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

by Elihu Grant

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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].