Byamee in More Australian Legendary Tales
whirring, whizzing noise with its lips. " What is this coming to water ? " said Wurrunnah to himself. When the creature was close, he said : " It must be Earmoonan, one of the pups of the dog Byamee left at Noondoo that I have heard of." t He called out to it, " Where is your old master ? " for he…
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- 1,898
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- Internet Archive
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- Record ID
- 3204
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- More Australian Legendary Tales; K. Langloh Parker
- Published
- 1898 public-domain folklore collection exposed through an exact Internet Archive item
- Narrative type
- Spirit-Person Narratives
- Public-text label
- Byamee
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- New South Wales (NSW): B
- State or territory
- NSW
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whirring, whizzing noise with its lips. " What is this coming to water ? " said Wurrunnah to himself. When the creature was close, he said : " It must be Earmoonan, one of the pups of the dog Byamee left at Noondoo that I have heard of." t He called out to it, " Where is your old master ? " for he thought he would find out if the strange creature knew where Byamee was. For answer the Earmoonan made the * See "Australian Legendary Tales," p. 41, •' Meamei the Seven Sisters." t Ibid., p. 104, " The Borah of Byamee." 50 More Australian Tales spluttering, whizzing noise with his lips Wuminnah had already heard. Wurrunnah said : " Has.
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