32] f.
• Ṭoṭleh, [81].
• Tourist agent, [236] f.
• Tourists, [225].
• Traders, [145] f., [194].
• Trade school, [172].
• Trades, crafts, etc., [155].
• Training of children, [67] f., [71] f.
• Transportation, [154], [194], [236].
• Travel, [28];
  • afoot, [153];
  • carriage, [154];
  • general, [226], [232], [236].
• Treasure, [214].
• Trees, [14], [27] f., [41], [223];
  • sacred, [115] f., [219].
• Tribes, village, [51].
• Turkish Delight, [88].
• Typhoid, [95].

• ‛Ûd, [164].
• Ukhtiyarîyeh, [135].
• Umm Barakât, [116], [219].
• Umm el-Khuruḳ, [216].
• United Greek Church, [125].
• Urṭâs, [41], [145].
• Utensils, household, [77] ff.

• Valley, [15].
  • See [Wâdy].
• Vegetables, [82] f.
• Vermin, [31].
• View from Jebel Ṭawîl, [32].
• View from Râm Allâh, [189] f.
• View from eṭ-Ṭayyibeh, [221].
• View of Jerusalem from Scopus, [188].
• View of Râm Allâh, [214].
• Views of the Mediterranean, [223].
• Village ideals, [51].
• Villagers, appearance of, [47].
• Villages, appearance of, [33], [43].
• Villages, various, [187].
• Vine culture, [139], [222].
• Vineyards, [13];
  • near Râm Allâh, [200].

• Wâdy, [15];
  • those near Râm Allâh, [199].
• Wâd Karom Shutâ, [200].
• Wâdy ‛Arâḳ el-Kharûf, [219].
• ” el-‛Ayn, [220].
• ” eḍ-Ḍaba‛, [220].
• ” Fâra, [16].
• Wâdy el-Kelb, [199].
• ” Rayyâ, [224].
• ” Sha‛b el-Ḳassîs, [220].
• ” es-Suwaynîṭ, [16], [210].
• Wages, [207].
• Wakf, [131].
• Walls, [34], [194].
• Washing clothes, [92], [209].
• Wastîyeh, [116], [219].
• Watcher in vineyard, [13];
  • on threshing floor, [136].
• Watch-towers, [38], [139].
• Water carrying, [68];
  • supply, [20], [22], [222].
• Watershed, [19], [191].
• Weather, [23], [155].
• Weddings, [56] ff.
• Wedding songs, [60] ff.
• Weeping, [165].
• Weights, [147].
• Wells, [21].
• Wheat and barley, [78], [133], [137].
• Widows, [54], [64].
• Wilderness, [35].
• Wild vegetation, edible, [87] f.
• Wily, [111].
• Winds, [26], [222].
• Winter, [22], [24], [28].
• Wives, [54], [58], [63].
• Women, [47] ff.
• Wool, [142].
• Work, [207];
  • woman’s, [53], [92].
• Writing, [175].

• Yâzijy, Shaykh, [170].
• Yemen, [159], [225].

• Zaghârût, [57].
• Zâky, [87].
• Zawân, [135].
• Zinzilakt, [28].
• Zukzâkeh, [27].

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Transcriber’s Note

The [transliteration list] provided by the author at the beginning of the text follows the Arabic alphabetical order. The ayn (‛) and hamza (’) would appear at the bottom of the second and fourth columns, as printed, where there are apparent gaps.

On p. [240], a wide landscape-oriented table has been divided into two parallel tables.

Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original. The following issues should be noted, along with the resolutions.

[42.26]	“Bible Lands.[”]	Added.
[52.13]	he fellowship[p]ed with that tribe	Inserted.
[111.13]	A shaykh from the village of ‛A[t/ṭ]âra	Replaced.
[129.22]	“Studies in Galilee.[”]	Added.
[152.22]	ḥ[a/o]mrah, that is, pounded pottery,	Replaced.
[200.20a]	The next depression beyond Baṭn el-H[o/a]wâ
[200.20b]	[Wâd] Karom Shutâ	Wâdy?
[200.31]	it is owned by [Ab ul]-Bâbâ	Abdul?
[217.3]	[‛]Ayn esh-Shaykh	Added.
[248.10]	A new broad g[ua/au]ge railroad	Transposed.