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Story: Sneezing: and searching for wives and families
Title
Sneezing: and searching for wives and families
Collection
Summary
When he sneezes, ||kabbo believes his family is talking about him and about the |xam, their names, their masters, their families and their search for their wives.
Comments
1) p.634v: a cut-out clipping on traditions relating to sneezing in various cultures, 2) p.645v: relations and their names; Albert Meintjes is a Bastard; the colours of skins of different peoples, 3) p.646v: Dutch names of |xam, 4) 648v: names and skin colours of |xam women, 5) p.651v: ||kabbo's's wife's name, 6) This story is found in Book II-6
Contributors
Date
13 October 1871 (started)
Categories
History (personal), Custom and daily life, Relations with others
Keywords
sneezing (beliefs about) , sneezing (as portent) , sneezing (as presentiment) , sneezing (and ||kabbo) , sneezing (||kabbo's family is talking about him) , sneezing (||kabbo's family are calling his name) , ||kabbo (dreams) , ||kabbo (his relations) , ||kabbo (his family is talking about him) , ||kabbo (and sneezing) , ||kabbo (his personal history) , ||kabbo (his master) , ||kabbo (his things) , ||kabbo (his place) , ||kabbo (his name is being called) , names (of |xam) , names (of Dutch) , names (of ||kabbo's relations) , names (and sneezing) , genealogy (of |xam) , genealogy (and sneezing) , genealogy (and ||kabbo's personal history) , place (names of) , place (Beaufort West) , place (Victoria West) , place (Stormberg) , place (and sneezing) , place (and ||kabbo's personal history) , |xam (groups) , |xam (Berg or Mountain) , |xam (and sneezing) , |xam (and ||kabbo's personal history) , Bastard (and sneezing) , Bastard (and ||kabbo's personal history) , Boer (Dutch) , Boer (and sneezing) , Boer (and ||kabbo's personal history) , black man ('Kafir') , black man (and sneezing) , black man (and ||kabbo's personal history) , white people (master) , white people (magistrate) , white people (mistress) , white people (and sneezing) , white people (and ||kabbo's personal history) , tobacco (and sneezing) , tobacco (and ||kabbo's personal history) , smoking (and sneezing) , smoking (and ||kabbo's personal history) , dreaming (of home) , dreaming (of family) , dreaming (of wives) , dreaming (and sneezing) , dreaming (and ||kabbo's personal history) , |xam (names) , |xam (places) , |xam (country) , |xam (genealogies) , |xam (wives) , |xam (and sneezing) , |xam (and ||kabbo's personal history) , portention (and sneezing) , portention (and presentiment) , portention (||kabbo's family is talking about him) , portention (and ||kabbo's personal history) , wives (searching for) , wives (and sneezing)
Story Pages
634-653
