Ssho |oa or ||karruken-||karruken or |u ssho a

Ssho |oa or ||karruken-||karruken or |u ssho a

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

kabbo (Jantje) (II)

<i>Shó-|õä, a Bushman vegetable medicine, used also as a charm (L II.-36. 3242-3261). How one man fights with another, having previously rubbed his own hands with Shó-|õä; and how he afterwards restores the man with whom he fought, by means of a fresh application of Shó-|õä (L II.-36. 3262-3268). </i>A detailed description of the properties and applications of Ssho |oa<i>, </i>including its medicinal uses, its use as a preparation for hunting and as a charm for hunting springbok.

1) Inserts on the inside of the front cover of Book II-36: notes concerning animals and the making of bowstrings from the sinews of buck; a note on the heart falling down when a man is ill or when he is startled awake from sleep; what |kaggen does when an eland has been shot; see <i>What |kaggen does when an eland has been shot,</i> 2) Note on the inside of the cover of Book II-36: pp.3242-3332 were translated in September 1873, but Lloyd 'Began to enter from p.3261 Aug. 1st 1911.', 3) Date on p.3262: 20 September, 4) pp.3244v &amp; 3245v: see <i>How Korannas and the |xam cut themselves in order to shoot well</i>, 5) p.3246v: although the story refers to coal being rubbed into cuts, it is actually burnt wood in powdered form, 6) p.3250v: a man aimed at and missed a springbok because he left his band at the house: he has to cut his arm so that the arrow will fly well and make the right (tearing) noise, 7) p.3251v: if the arrow flies badly it makes a whistling and hissing noise; the hunter draws the Ssho |oa in a line down the centre of his forehead, down his nose and across the right nostril to the middle of his right cheek, 8) p.3255v: the 'dust's fear': what the springbok feel when running closely together in the dust, 9) p.3258v: hunters head off the springbok, 10) p.3261v: a word for help and what ||kabbo calls 'white man's talk' for the same thing, 11) p.3263v: the overcome man's eyes have rolled back in his head (go behind themselves); the fighter has rubbed his underarms with Ssho |oa before fighting and then rubbed the other's face; 12) p.3264v: the perspiration and the Ssho |oa mix under his arms and smell together; the fighter revives his afflicted opponent and gives the man the piece of Ssho |oa he has doctored him with, 13) See also <i>About Ssho |oa: where to be found</i> and <i>An ignorant man digs up Ssho |oa and the consequences of his actions</i> and <i>How women fear the new Ssho |oa which has just been brought home </i>and <i>The consequences of a woman's smelling fresh Ssho |oa scent</i> and <i>What the man does and says to the new Ssho |oa so that it may know him</i>, 14) This story is found in Book II-36

story

6 - 21 September 1873

Custom and daily life

Healing and ailing

Ssho |oa ( Sho-|oa )

Ssho |oa ( or ||karruken-||karruken or |u ssho a )

Ssho |oa ( a medicinal plant )

Ssho |oa ( its curative powers )

Ssho |oa ( and healing )

Ssho |oa ( a band of )

Ssho |oa ( as a preparation for hunting )

Ssho |oa ( as a charm for hunting )

Ssho |oa ( as a charm for springbok )

Ssho |oa ( the effects of )

Ssho |oa ( and death )

Ssho |oa ( revives and restores )

Ssho |oa ( the different properties and uses for )

Ssho |oa ( and fighting between people )

Ssho |oa ( burnt wood )

Ssho |oa ( is rubbed into cuts and wounds )

Ssho |oa ( the burning of )

Ssho |oa ( different names for )

Ssho |oa ( names for used by different peoples )

Ssho |oa ( the location of )

Ssho |oa ( the collecting and preparation of )

Ssho |oa ( the bag used for )

Ssho |oa ( rubbing body with, as salve )

Ssho |oa ( medicinal uses of )

Ssho |oa ( and cutting of flesh )

Ssho |oa ( the appearance of )

Ssho |oa ( digging for )

scarification ( and cutting )

scarification ( and hunting )

scarification ( process of )

scarification ( methods of )

scarification ( and Ssho |oa )

scarification ( the cut's wounds )

hunting ( and Ssho |oa )

hunting ( rituals that ensure its success )

hunting ( charms for )

hunting ( and arrows )

hunting ( of springbok )

hunting ( methods of )

hunting ( and wind )

hunting ( and cutting )

fight ( using Ssho |oa during and after )

fight ( and exchange of poison arrows )

fight ( reconciliation after )

death ( the falling of the heart )

death ( and Ssho |oa )

healing ( and Ssho |oa )

healing ( Ssho |oa's curative powers )

healing ( Ssho |oa is rubbed into cuts and wounds )

healing ( Ssho |oa revives and restores )

healing ( rubbing body with Ssho |oa, as salve )

plants ( Ssho |oa )

plants ( medicinal )

plants ( names of used by different peoples )

arrows ( an exchange of poison )

arrows ( and Ssho |oa )

digging ( for Ssho |oa )

heart ( falls at death )

heart ( and Ssho |oa )

wind ( and hunting )

wind ( and Ssho |oa )

cutting ( and Ssho |oa )

cutting ( rituals that ensure successful hunting )

names ( used by different peoples for Ssho |oa )

names ( different, for Ssho |oa )

bag ( used for Ssho |oa )

charm ( for hunting springbok )

charm ( and Ssho |oa )

3242-3268