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witch in The Aborigines of Tasmania

ee Ditto sea- side {Acacia Wave [marititna) Weak Weed Weep Well (spring) Wet (rainy) Whale What ? what's that ? When and where Whisper, speak low, let nobody hear WMiistle White Whiz (like a ball, etc.) Whore, fornicatrix Wherry (sea-shell) Widow Wife, newly married Will-o'-the-wisp {Ignis fatuus)…

Record ID
3,917
Year
1,899
Source
Internet Archive
Index status
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Record ID
3917
Source
Internet Archive
Publication
The Aborigines of Tasmania; H. Ling Roth, Marion E. Butler, James Backhouse Walker, J. G. Garson, E. B. Tylor
Published
1899
Narrative type
Retellings and Adaptations
Public-text label
witch
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
Tasmania (TAS): B
State or territory
TAS
Source voice
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Publicness
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ee Ditto sea- side {Acacia Wave [marititna) Weak Weed Weep Well (spring) Wet (rainy) Whale What ? what's that ? When and where Whisper, speak low, let nobody hear WMiistle White Whiz (like a ball, etc.) Whore, fornicatrix Wherry (sea-shell) Widow Wife, newly married Will-o'-the-wisp {Ignis fatuus) Wind Ditto, high W^indpipe {Pomum Ad- Wing \ami) Wink Winter Witch or female goblin said to be clothed in grass or fibrous bark Woe's me ! ah me ! Woman Ditto, handsome Ditto, young girl Ditto, adult Ditto, aged, old Ditto, white Tribes about Mount Royal, Brun^ Island, Recherche Bay, and the South of Tasmania. Lietinna Liena peoonya or.

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