Parents instruct children how to get food, or, How D.H's father and mother instructed their children to get food

Metadata

Title

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

Summary

<i>Some Bushman children advised by their parents to be self-reliant in seeking food, in order to prepare themselves for the loss of their natural protectors. Related by Día!kwãin (L V.-6. 4404-4411 rev.-4413 rev.).</i> This advice includes the waiting and watching for porcupine and other teachings relating to 'great things'. This is 'not a little story', but a 'great story', and is the story of the porcupine.

Comments

1) pp.4404v-4407v: see <i>Things girls and youths must avoid (the rain's things)</i>, 2) This story is found in Book V-6

Type

story

Date

17 March 1875 (started)

Category

Custom and daily life

Plants and animals

Keyword

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