A girl does not eat porcupines' tails

A girl does not eat porcupines' tails

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>Different customs concerning the eating of the Porcupine. (L VII.-6. 6590 rev.-6594 rev.). Certain persons not allowed to eat the tail of the Porcupine (L VIII.-16. 7405-7409, 7408 rev. and 7409 rev.). A part of the Porcupine is used to prevent the evil consequences of eating !kùï. (L VIII.-16. 7450 rev., note). </i>Only old people and married women with their own huts can eat the tail safely.

1) |han≠kass'o heard this story from his mother (|xabbi-an), 2) See also<i> Method of cooking and eating porcupine</i>, 3) This story is found in Book VIII-16

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10 September 1878

The Rain and Rain's water

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