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Fijian girl. The locks of hair falling on her right shoulder show that she is unmarried. When she weds they will be cut.

Identifier: womenofallnation01joyc (find matches)
Title: Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence;
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Joyce, Thomas Athol, 1878-1942 Thomas, Northcote Whitridge, 1868-
Subjects: Women
Publisher: London, New York (etc.) : Cassell and Company, limited
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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FJtctograpSi by y. IV. Waters. FIJIAN GIRL. The locks of hair falling on her right shoulder show thai she is unmarried. Whenshe weds they will be cut. 23 WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS From marriage we naturally come tospeak of widows. The advice of Weller, Senior, to beware of widow?,Widows and )^35 been largely taken—Widowhood. , , m advance — by savages. For them a widow, especially one in theearly stages of mourning, is a verydangerous person. It is not that hercharms are so very overpowering—herhusbands relatives see to that; and shehas often to smear her face with a filthycompound, or, horribile dictu, to carry herdeceased husbands mouldering remains onher back. Authorities are not agreed as towhy the widow is so dangerous : some thinkthat the ghost of the dead man is supposed

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