Mourne Mountains, x. 159

Mourners, customs observed by, iii. 31 sq., 159 n., 315;

plug their nostrils, iii. 32;

tabooed, iii. 138 sqq., x. 20;

refrain from scratching their heads with their fingers, iii. 159 n.;

heads of, smeared with mud or clay, iii. 182 n. 2;

taboos observed by, in India, iii. 235 sq.;

hair and nails of, cut at end of mourning, iii. 285 sq.;

touch coral rings as a form of purification, iii. 315;

shave their heads in order to escape recognition by the ghost, iii. 357 sq.;