giant in Australian Legends
utrid meat, and breaking a part off she tied it to the end of a long stick. This she put into the water close to the big stones, and when it was bristling with clinging yabbies she drew them, clinging to the bait, right out and into the boat. Catching yabbies was easy work. But in one haul there ca…
- Record ID
- 3,784
- Year
- 1,925
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 3784
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- Australian Legends; C. W. Peck
- Published
- 1925
- Narrative type
- Giant and Ogre Narratives
- Public-text label
- giant
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
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- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
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utrid meat, and breaking a part off she tied it to the end of a long stick. This she put into the water close to the big stones, and when it was bristling with clinging yabbies she drew them, clinging to the bait, right out and into the boat. Catching yabbies was easy work. But in one haul there came up one bigger than all the rest. Amongst yabbies he was a giant. Krubi faltered when she picked him up, and a little spine on its head pricked her finger. The warm blood flowed upon the wet fish and it spread all over him. This warm blood was a new and startling thing. Yabbies are not accustomed to anything as warm as human blood, and.
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