[148] In Selangor bĕlum sampei is the phrase used. [↑]
[149] In Selangor rotan manau. [↑]
[150] Sel. Journ. vol. iii. No. 6, pp. 95, 96. [↑]
[151] Another Selangor version says that whilst the wife is boiling the stones, the husband is climbing the Malacca-cane plant (samambu) in order to get to the sky. The husband keeps calling out, “Are they cooked yet?” (Masak bĕlum?), as in the version just given, and the wife cries, “Have you reached it yet? Have you reached it yet?” (Sampei bĕlum?) [↑]
[152] In Selangor it is called Tualang (= ’Toh Alang?) and Sialang (= Si Alang?), and is the tree on which the wild bees build their nests. [↑]
[153] Strips of palm-leaves for thatching houses. [↑]
[154] One who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca. [↑]