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Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 1 — How a Tom-tom Beater got a Marriage from a Gamarāla

H. (Henry) Parker translation

May life be long! This is the usual response made at incantations during ceremonies for removing sickness caused by demons or planets. The words are addressed to the power invoked, and must be uttered very loudly. ↑

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