witch in Kamilaroi and Kurnai
heard him use to cure pain in the chest, by singing monotonously over the sick person, runs thus: — " Tundunga Brewinda niindu tinga ugarinda mri miirriwunda ;" or, freely translated — "Oh * Since this essay was written, the Rev H. Stiihle, of the Lake Condah- Mission, Victoria, informed me, iu ans…
- Record ID
- 1,594
- Year
- 1,880
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 1594
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- Kamilaroi and Kurnai; Lorimer Fison and A. W. Howitt
- Published
- 1880
- Narrative type
- Retellings and Adaptations
- Public-text label
- witch
- Archive period
- Gold Rush Colonial
- Location
- New South Wales and Victoria (NSW): B
- State or territory
- NSW
- Source voice
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- Publicness
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heard him use to cure pain in the chest, by singing monotonously over the sick person, runs thus: — " Tundunga Brewinda niindu tinga ugarinda mri miirriwunda ;" or, freely translated — "Oh * Since this essay was written, the Rev H. Stiihle, of the Lake Condah- Mission, Victoria, informed me, iu answer to a query as to the tribe Mara, that "they believe the spirit of the deceased father, or grandfather, occasionally visited his descendants in dreams, and imparted to them charms (songs) against disease or witchcraft. " ANCESTRAL SPIRITS. 247 tundung ! I believe Brewiii has hooked me with the eye of his thro wing-stick. " * A Kurnai.
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