Note 319.2 — Chapter XIII · NOTES
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C. J. Branch, in xxvi. Contemp. Rev., 761, 762. A few references follow, but many might be added. Featherman, Nigr., 345, 358; Oceano-Mel., 65, 306, 393; Papuo-Mel., 71, 157; Chiapo-Mar., 277; i. Rep. Bur. Ethn., 108; i. Macdonald, 228; Ellis, iv. Pol. Res., 178; Codrington, 262; Speke, 500; vi. Internat. Arch., 129 note, quoting Wilson, A Missionary Voyage; vii. ibid., 228 note; i. Doolittle, 175; Dr. J. Shortt, in vii. Trans. Ethn. Soc., N.S., 244; Turner, Nineteen Years, 338, 400, 425, 463. “In the island of Soa near Skye, it was customary when the head of a family died to have a large lock of hair cut off his head and nailed fast to the door-lintel, to keep off the fairies.” Mackenzie, 131. Was this the true reason? A handful of earth from the grave is prescribed, among the Negroes of South Carolina, to prevent being haunted by the spirit. vii. Journ. Am. F.L., 318. And the same in Tashkend to assuage grief. i. Schuyler, 151.