The Brachycerus used as a means of cure for little children; the same insect not used again when another child is ill

The Brachycerus used as a means of cure for little children; the same insect not used again when another child is ill

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>A ceremony performed with the Brachycerus (African Ground Weevil) in order to preserve young babies from convulsions. In the Katkop dialect by Díä!kwãin (L V.-23. 5833-5840) The Brachycerus used to cure illness in little children. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-21. 7822-7825). </i>The <i>!nu !nurussi</i> (or <i>Brachycerus,</i> or African ground weevil) eats the child's illness.

1) |han≠kass'o heard this from his mother (|xabbi-an) and observed it himself, 2) This story is found in Book VIII-21

story

24 October 1878

Custom and daily life

Healing and ailing

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