Notes on Some Customs of the Bangala Tribe, Upper Congo

THE following excerpt from the Church Times of Sep.13th, 1907, is, I think, worth recording.The writer after giving some description of the Norman building called St. Aldhelm's Chapel, Worth, Isle of Purbeck, goes on to say: " Mr. Moule tells us that, during the time of its dilapidation, it was the custom of the parishioners of Worth, on Thursday in Whitweek, to visit this building, deck it with flowers, and dance therein; it used at that time to pass by the name of the Devil's Chapel.There was an old custom, still maintained, of placing a pin in an opening of the central shaft, accompanying the action with a silently expressed wish.When visiting the building on two occasions last August, about a dozen pins were noticed in the aperture, which is not to be wondered at, since all the cheap guide-books exploit its fame in this direction.On my last visit a young lady, apparently of some refinement and education, entered the fabric, at once proceeded to the pin-hole

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