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Story: Making fire with two pieces of sticks; and tinder-making
Title
Making fire with two pieces of sticks; and tinder-making
Collection
Summary
Making fire with two pieces of stick. By /han≠kass’o (L VIII. -28. 8471 and 8472). The people make fire (when they have no tinderbox) using two pieces of stick (from a divided arrow). The tree used for tinder is a dry Doornboom (thorn tree) that lies dead on the ground.
Comments
1) p.8470v: |han≠kass'o experienced this himself: his maternal grandfather (Tsatsi) made fire this way when he had no tinder, 2) p.8472v: all |xam have 'European' tinderboxes according to |han≠kass'o, 3) This story is found in Book VIII-28
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
4 June 1879 (started)
Categories
Custom and daily life, Artefact and dress
Keywords
tinder (making fire with two pieces of sticks) , tinder (and tinder-making) , tinder (called ≠kuobbo) , tinder (how people 'twirling kindle fire') , tinder (and the use of Doornboom wood) , tinder (used by the |xam) , tinder (placed in the tinderbox) , tinderbox (making fire with two pieces of sticks when there is no) , tinderbox (and tinder-making) , tinderbox (tinder is kept in) , tinderbox (the European) , tinderbox (all |xam have a European one) , fire (making with two pieces of sticks) , fire (the wood used in making) , fire (and the manner in which the |xam 'twirling kindle fire') , fire (making one using two sticks from an arrow shaft) , fire (the Driedoorn is used to make) , fire (the tinderbox which is used) , fire (and the making of tinder) , fire (making one without tinder) , European tinderbox (making fire) , European tinderbox (tinder–making) , stick (making fire with two pieces of) , stick (and the manner in which people 'twirling kindle fire') , stick (from a divided arrow shaft) , arrow (its shaft is divided into two sticks and used to make fire) , arrow (and the manner in which people 'twirling kindle fire') , wood (used to kindle fire) , wood (Driedoorn, or !nabba, used to kindle fire) , wood (dry Doornboom, or thorn tree, is used for tinder-making) , name (of the thorn–trees used to make tinder and kindling) , name (Driedoorn, or !nabba) , name (Doornboom) , name (tinder called ≠kuobbo)
Story Pages
8471-8473
