Malay Magic _ Being an introduction to the - Walter William Skeat

charm:— “In the name of God, etc., A swallow has fallen striking the ground, Striking the ground in the middle ...

pounded together (di-tumbok), and scattered broadcast (di-tabor) every evening for three successive days. When ...

4. MINERALS AND MINING CHARMS In the Western States of the Peninsula by far the most important branch of indu ...

the Journal of the Straits Asiatic Society is of such value as to necessitate its being quoted in extenso. It ...

is opened up, and these appear to have been left undisturbed for at least a hundred years. Further evidence ...

“Ber-olak dâpor, instead of kuching—cat. Cats are not allowed on mines, nor may the name be mentioned. “A tiger ...

“It was important that the Pawang should be a marked man as to personal appearance; for this reason there are ...

glass, and all sorts of limes and lemons, and the outer husk of the cocoa-nut, are prohibited articles on mine ...

may claim from the delinquent one karong of tin sand. The pawang adjudicates in the matter. “14. An earthenware ...

Ancha.—A square frame 1′ 6′′ × 1′ 6′′, composed of strips of split bamboo for the floor and four piec ...

Journal by Mr. J. C. Pasqual, a well-known local miner:— “The Malay mining pawang will soon be a thin ...

discovered and proved by a pawang prior to the opening of the mines.”^255 In a later article Mr. Pasqual says: ...

No one may examine the check-roll at night with an open light, owing more probably to the fear of setting ...

passage, where the wizard is addressing the grains of ore:— “Do You (Grains of Ore) that are on the Hills de ...

It is I who fell the jungle, But only with the permission of those two persons. Rise, rise, O Ye who wat ...

(3) To propitiate the local spirits and induce the tin-ore to show itself, when the tin-bearing stratum is reached, ...

You who here hold the position of Indra, Come hither and partake of my banquet. I wish to ask for your ...

“O Grandfather ‘Batin’^266 the Elder, In whose charge are caverns and hill-locked basins, O Grandfather ‘Batin’ the Y ...

but in so far as general animistic ideas go, they might be equally well applied to other metals, such as s ...

The Place of your Penance the Sea of Balongan Darah; The Place of your Penance is a Pond in every strea ...