ghost in The Native Tribes of South Australia
ghost was represented to have set fire to a wurley, and ascended to heaven in the flame. Tl^e Narrinyeri regard the disapprobation of the spirits of the dead as a thing to be dreaded; and if a serious quarrel takes place between near relatives, some of their friends are sure to interpose with entre…
- Record ID
- 1,552
- Year
- 1,879
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 1552
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- The Native Tribes of South Australia; George Taplin, James Dominick Woods, William Wyatt, H. A. E. Meyer, C. W. Schürmann, Samuel Gason, J. W. O. Bennett
- Published
- 1879
- Narrative type
- Ghost and Apparition Accounts
- Public-text label
- ghost
- Archive period
- Gold Rush Colonial
- Location
- South Australia (SA): B
- State or territory
- SA
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
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ghost was represented to have set fire to a wurley, and ascended to heaven in the flame. Tl^e Narrinyeri regard the disapprobation of the spirits of the dead as a thing to be dreaded; and if a serious quarrel takes place between near relatives, some of their friends are sure to interpose with entreaties to the contentious parties to be recon- dded, lest the spirits of the dead should be offended at unseemly disputes between those who ought to be at peace. The name of the dead must not be mentioned until his body has decayed, lest a want of sorrow should seem to be indicated by the common and flippant use of his name. A native.
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