Baboons should not be spoken with

Baboons should not be spoken with

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

<i>Baboons not to be answered, when they address a Bushman in the early morning on his way to the hunting ground. They must, also, be alluded to in a very guarded manner, lest they should know that they are being spoken of. In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-24. 5902-5910, 5905 rev. and 5906 rev., note).</i>

1) p.5902 opp: this story was told to Dia!kwain by his father (Xaa-ttin), 2) pp.5905v &amp; 5906v: (8 February) on saying the baboon's name and its placing of its paw on its hipbone; methods of alluding to baboons without saying their name, 3) This story is found in Book V-24

story

30 January (and some from 8 February) 1876

Custom and daily life

Plants and animals

baboons ( should not be spoken with )

baboons ( must not be answered when they speak )

baboons ( and the early morning )

baboons ( people fear saying their name )

baboons ( what people call them to avoiding saying their name )

baboons ( are referred to as 'hipbone' )

baboons ( talk to people )

baboons ( their nature and habits )

baboons ( are not good people )

baboons ( understand |xam )

baboons ( speak |xam )

baboons ( understand what people are saying )

baboons ( their name must not be spoken )

baboons ( and success hunting )

name ( avoiding saying the baboon's )

name ( of the baboon is feared )

hunting ( observances )

hunting ( successful, and talking to baboons )

hunting ( baboons should not be spoken with )

morning ( doings of the early )

morning ( when baboons should not be spoken with )

speech ( baboons speak |xam and understand what people are saying )

speech ( baboons should not be spoken with )

speech ( baboons talk to people )

5902-5910, 5905v-5906v