Jackal clouds

Metadata

Title

Jackal clouds

Collection

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Contributor

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

Summary

Clouds. Preparations to be made for the coming rain; the springbok to be watched for, etc. (L VIII.-23. 8018-8029). Jackal clouds are rain-clouds and are black. The people prepare their houses for a downpour, the men bringing bushes and the women 'making nice' the house so that they will not get wet.

Comments

1) p.8017v: |han≠kass'o saw this happen; what the husband and wife say to each other, 2) p.8018v: |xam names for clouds, 3) p.8019v: (26 November 1878) on clouds (called 'rain's hair' or !kuagen and !kuita), 4) This story is found in Book VIII-23

Type

story

Date

25 November 1878 (started)

Category

The Rain and Rain's water

History (personal)

Custom and daily life

Keyword

rain (that turns back), rain (and the appearance of the 'jackal cloud'), rain (rain-clouds and 'jackal' clouds), rain (its clouds are called 'rain's hair'), rain (the names of clouds), rain (that returns to the northeast), rain (that brings the cold), rain (people prepare their houses for), rain (clouds that herald and bring), rain (the season of), rain (and the coming of springbok), clouds (rain-clouds), clouds (are called 'rain's hair' when red), clouds (what people call the different), clouds (are called 'jackal' when black), clouds (that lie in the south), clouds (that herald and bring rain), clouds (the colours of), clouds (where they lie), jackal cloud (rain-clouds), jackal cloud (in the south), jackal cloud (the appearance of means rain), jackal cloud (brings the cold), jackal cloud (wets the people), jackal cloud (the people prepare for rain when they see it), jackal cloud (is black), jackal cloud (the rain 'lays them down' as it returns to the northeast), jackal cloud (people must 'make nice the house' when they see), jackal cloud (and the coming of springbok), names (of different clouds), names ('jackal' clouds), springbok (watching for 'jackal' clouds and the rain which brings), house ('making nice' the), house (the appearance of jackal clouds heralds the coming of rain)