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YEAR
1896
PLACE
New South Wales
SOURCE
Project Gutenberg
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old woman in Australian Legendary Tales

o was drowned. His weapons floated about and drifted apart, and his rugs rotted in the water. 19. OUYAN THE CURLEW Bleargah the hawk, mother of Ouyan the curlew, said one day to her son: "Go, Ouyan, out, take your spears and kill an emu. The women and I are hungry. You are a man, go out and kill, t…

Record ID
2,496
Year
1,896
Source
Project Gutenberg
Index status
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Record ID
2496
Source
Project Gutenberg
Publication
Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies; K. Langloh Parker
Published
1896; Project Gutenberg public-domain transcription
Narrative type
Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label
old woman
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
North-western New South Wales (NSW): B
State or territory
NSW
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o was drowned. His weapons floated about and drifted apart, and his rugs rotted in the water. 19. OUYAN THE CURLEW Bleargah the hawk, mother of Ouyan the curlew, said one day to her son: "Go, Ouyan, out, take your spears and kill an emu. The women and I are hungry. You are a man, go out and kill, that we may eat. You must not stay always in the camp like an old woman; you must go and hunt as other men do, lest the women laugh at you." Ouyan took his spears and went out hunting, but though he went far, he could not get an emu, yet he dare not return to the camp and face the jeers of the women. Well could they jeer, and angry could.

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