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[A]Mahorka: a very cheap smoking mixture made from the stems of tobacco.
[A]Mahorka: a very cheap smoking mixture made from the stems of tobacco.
[B]Taiga: the Siberian forest.
[B]Taiga: the Siberian forest.
[C]Toyon: Chief.
[C]Toyon: Chief.
[D]The Polyesie (The Woods), a district in southwestern or Little Russia.
[D]The Polyesie (The Woods), a district in southwestern or Little Russia.
[E]Bandura, an ancient oriental musical instrument of the lute family.
[E]Bandura, an ancient oriental musical instrument of the lute family.
[F]The Little Russians shave their heads bare, leaving only a long tuft of hair in the middle.
[F]The Little Russians shave their heads bare, leaving only a long tuft of hair in the middle.
[G]Gorelka: corn-whiskey.
[G]Gorelka: corn-whiskey.
[H]An interwoven mass of the stems of herbaceous plants often met with on the steppes of Russia.
[H]An interwoven mass of the stems of herbaceous plants often met with on the steppes of Russia.
[I]Ten days after the Jewish New Year, which is celebrated in the early Autumn, comes Yom Kippur, or the day of Purification, called by the peasants of Little Russia the “Day of Atonement.” A superstition exists among them that on this day the Jewish Devil Khapun (the Snatcher) carries off one Jew each year out of the Synagogue. This superstition probably had its origin in the extremely impressive ceremonies which the Jews carry out at this season with extraordinary zeal under the eyes of the Christian village population.
[I]Ten days after the Jewish New Year, which is celebrated in the early Autumn, comes Yom Kippur, or the day of Purification, called by the peasants of Little Russia the “Day of Atonement.” A superstition exists among them that on this day the Jewish Devil Khapun (the Snatcher) carries off one Jew each year out of the Synagogue. This superstition probably had its origin in the extremely impressive ceremonies which the Jews carry out at this season with extraordinary zeal under the eyes of the Christian village population.
[J]Kvass: a foamy, fermented drink, made of brown flour and hops.
[J]Kvass: a foamy, fermented drink, made of brown flour and hops.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized.