In England it is to _kair habben_, in Hindustani (Brice, Hin.

Dict.) "karwa khana is the food that is sent for three days from relations to a family in which one of the members has died." The Hindu karwana, to make or to cause to do, and kara, to do, are the origin of the English Gipsy _kair_ (to make or cook), while from khana, or 'hana, to eat, comes _haw_ and _habben_, or food.
The reader who is familiar with the religious observances of India is probably aware of the extraordinary regard in which the cup is held by many sects.

In Germany, as Mr Liebich declares, drinking-cups are kept by the Gipsies with superstitious regard, the utmost care being taken that they never fall to the ground.

"Should this happen, the cup is _never_ used again.

By touching the ground it becomes sacred, and should no more be used.