An ostrich eggshell, left open, will attract snakes

An ostrich eggshell, left open, will attract snakes

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>The mouth of an Ostrich egg-shell not to be left open. By /han≠kass'o (L VIII.-25. 8234 rev. and 8235 rev.).</i> If an ostrich eggshell is left open (not stopped up with grass), the wind blows into its open mouth and a snake will go into the empty eggshell.

1) This story is found in Book VIII-25

story

9 February 1879

Custom and daily life

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