And the Black (one) into Charcoal.[2]
Sometimes the magician will fasten a rice-spoon (chĕmcha)[3] horizontally to the mast of the vessel, and repeat some such charm as the following:—
“The bird ‘Anggau-anggau’ flies
To perch on the house of Malim Palita.
May you die as you lean, may you die from a push,
May you die by this ‘sending’ of ‘Prince Rice-spoon’s.’”[4]
Of rain-making ceremonies in Selangor there now remains little but tradition. Yet a Langat Malay told me that if a Malay woman puts upon her head an inverted[5] earthenware pan (b’langa), and then, setting it upon the ground, fills it with water and washes the cat in it until the latter is more than half drowned, heavy rain will certainly ensue.[6]
On the other hand the recital of the following charm will, it is believed, effectually stop the heaviest downpour:—
“Though the stem of the Mĕranti tree[7] rocks to and fro (in the storm),
Let the Yam leaves be as thick as possible,[8]