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Show BULGARIAN CUSTOMS. The Bulgarian peasants have twice as many holidays and festivals during the year as are observed among the Latin or Anglo-Saxon nations. There are the feasts of the wolves, the goats, the dogs, the shepherds, the old women, etc. j These people think nothing of! wasting their time. In dealinng with-them with-them one must be exceedingly patient pa-tient and content with slowly acquiring ac-quiring an inlluence for good among them, since often their hearts are I hard and obstinate and their spirit rebellious and untamed. The year 1909 opened well, but the long drought Is drying up the harvest. We have gathered our people together to-gether and have prayed for rain, but as yet this season our petition has not been answered. The schismatics regard all our religious re-ligious exercises with apathy. They know how to make the sign of the cross, and, the name of God is ever upon their lips, though not always spoken with reverence, but thej- do not pray publicly for rain. The Turks of Godjlleri. the next village, have made the schismatics ashamed to join our processions, although, of course, they are as anxious as we are that the long drouth may come to an end. "It is not the custom to pray thus in this country,", they say. Here in the east custom is even more tyranical than in the west and is responsible for many absurdities. |