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devil in The Medicine Men

YEAR
1905
PLACE
New South Wales
SOURCE
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devil in The Medicine Men

The children of Kubbootha will be Thus, you see, they take, if girls, their grandmother's and her sisters' 'class' names in common; if boys, the 'class' name of their grandmother's brothers. Both men and women are often addressed by these names when spoken to. A propos of names, a child is never ca…

Record ID
1,368
Year
1,905
Source
Wikisource
Index status
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Record ID
1368
Source
Wikisource
Publication
The Euahlayi Tribe; K. Langloh Parker
Published
1905
Narrative type
Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label
devil
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
North-western New South Wales (NSW): B
State or territory
NSW
Source voice
Source Grounded Section Record
Publicness
Public Domain Public Web

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The children of Kubbootha will be Thus, you see, they take, if girls, their grandmother's and her sisters' 'class' names in common; if boys, the 'class' name of their grandmother's brothers. Both men and women are often addressed by these names when spoken to. A propos of names, a child is never called at night by the same name as in the daytime, lest the 'devils' hear it and entice him away. Names are made for the newly born according to circumstances; a girl born under a Dheal tree, for example, was called Dheala. Any incident happening at the time of birth may gain a child a name, such as a particular lizard passing. Two of my.

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