Notebooks
Story: A necklace of reed used to cure a little child's cold
Title
A necklace of reed used to cure a little child's cold
Collection
Summary
A reed necklace employed as a remedy for a little child suffering from a cold (L VIII.-21. 7826 and 7827). The women break and burn pieces of reed in the fire.
Comments
1) |han≠kass'o observed this practice himself, 2) p.7826v: see The power of cutting possessed by the reed and quartz, 3) This story is found in Book VIII-21
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
October 1878
Categories
Custom and daily life, Healing and ailing, Artefact and dress
Keywords
healing (a reed 'cuts' a cold) , healing (and curing) , healing (using a reed necklace) , healing (of children) , healing (of colds) , illness (a reed 'cuts' a cold) , illness (a child's cold) , illness (the healing of) , illness (a reed necklace used to cure a little child's) , child (its cold is cured using a reed necklace) , necklace (used in curing a child's cold) , necklace (of reed, used to cure a child's cold) , necklace (the making of) , necklace (women make) , necklace (made of reed is wound around a child's neck) , reed (used in a necklace) , reed (used to cure a child's cold) , reed (-pieces are burnt in the fire) , reed (are threaded on a ligament) , reed (made into a necklace) , reed ('cuts' a cold) , reed (the healing properties of) , reed (necklace of, used as a remedy)
Story Pages
7826-7827
