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Story: What the man does and says to the new Ssho |oa so that it may know him
Title
What the man does and says to the new Ssho |oa so that it may know him
Collection
Summary
When the man digs up the new Ssho |oa, he bites off and chews a small piece of the root and spits out the saliva into a hole in the ground with the plant still in it so that it may 'know' him.
Comments
1) See also About Ssho |oa: where to be found and The consequences of a woman's smelling fresh Ssho |oa scent and An ignorant man digs up Ssho |oa and the consequences of his actions and Ssho |oa and How women fear the new Ssho |oa which has just been brought home and What the man does and says to the new Ssho |oa so that it may know him, 2) This story is found in Book II-36
Contributors
Date
September 1873
Categories
Custom and daily life, Plants and animals
Keywords
Ssho |oa (or Sho-|oa) , Ssho |oa (new) , Ssho |oa (plant) , Ssho |oa (the different types of) , Ssho |oa (an incantation to) , Ssho |oa (what man says to it so it may know him) , Ssho |oa (the collection of and digging for new) , incantation (to new Ssho |oa) , incantation (what man says to the Ssho |oa so it may know him) , digging (and collecting Ssho |oa) , digging (what man says to the Ssho |oa so it may know him) , digging (the man spits into the Ssho |oa's hole so it may know him) , saliva (and Ssho |oa) , saliva (and what the man does when he digs some out of the ground) , saliva (spat by the man into the Ssho |oa's hole) , plant (Ssho |oa) , plant (what man says to the Ssho |oa so it may know him)
Story Pages
3279v-3280v
