See vol. ii, Nos. 80 and 81, and the appended notes.
[1] Lit., “tying the hand”; the little fingers of the bride and bridegroom are tied together by a thread in the marriage ceremony. [↑]
[3] In the text this sentence follows the next one. [↑]
[4] Lit., a tri-ennium, a three-year, tun-awuruddak. This is an invention of the woman’s; there is no custom of the kind in Ceylon. [↑]