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

[Di-]tudongkan  daun Sheltered  by  the leaves,

Sa-hari ta’ makan, With nothing to  eat for a   day,

Ta’ makan   sa-tahun. Nothing   to  eat for a   year.

Here they hook their little fingers together, and rock their bodies to and fro,
singing—

Angkei-angkei   p’riok ...  the cooking-pot,

P’riok  dĕri    Jawa The    cooking-pot from    Java;

Datang  ’Wa’    Si  Bagok Here  comes   Uncle   Bagok

Bawa    kĕtam   sa’ekor: Bringing   a   crab.

Chepong masok   ayer, A dish    (?) to  put water   in,

Chepong masok   api, A  dish    (?) to  put fire    in,

O   nenek,  O   nenek, O    granny, O   granny,

Rumah   kita    ’nak    runtoh!Our  house   is  tumbling    down.

Reh!    Reh!    Rum! .  .   .   .   .   .

Finally they sit still with hands clasped on knees, and sing—

Nuria!  Nuria! .    .   .   .   .   .

Tali    timba   ’ku The rope    of  my  bucket,

’Nak    ’nimba  lubok   dalam,To    draw    water   from    a   deep    hole,

Dalam   sama    tĕngah, Right   in  the middle  of  it,

Saput   awan    tolih   mega. Veiled    by  the clouds, looking up  at  (?) the welkin.^178

Of minor children’s games the following may be mentioned:—

(1) Tuju (not tujoh,^179 ) lobang, which appears to be identifiable with “Koba,”
and which is played by throwing coins as near as possible to a hole (or holes?) in
the ground.

(2) Chimplek, which is a sort of “heads and tails” game; “heads” being called
chaping, and “tails” sim.

(3) Porok, which consists in kicking (with the side of the foot) a small cocoa-nut
shell, with the object of hitting a similar shell a few yards off.