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

Daun t’rus Of other hands the best is a remainder of nine pips left after deducting ten from a han ...

Besides the above, there are miniature or bijou cards (chĕki)—e.g. chĕki dua- b’las, chĕki lima-b’las and ’ta ...

Children’s Games I will now give some specimens of the games I have seen played by children:— “Throwi ...

PATERFAMILIAS: Ada kueh? (Have you any cake?) CAKESELLER: Ada. (I have.) P.F.: Buleh aku b’li? (Can I buy so ...

BOY: Mĕnĕmpa (or masak) lĕmbing. (I shall forge a spear.) BULL: Buat apa guna lĕmbing? (What use will ...

withinchamber (=bilek?)search forme 9 10 11 12 ping’dah’ning ’dah got clear(?)got 13 hilang. disappear. The meaning of this ...

The “fruit” (or piece of wood, as the case may be) was left in the palm of one of the boys, and as soon a ...

Datang hantu musangThe pole-cat fiend has arrived Ayam sa’ekor t’ada. And not a fowl is left. As soon as ...

FIG. 4.—Main Galah Panjang. Main Galah Panjang.—A square of ground is marked out into four quarters by ...

these lines:— Sapu-sapu bĕringin, Brush, brush the banyan-tree, Katimbun dayong-dayong, A pile of oars lie ...

[Di-]tudongkan daun Sheltered by the leaves, Sa-hari ta’ makan, With nothing to eat for a day, Ta’ makan sa-tahun. Nothi ...

This game appears to be identical with what is called main gayau in Selangor, in which, however, a ...

THEATRICAL EXHIBITIONS The Malay Drama, taking the word in its widest sense as comprising every kind of theat ...

object the invocation and propitiation of certain spirits, is gone through.... “The ceremony, which is a ...

them, neither suffer evil to befall them, do not strike against them as Thou passest by. I place them und ...

PLATE 20.—FIG. 1. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. A. Drum. B. Drum. C. Staccato instrument. D. Flute. All used by ’Ch ...

FIG. 2. DEMON MASK. Side view of mask, representing a forest demon, showing profile. Page 508.. “‘Peace ...

whose spittle is brine!^187 Oh, because thou, my Grandsire, art a man of magic, whose prayers are answered, whose ...

contain, and then arises and begins to act his part.”^189 A similar ceremony was witnessed in 1897 by Mr. E ...

instruments and accompanied by the Pawang. The latter heaped incense on a brazier in front of him, and “waved” in th ...