Here is an Ivory Toddy-knife to cut you short,
And here is an Ivory Cup to hold under you,
And there is an Ivory Bath that waits below for you.
Clap your hands and splash in the Ivory Bath,
For it is called the ‘Sovereign Changing Clothes.’”[185]
Rules for planting various Crops
The following rules have an evident bearing upon the subject of vegetable animism. They were collected at Langat, in Selangor:—
The time to plant Sugar-cane is at noon: this will make it sweeter, by drying up the juice and leaving the saccharine matter. If you plant it in the early morning its joints will be too long, if in the middle of the day they will be short.
Plant Maize with a full stomach, and let your dibble be thick, as this will swell the maize ear.