Dismount thy steed and enter thy husband’s house, O bride!”
[28] These crosses are of three classes, and range in value from 100 to 500 piastres—14s. to 3l. 10s.
[29] Blind or lame, is he or she acceptable?
[30] Sourah lvii. v. 19.
[31] Sourah xxxv. v. 44.
[32] Sourah ii. v. 275.
[33] The evil being is supposed to be of immense size, his upper lip touching heaven, and his lower earth; and he holds in his hand a huge iron cudgel.
[34] In some inland towns the relations continue to chant the Myriologia all the way to the church, and afterwards to the burial-ground.
[35] H⸺ Bey, on visiting London, finding to his surprise that “sinking underground” entered into the routine of every-day life, on returning home, said to his mother, “Hanoum yerin dibineh batunméh? Ben batum da chiktum.” (“Have you ever sunk underground? I have done so, and risen again.”)
[36] This is referred to in the first verse of a popular song: