The |ßkururu (|xabbe, or 'Kritje')

The |ßkururu (|xabbe, or 'Kritje')

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

≠kasin (Klaas Katkop) (IV)

<i>The Grillus Capensis, or 'Kritje', </i>[or |<i>ßkururu</i>] <i>roasted and mixed with puffader poison and so-called 'boomgift'. In the Katkop dialect, by ≠kásin (L IV.-2. 3516-3519).</i>

1) An insert pasted inside the front cover of Book IV-2 contains notes on a poisoned arrow made by ≠kasin from |<i>ßkururu</i>. The opposite page features a note on how to put down the translation of |xam names (wherever they are known); a correction of a list of |xam medicines for Mr Buchanan, dated December 1873, 2) See also <i>Mixing arrow poisons</i>, 3) This story is found in Book IV-2

story

15 November 1873

Custom and daily life

Artefact and dress

insect (which is poisonous), insect (and making of poison), insect (the names of), insect (its proper name is Grillus Capensis), insect (called |ßkururu, Kritje, or |xabbe), insect (its Koranna name), insect (its Dutch name), insect (its |xam name), poisons (the making of), poisons (called Boom Gift), poisons (from puffadder and an insect called |ßkururu), poisons (the names of), poisons (the preparation and mixing of), poisons (used in shooting game), poisons (and ≠kasin), poisons (used on arrows), poisons (that kill quickly), poisons (|ßkururu roasted and mixed with puffadder poison and Boom gift), weapons (poisoned arrows as), weapons (used for shooting game), weapons (and poisons), weapons (and the |ßkururu, |xabbe, or 'Kritje')

3516-3519