[5] Smilia, the grapharium arenarium, or "lovely love." Also a woman's name. (S. J. B.)
[6] This song is sung at the close of the harvest, when all the reapers are gathered together. Half as many reeds as the number of persons present are so bound that no one can distinguish the two ends which belong to the same reed. Each man takes one end of the reeds on one side, each of the women takes one end at the other. The withes that bind the reeds are severed, and the couples that hold the same reed kiss one another. (S. J. B.)
[7] Kalpak, the fur cap of the Serbians. (S. J. B.)
[8] This is one of the songs sung at the breaking up of the company, addressed to the giver of the festival. (S. J. B.)
[9] Musko cedo (male child). The male sex is in Serbia, as elsewhere, deemed entitled to more care and attention than the other. (S. J. B.)
[10] A handkerchief embroidered and given by a girl to a boy is considered in Jugoslavia as a symbol of love and faith. (Edit.)
[11] As unfortunately Serbian parents often, very often, select the husband of their marriageable daughter, the poor girl, unless disobedient and rebellious, meekly accedes to the choice even if her bridegroom should be an old man. This is obviously a remnant of Turkish dominion in Serbia. (Edit.)
[12] Zvezda, star, is of the feminine gender. (S. J. B.)
[13] Sun is feminine in Serbian. (S. J. B.)
[14] The leech, Sanguisuga; but in Serbian there is no disagreeable association with the word. It is the name usually employed to describe the beauty of the eyebrows, as swallows' wings are the simile used for eyelashes. (S. J. B.)