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Story: How the Bushman women show their admiration for the horse
Title
How the Bushman women show their admiration for the horse
Collection
Summary
The admiration of Bushman women for the horse. The sound of the cantering of horses imitated by them. By /han≠kass’o (L VIII.-31. 8737-8740). The people say that the horse canters, or dances because it feels proud on account of the women's admiration.
Comments
1) See also !kuppen (imitation of the sound of horses), 2) p.8736v: a click used by women to show admiration, 3) p.8737v: |han≠kass'o does not know the song the women sing, as it is a 'woman's song', 4) This story is found in Book VIII-31
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
14 August 1879
Categories
Keywords
horse (listens to the women) , horse (how women show admiration for) , horse (women click and make it proud) , horse (it is proud and dances) , clicks (and how women show admiration for the horse) , clicks (made by women) , women (the song they sing) , women (sing a woman's song) , women (how they show admiration for the horse) , women (the sounds and clicks they make for the horse) , women (make the horse proud) , women (sing to the horse) , song (a woman's) , song (sung to the horse by women to show their admiration)
Story Pages
8737-8738
