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SINHALESE FOLKLORE NOTES
CEYLON
BY
ARTHUR A. PERERA,
Advocate, Ceylon.
Bombay:
PRINTED AT THE BRITISH INDIA PRESS, MAZGAON
1917
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
The Sinhalese beliefs, customs and stories in thepresent collection were contributed by the writer to the IndianAntiquary fourteen years ago in a series of articles under thetitle of “Glimpses of Sinhalese Social Life”; they are nowoffered, amplified and rearranged, to the student of folklore inCeylon, as a basis for further research. The writer has adopted thescheme of classification in the Folklore Society’s Hand Book ofFolklore.
ARTHUR A. PERERA.
Westwood, Kandy,
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