[An Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies by Robert Knox]@TWC D-Link bookAn Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies PART III 101/205
For it is accounted a disgrace for the man to meddle or make with those affairs, that properly do belong unto the Woman. [They rise in the night.] The younger sort of Children, such as go naked by day, creep in under a corner of their mothers cloths.
And if they feel themselves cold in the night, they rise and blow the fire with their mouths, having no Bellows in that Countrey, and so sit and warm themselves thereby. They are so little given to sleep, that they do rise many times in the night to eat Beatel and to take Tobacco.
Which done they lay them down, and sing songs until they fall a sleep again. [Children taught to sing at going to Bed.] At their first going to bed, it is very seldom that they do pray to God, neither do they ever teach their Children so to do.
But sometimes will say Auh Dio, which is God help or keep me.
But they do instead of that, teach and bid their Children to sing songs when they go to bed. [Young People lie at one anotheir houses.] Where their houses consist but of one room, the Children that are of any years always go and sleep in other houses among their neighbours.
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