The new maiden who ate the ostrich marrow from the thigh-bone of the ostrich without the knowledge of her people

The new maiden who ate the ostrich marrow from the thigh-bone of the ostrich without the knowledge of her people

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

Dia!kwain (David Hoesar) (V)

A new maiden secretly eats the marrow from inside the ostrich's thigh-bone, although she is not supposed to.

1) p.5405v: this story was told to Dia!kwain by his mother (≠kamme-an); the |xam names for the marrow that used to be inside the ostrich's thigh-bone, 2) This story is found in Book V-18

story

23 November 1875 (started)

New maidens

Custom and daily life

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