What the man does and says to the new Ssho |oa so that it may know him

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Title

What the man does and says to the new Ssho |oa so that it may know him

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

kabbo (Jantje) (II)

Summary

When the man digs up the new Ssho |oa, he bites off and chews a small piece of the root and spits out the saliva into a hole in the ground with the plant still in it so that it may 'know' him.

Comments

1) See also <i>About Ssho |oa: where to be found</i> and <i>The consequences of a woman's smelling fresh Ssho |oa scent</i> and <i>An ignorant man digs up Ssho |oa and the consequences of his actions</i> and <i>Ssho |oa </i>and <i>How women fear the new Ssho |oa which has just been brought home </i>and<i> What the man does and says to the new Ssho |oa so that it may know him</i>, 2) This story is found in Book II-36

Type

story

Date

September 1873

Category

Custom and daily life

Plants and animals

Keyword

Ssho |oa ( or Sho-|oa )

Ssho |oa ( new )

Ssho |oa ( plant )

Ssho |oa ( the different types of )

Ssho |oa ( an incantation to )

Ssho |oa ( what man says to it so it may know him )

Ssho |oa ( the collection of and digging for new )

incantation ( to new Ssho |oa )

incantation ( what man says to the Ssho |oa so it may know him )

digging ( and collecting Ssho |oa )

digging ( what man says to the Ssho |oa so it may know him )

digging ( the man spits into the Ssho |oa's hole so it may know him )

saliva ( and Ssho |oa )

saliva ( and what the man does when he digs some out of the ground )

saliva ( spat by the man into the Ssho |oa's hole )

plant ( Ssho |oa )

plant ( what man says to the Ssho |oa so it may know him )

Story Pages

3279v-3280v

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