[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 265.15.8 # Storia do Mogor 265.15.8 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 265.15.8 - **Language:** English ### [265.15.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.15.8) These Hindus have many superstitions, of which should I begin to speak, I should occupy a very long time, and I should be wearisome. Among them it is the habit, when carrying water home, if they should encounter a corpse, to throw away the whole of that water, going back to refill the vessel. Coming out of the house, if anyone sneezes, or if a cat crosses in front of them, they turn back and relinquish the business for that day. When a marriage is in prospect, the boy's parents go to see the girl intended as his bride, examine her all over, and if she has any mark that they hold to be inauspicious, or if she does not take their fancy, they will on no account accept a marriage with her. If she possesses marks that they approve of, they send some money as a token that they accept the girl. It is the custom of the Hindus that when the bride comes to her husband's house she acts as servant to all the house — sweeps, cleans, cooks, and performs all the other work. She never opens her mouth, keeps her head down, enduring the importunate demands of her mother-in-law. When she is in child-bed she has a little liberty, and during her periods she has to retire to a separate room kept for this special purpose, where no one speaks to her. Her food is left at a distance ; no one approaches her. Ordinarily the marriage is between a little child and a grown man. When there is a miscarriage the fetus is buried within the house ; - [Previous: 265.15.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.15.7) - [Next: 265.15.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.15.9) - [Up: 265.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.15.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.15.8) · Pramāṇa