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Story: The drought which caused |han≠kass'o's grandparents to starve
Title
The drought which caused |han≠kass'o's grandparents to starve
Collection
Summary
|han≠kass'o's maternal grandmother, ≠kammi, was lean with starvation during the drought in their country, and his grandfather almost died from starvation during the same drought. The children were the ones who ran the steenbok down in the sun until they collapsed from the heat ('the sun is killing' them).
Comments
1) p.7521v: see The occasion on which the story The girl of the Early Race who killed the children of the Rain was related to |han≠kass'o, 2) This story is found in Book VIII-17
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
September 1878
Categories
History (personal), Custom and daily life
Keywords
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Story Pages
7522-7526
