The ethnography of the Mullet, Inishkea Islands, and Portacloy, County Mayo : a paper read before the Royal Irish Academy, February 25, 1895 / by Charles R. Browne.

  • Browne, Charles R., 1867-1931.
Date:
1895
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Credit: The ethnography of the Mullet, Inishkea Islands, and Portacloy, County Mayo : a paper read before the Royal Irish Academy, February 25, 1895 / by Charles R. Browne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 087 ] XXXVI r. THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE MULLET, INISHKEA ISLANDS, AND PORTACLOY, COUNTY MAYO. Bt CHARLES R. BROWNE M.D., M.R.I.A. (Plates XV., XVI., and XVII.) [Read February 25, 1895.] CONTENTS. PAGE .1.—Introduction, . . . 587 II.—Physiography of the DISTRICT, . . . 588 III.—Anthropography :— 1. Methods, . . . 589 (a) Hair and Eye Colour, 590 (b) Measurements and Instruments, . 590 (c) Remarks on Methods employed, . .590 (d) Photography, . .591 2. (a) Physical Characters, 592 (b) Statistics of Hair and Eye Colours, . . 596 (c) Physical Proportions, 599 (d) Detailed List of Mea- surements and In- dices, . . . 600 (e) Analysis of Statistical Tables, . . .606 3. Vital Statistics (General and Economic)— (a) Population, . . 606 (b) Acreage and Rental, 608 PAGE III.—Anthropography—continued. (c) Language and Illi- teracy, . . .610 (d) Health, . . .611 4. Psychology, . . .613 5. Folk-names, . . . 616 IV.—Sociology ;— 1. Occupations, . . .619 2. Family-life and Customs, 621 3. Food, . . . .624 4. Clothing, . . . 625 5. Bwellings, . . 626 6. Transport, . . 628 V.—Folk-Lore, . . . 629 1. Customs and Beliefs, . 630 2. Charms and Leechcraft, . 634 3. Legends and Traditions, 637 VI.—Arch.®ology :— 1. Survivals, . . . 639 2. Antiquities, . . . 640 VII. —History, .... 644 VIII. —Concluding Remarks, . 646 IX.—Bibliography, . . . 648 I.—Introduction. In continiiance of the series of local surveys undertaken by the Dublin Anthropometric Committee and carried out as part of the work of the Anthropological Laboratory of Trinity College, the third of these surveys was made by me last August in tbe western portion of the