How a lion carried off ǂkasin's eldest brother and wounded his father

How a lion carried off ǂkasin's eldest brother and wounded his father

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

ǂkasin (Klaas Katkop) (IV)

<i>How a Lion carried off the narrator's eldest brother, and wounded his father. In the Katkop dialect, by ǂkásin (L IV.-1. 3453-3458).</i>

1) p.3452v: this incident occurred when 'Klaas' (ǂkasin) was only about '3 and a half feet high' (when they were boys), 2) p.3453v: the child who was taken was ǂkasin's oldest brother, 3) p.3456v: the curative powers and preparation of Ssho |oa (or sso |a) which is burnt and rubbed with fat and smeared on the affected area, 4) This story is found in Book IV-1

story

5 November 1873

History (personal)

Healing and ailing

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