Mode of addressing rain

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Title

Mode of addressing rain

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

<i>Clouds. Preparations to be made for the coming rain; the springbok to be watched for, etc. (L VIII.-23. 8018-8029). </i>

Comments

1) p.8020v: what people say to clouds, 2) p.8021v: the Latin and Dutch names for the bush used to build rain-shelters, 3) p.8022v: the names of some people who appear in the story, 4) p.8023v: the |xam names for different clouds (including 'jackal-clouds'), 5) p.8024v: (11 December 1878) words and sentences (sounds), 6) p.8025v: the springbok love the rain, 7) p.8026v: fearing the rain on the hunting-ground, 8) p.8027v: the ostrich feathers used to make the brushes with which they drive the springbok, 9) p.8028v: on 'beating game' (driving springbok) or 'springbok's beating', 10) This story is found in Book VIII-23

Type

story

Date

27 November 1878 (started)

Category

The Rain and Rain's water

Custom and daily life

Keyword

old men ( 'screaming' about the rain )

old men ( and their wives )

old men ( must build shelters for their houses from the rain )

old men ( their mode of addressing the rain )

rain ( its liquid, or legs )

rain ( its wind blows through the houses )

rain ( making shelter from )

rain ( mode of addressing )

rain ( and clouds )

rain ( old men address )

address ( mode of, to the rain )

address ( to the clouds )

address ( by old men )

address ( what people say to the rain )

address ( 'a jackal appears to be coming' )

clouds ( 'newly gone along' )

clouds ( 'leg comes out' )

clouds ( 'leg' of )

clouds ( rain-liquid comes out of )

clouds ( what people say to )

clouds ( called 'hair' )

clouds ( become black and are called 'jackal' )

clouds ( darken )

clouds ( white )

clouds ( 'a jackal appears to be coming' )

clouds ( called 'jackal' )

clouds ( mode of address to, by old men )

houses ( building shelters for from the rain )

houses ( and modes of addressing rain )

shelters ( the building of )

shelters ( and the coming of rain )

shelters ( and modes of addressing rain )

jackal cloud ( and modes of addressing rain )

jackal cloud ( what people say to )

jackal cloud ( become black and are called 'jackal' )

jackal cloud ( 'a jackal appears to be coming' )

jackal cloud ( herald and bring rain )

springbok ( and the wind )

springbok ( their 'beating' )

springbok ( fear the ostrich-feather brushes )

springbok ( methods of driving )

springbok ( 'is a man who loves the rain' )

springbok ( come after it rains )

springbok ( -hunting after rain )

springbok ( and mode of addressing rain )

hunting ( tactics for springbok )

hunting ( driving springbok and the use of ostrich-feather brushes )

hunting ( 'beating the game' )

hunting ( of springbok after rain )

hunting ( and modes of addressing the rain )

bush ( the name of )

bush ( used for making shelters for houses from the rain )

bush ( and mode of addressing rain )

children ( look out for springbok )

children ( drive the springbok )

children ( must collect bushes to make shelters )

children ( and mode of addressing rain )

wind ( and driving springbok )

wind ( blows into houses when it rains )

wind ( its actions and the rain )

wind ( and mode of addressing rain )

brushes ( used to drive springbok )

brushes ( made of male ostrich feathers )

brushes ( springbok fear them )

brushes ( and mode of addressing rain )

ostrich feather brush ( used for 'beating the game' )

ostrich feather brush ( used for driving springbok )

ostrich feather brush ( and hunting springbok, which follows rain )

ostrich feather brush ( springbok fear )

ostrich feather brush ( and mode of addressing rain )

name ( of clouds )

name ( of bushes used to build shelters )

name ( and mode of addressing rain )

Story Pages

8021-8029

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