What the man does and says to the new Ssho |oa so that it may know him

What the man does and says to the new Ssho |oa so that it may know him

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

||kabbo (Jantje) (II)

When the man digs up the new Ssho |oa, he bites off and chews a small piece of the root and spits out the saliva into a hole in the ground with the plant still in it so that it may 'know' him.

1) See also <i>About Ssho |oa: where to be found</i> and <i>The consequences of a woman's smelling fresh Ssho |oa scent</i> and <i>An ignorant man digs up Ssho |oa and the consequences of his actions</i> and <i>Ssho |oa </i>and <i>How women fear the new Ssho |oa which has just been brought home </i>and<i> What the man does and says to the new Ssho |oa so that it may know him</i>, 2) This story is found in Book II-36

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September 1873

Custom and daily life

Plants and animals

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