cultivated in New Guinea, vii. 123;
the first rice cut, ceremony at bringing home, vii. 185 sq.;
spirituous liquor distilled from, vii. 242;
spirits that cause the growth of, thought to be in goat form, vii. 288;
“eating the soul of the rice,” viii. 54;
the first, sowed and reaped by priest, viii. 54;
the new, ceremonies at eating the, viii. 54 sqq.
Rice (paddy), Father and Mother of the, among the Szis of Burma, vii. 203 sq.
——, Rajah or King of the, in Mandeling (Sumatra), vii. 197
——, soul of, vii. 180 sqq.;