Custom observed with Bushman children, when too young to walk

Custom observed with Bushman children, when too young to walk

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

<i>A ceremony performed with the Brachycerus (African Ground Weevil) in order to preserve young babies from convulsions. In the Katkop dialect by Díä!kwãin (L V.-23. 5833-5840). The Brachycerus used to cure illness in little children. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-21. 7822-7825).</i>

1) p.5832v: this story was told to Dia!kwain by his mother (≠kamme-an); the beetle of the story ticks like a clock and is shaped like a tortoise, 2) This story is found in Book V-23

story

6 January 1876 (started)

Custom and daily life

Healing and ailing

healing ( with a beetle )

healing ( with the African ground weevil )

healing ( actions performed while )

healing ( the sounds made while )

healing ( a description of a healing custom observed with young children )

healing ( of a very young child )

healing ( of a young child's convulsions )

child ( a custom observed with young children )

child ( healing with a weevil )

child ( and the African ground weevil )

child ( with convulsions in its sleep )

child ( and illness )

child ( is startled awake )

weevil ( a custom observed with young children )

weevil ( the Brachycerus )

weevil ( African ground )

weevil ( used in healing young children )

weevil ( or beetle )

weevil ( is placed in a child's hands )

illness ( healing a young child with a weevil )

illness ( healing in little children )

illness ( a child's convulsions )

insect ( a healing custom observed with young children using the African ground weevil or Brachycerus )

5833-5840