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At the house the fish were cooked and eaten as is described in the section on "Meals and mealtime." When this fish meal was past the last observance of the fourth day of the Cha'-ka ceremonial was ended. The rite of the last day is called "Pa'-tay." It is observed by two old Pa'-tay priests.
The crop last year was such a whitish gall gave the warning. If a crow flies cawing over the path of the Pa'-tay as he returns to his dwelling, or if the dogs bark at him, many people will die in Bontoc. Three years ago a man was killed by a falling bowlder shortly after noon on this last day's ceremonial a flying crow had foretold the disaster.
The small boys, however, are the true "criers." The title of the second class of intercessors is "Pa'-tay," of whom there are two in Bontoc Kad-lo'-san, of ato Somowan, and Fi'-Iug, of ato Longfoy. The Pa'-tay illustrate the nature of the titles borne by all the intercessors. The title is the same as the name of the ceremony or one of the ceremonies which the person performs.
All prayers for fruitage and increase of men, of animals, and of crops all prayers for deliverance from the fierce forces of the physical world are made to him; and once each month the pa'-tay ceremony, entreating Lu-ma'-wig for fruitage and health, is performed for the pueblo group by an hereditary class of men called "pa'-tay a priesthood in process of development.
The breast was again put in the pot, and as the basket was packed up in preparation for departure the anito of ancestors were invited to a feast of chicken and rice in order that the ceremony might be blessed. At the completion of this supplication the Pa'-tay shouldered his basket and hastened homeward by a different route from which he came.
Ko'-pus is the name given the three days of rest at the close of the period of Ba-li'-ling. They say there is no special ceremony for ko'-pus, but some time during the three days the pa'-tay ceremony is performed. Ceremonies connected with climate Fakil The Fa-kil' ceremony for rain occurs four times each year, on four succeeding days, and is performed by four different priests.
Once every new moon each Pa'-tay performs the pa'-tay ceremony in the sacred grove near the pueblo. This ceremony is for the general well-being of the pueblo. The third class of intercessors has duties of a two-fold nature. One is to allay the rain and wind storms, called "baguios," and to drive away the cold; and the other is to petition for conditions favorable to crops.
The fines are expended in buying chickens and pigs for the pa'-tay ceremonies of the pueblo. Ceremonials A residence of five months among a primitive people about whom no scientific knowledge existed previously is evidently so scant for a study of ceremonial life that no explanation should be necessary here.
This ceremony is performed at the close of the period Pa-chog', the period when rice seed is put in the germinating beds. It is claimed there is no special oral ceremony for Po-chang'. The proceeding is as follows: On the first day after the completion of the period Pa-chog' the regular monthly Pa'-tay ceremony is held.
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