HINDU SUPERSTITION.
WELLS CLOSED TOO TIGHT. EXIT FOR SPIRITS WANTED. A conflict between superstition and science was amusingly illustrated during the anti-malarial campaign at Bombay. The Municipal Commissioner proposed closing some wells as an anti-malarial measure. bat a section ci his opponents asked, if the wells were hermetically closed, how would the spirits in the dwelling come f*ji ? Orthodox Hindus believe that the favourite haunts of spirits are empty, tumble-down houses, cesspools, burninggrounds, wells, ana other places where water is drawn. The commissioner decided to give the spirits facilities for exit by inserting brass plates with Sne holes net more than l-2Gth of an inch in diameter in the concrete covers of the wells.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20312, 20 July 1929, Page 9
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114HINDU SUPERSTITION. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20312, 20 July 1929, Page 9
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