They give a white gourd to a woman on the day after she has borne a child, and her family then do not eat this vegetable for three years.

The Kumraya sept revere the brown _kumhra_ or gourd.

They grow this vegetable on the thatch of their house-roof and from the time of planting it till the fruits have been plucked they do not touch it, though of course they afterwards eat the fruits.

The Bhuwar sept are named after _bhu_ or _bhumi_, the earth.

They must always sleep on the earth and not on cots.