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

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(5) If  frothy, he  has been    affected    by  an  ant-hill.

(Kalau  ada buih,   kena    busut.)
(6) If you see in it anything that resembles cloth or a ring, it is a soul which has done
it.

(Kalau  rupa-nya    ada kain    atau    chinchin,   semangat    yang    buat.)

Before you commence to “gaze,” recite the following charm:—


Barang  apa yang    menyakitkan orang   ini,
’Kau tunjokkan, kalau ada kamudah-mudahan,
Kalau buatan orang, tunjok de’ kiri,
Kalau hantu sheitan, benchar-lah ’kau.
Kalau puaka tunjok de’ kanan.
Kalau ta’ sarasi, tunjok-lah buih berator melintang matahari.
Kalau ’kau ta’ tunjokkan, d.s.b.

Then perform the ceremony with the three water jars. (Vide p. 410 seqq. of the
text.)


N.B.—Another method of using the jars is to take seven jars and fill them with
water taken from seven different streams (ayer buyong tujoh buyong, di-ambil
deripada tujoh anak sungei). Then get ready (kalengkapan-nya) five cubits of
white cloth, a mat for sitting on (tikar sa-gulong tempat dudok), a birch of seven
“green” cocoa-nut twigs (lidi niyor hijau tujoh ’lei), and the necessary sorts of
rice.


Now the Pawang summons the spirits as follows:—


O   Jin,    Saraja  Jin,
Jin yang memegang tanah Makkah
Jin yang memegang Kaʿbat Allah
Anak Jin Puteh, Tanjak Malim Kaya,
Pari Lang, Bintang Sutan,
[Mari mendapat jinjangan kamu, d.s.b.]

So, at least on the first night; on the second, “Lanchang Kuning” (sic) and
“Samambu Tunggal” are invoked in place of Pari Lang and Bintang Sutan. On

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