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Story: A girl does not eat porcupines' tails
Title
A girl does not eat porcupines' tails
Collection
Summary
Different customs concerning the eating of the Porcupine. (L VII.-6. 6590 rev.-6594 rev.). Certain persons not allowed to eat the tail of the Porcupine (L VIII.-16. 7405-7409, 7408 rev. and 7409 rev.). A part of the Porcupine is used to prevent the evil consequences of eating !kùï. (L VIII.-16. 7450 rev., note). Only old people and married women with their own huts can eat the tail safely.
Comments
1) |han≠kass'o heard this story from his mother (|xabbi-an), 2) See also Method of cooking and eating porcupine, 3) This story is found in Book VIII-16
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
10 September 1878
Categories
The Rain and Rain's water, Custom and daily life
Keywords
porcupine (is eaten by the old and by married women) , porcupine (a girl does not eat its tail) , porcupine (the parts that are eaten) , porcupine (prohibitions regarding eating) , porcupine (eating the porcupine's tail is avoided) , porcupine (its tail and the rain) , porcupine (the white part of its tail is called the 'danger signal' or !gwe) , food (the eating of porcupine) , food (a girl does not eat the porcupine's tail) , food (eaten by old people) , food (eaten by married women) , food (eating the porcupine's tail is avoided) , rain (girls do not eat the porcupine's tail) , rain (and porcupine's 'danger signal' or !gwe) , rain (on its tail) , name (the porcupine's 'danger signal' on its tail is called !gwe) , girls (do not eat porcupines' tails)
Story Pages
7408v-7409v
