A person who takes snuff: tobacco eats up his brains

A person who takes snuff: tobacco eats up his brains

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>The Bushman's opinion of snuff-taking. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-26. 8266 rev. and 8267 rev.). </i>The |xam believe that a person who takes snuff has his brain eaten up by tobacco until it disappears.

1) This story is found in Book VIII-26

story

February 1879

Custom and daily life

snuff ( a |xam opinion of taking it )

snuff ( how it is harmful )

snuff ( its ill-effects )

snuff ( tobacco eats away the brain )

snuff ( what the |xam say about )

snuff ( makes a person's brain 'disappear' )

snuff ( makes a person's head become 'dry' )

tobacco ( a |xam opinion of snuff-taking )

tobacco ( its ill-effects )

tobacco ( makes a person's head become dry )

tobacco ( how it is harmful )

tobacco ( it eats up the brains )

8266v-8267v