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

mat, near a tray containing a censer and the three kinds of sacrificial rice. The magician (’Che Ganti ...

been worn previously; a stick is run through it to serve as the arms of the figure, and a (sterile) coco ...

Buffalo Fights and Cock Fights “The Malays are passionately addicted to buffalo and cock fighting. Whole poe ...

quarters,—each vying with the other for the prize for strength,—and his great girth, give a look of astoni ...

combatants eye one another. Then they rush together, forehead to forehead, with a mighty impact. A fre ...

“Once, and only once, have I seen a bull succeed in throwing his opponent, after he had lifted it of ...

As I have said in a former chapter, the natives of Pahang are, in their own way, very keen sportsm ...

up the cock-pit, which is a ring, about three feet in diameter, enclosed by canvas walls, supported o ...

it carefully, asks for a needle and thread, and the swollen lower lid of the still uninjured eye-ball is sewn ...

said the Râja; and that was his servant’s epitaph. “‘It is a mere boyish prank,’ said the father of the ...

“The Krabu has a red beak mixed with yellow, red feathers and yellow feet. “There are two kinds of spurs: ...

“The Malays believe in the influence of certain periods in the day over the breeds of cocks. They will not ...

Games “Gambling of various descriptions, both with dice and with cards, is much in vogue. These, as wel ...

“Takki Takki^167 are riddles and enigmas, to the propounding and solving of which the females and educated classes o ...

he is checked or moved from his own square, move once, like a knight, either to left or right, and he m ...

Cards “Cards are called Kĕrtas sakopong. The Malays are fond of card games, but few Europeans have taken th ...

“The next is eight. “All these four hands are known as tĕrus. A hand of three threes is really a ...

Five of clubs, Chukup dengan gambala-nia. Nine of diamonds, Bunga kachang raja budiman. Ten of clubs, Gagak sa-k ...

Clubs, K’lawer, or Kĕlalawer. Spades, Dayong Kling, or Sakopong. King, Raja. Queen, Proh, or Nyonya. Knave, Pekak, or ...

If he obtains exactly thirty-one pips he is said to “enter the points” (masok mata); but no player can draw m ...