[218] I was told by the Pawang that when the three reapers had each filled her basket, each of them tied the leaves of the rice clumps together, and dug up a lump of earth with the great toe of the left foot, and inserting the lump into the midst of each clump, repeated the following words:—
“Al-salam ʿaleikum, nabi ’Tap, yang mĕmĕgangkan bumi!
Tĕtapkan anak aku,
Jangan rosak, jangan binasakan
Jauhkan dĕripada Jin dan Sheitan
Dĕngan la-ilaha,” d.s.b.
“Peace be with you, Prophet ’Tap, in whose charge is the earth,
Confirm this my child.
Do it no harm or scathe,
But remove it far from Demons and Devils.