Thereupon the man says, “These flies are saying to me that after you were cooking, you cooked a fresh package of cakes, and having finished, and put the package of cakes into syrup, you ate the package. Afterwards I said, ‘Should she eat it secretly (hemin̥) it is for her (un̥daege) stomach; should she eat it openly it is for her stomach,’ ” he said.
Beginning from that day, the woman, having said, “Do you tell tales in that way?” began to kill the flies. She also stopped eating by stealth.
Tom-tom Beater. North-western Province.
[1] The consent of the parent or legal guardian was the only essential for a legal marriage, according to the ancient customs. [↑]
[2] Kī-roṭi. I do not know the cake, nor the meaning of the first syllable unless it be derived from kshīra, milk. [↑]
No. 201
The Story of the Bitch
In a certain country there are a woman and a man, it is said. The woman has a pregnancy longing to eat Kaṭuwala [yams]. There is a Bitch, also; she also has a pregnancy longing; that also is to eat Kaṭuwala [yams].