Avoiding where the jackal or the hyena have passed water

Avoiding where the jackal or the hyena have passed water

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>Certain spots, where the jackal, or the hyena, has been, avoided by Bushmen, for fear of skin disease. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.29. 8584 rev.-8587 rev.).</i>

1) This story is found in Book VIII-30

story

July 1879

Custom and daily life

Healing and ailing

avoidance ( of places where jackals and hyenas have passed water )

food ( is not collected near places 'dirtied' by jackals and hyenas )

hyenas ( places where they have urinated are avoided )

jackals ( places where they have urinated are avoided )

urine ( people don't pass by where jackals and hyenas have passed water )

water ( avoiding where the jackal and hyena have passed )

water ( places where jackals and hyenas have urinated )

illness ( places where jackal and hyena have passed water are avoided for fear of skin disease )

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