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Story: |u' ||ke' in food

Title

|u' ||ke' in food

Collection

Lucy Lloyd !kun notebooks

Summary

The man who is cleansing himself (performing a purification ritual, or |koa) puts some |u' ||ke (from the |u' ||ke' plant) into the |kui food he has cooked on the fire. He scrapes a little into the food. After eating it he lies down. The |u' ||ke' plant intoxicates people.

Comments

1) See also The |u' ||ke' or Tshaka, 2) 9920v: !nanni heard this from his paternal grandfather (Karu), 2) This story is found in Book XI & XII-11

Contributors

!nanni (XI)

Date

August 1881

Categories

Plants and animals, Custom and daily life

Keywords

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Story Pages

9921

Page Images

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