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Story: Eating the springbok's tongue-tip
Title
Eating the springbok's tongue-tip
Collection
Summary
The tip of the tongue of the Springbok is not eaten by children. In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-25. 6025-6030). When the springbok's tongue-tip is eaten, the person stumbles over a stone and stubs his or her toe.
Comments
1) This story is found in Book V-25
Contributors
Date
March 1876
Categories
Keywords
food (eaten by children) , food (prohibitions and avoidances relating to) , food (teachings about) , food (the consequences of a child's eating of the springbok's tongue-tip) , springbok (children fear and do not eat its tongue-tip) , springbok (the consequences of eating its tongue-tip) , children (the consequences of their eating the springbok's tongue-tip) , teaching (about eating and avoiding certain foods) , teaching (of the consequences of a child's eating the springbok's tongue-tip) , education (about eating and avoiding certain foods) , education (of the consequences of a child's eating the springbok's tongue-tip)
Story Pages
6025-6030
