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- spirit in The Native Tribes of South Australia#3255ey pull the victim's ears until they crack, and then leave him to recover as he best can. This last operation is for the purpose of rendering the person incapable of telling who attacked him. He is now said to be plongg…
- spirit in The Native Tribes of South Australia#3254manage the requisite amount of crjring I never could imagine. For one minute a woman will appear in the de^>est agony of grief and tears; a few mintites affcer, the con- ventional amount of weeping having been accomplis…
- medicine man in The folklore, manners, customs, and languages of the South Australian aborigines#1631who was some 32 years among the wild tribes was talcen by the aborigines for a departed cliief, and consequently his life was spared. The s'pear of the departed cbief was in Buckley's hand when found, his height and so…
- supernatural in The folklore, manners, customs, and languages of the South Australian aborigines#1630ho are the judges ? THE ABORIGINES OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA 15- What punishments are put in force against offenders r 16. What kinds of sorcciyare practised!' Describe them. 17. What funeral customs are there ? 18. How does p…
- wizard in The folklore, manners, customs, and languages of the South Australian aborigines#1629ye. Wind, sou' -west — Gurra maiye (shiver- ing wind) . Wind, east— Thqlka maiye, Porlgumaiye. Wind, west — Loulka maiye, Lurmi. Wind, hot— Kulganiie. Windpipe — Kalde . Wind roaring — Krungkun ; Krimgullun or KrungiHn…
- witch in The folklore, manners, customs, and languages of the South Australian aborigines#1628shoulder — Yityumbar- rin. Carrying off — Pintamin. Casting abroad, scattering, to destroy — Kilkilyarin. Casting away — Throkkun. Casuarina (the sheaoak) — Kolge. Caterpillar — Kelgelli. Catching — Nanbundun, Nananbund…
- witch in The folklore, manners, customs, and languages of the South Australian aborigines#1627and sticks the mass in a round lump on the end of a prepared skewer of kangaroo's leg bone, and it is called "ngathungi." When injury is to be inflicted on the enemy who ate the animal from Vv'hich the remains came, the…
- wizard in The folklore, manners, customs, and languages of the South Australian aborigines#1626Krimgullun or KrungiHn [i)i-es. par.] Wing — Tyele, Tyerle. Winking — Kalpulun, Kalpundim. Winter — Yort e . Wishing — Ellin, Pruwillin. Wisher, a — Pre^-ilamalde. Witchcraft — Millin, Xgadhimgi. Withered— Meralde. With…
- witch in The folklore, manners, customs, and languages of the South Australian aborigines#1625d quite recovered. " Should the koonkie fail in his effort to relieve the sick, he is pre- pared with a ready excuse— some koonkie of another tribe, possessing more skill, has stopped his power. " When a koonkie is ill…
- devil in The folklore, manners, customs, and languages of the South Australian aborigines#1624ative who has seen the devil when a child (the devil is called Kootchie), and is supposed to have received power from him to heal all sick. " The way in which a man or woman becomes a doctor, is, that if when young they…
- devil in The folklore, manners, customs, and languages of the South Australian aborigines#1623y old men and women are pockmarked in the face and body. " They state that a great number have been carried off by this disease ; and I have been shown, on the top of a sandhill, seventy-four graves, which are said to b…
- devil in The folklore, manners, customs, and languages of the South Australian aborigines#1622ND LANGUAGES. 29 17. The body is placed in the ground. The relatives make a pipeclay paste and place it on the head, and wear it till quite hard, when it is placed on the grave. Pipeclay is also put on the face of some.…
- ghost in The folklore, manners, customs, and languages of the South Australian aborigines#1621n-je-lu ; fly (the insect), yum- ber-a ; ant, wir-pa ; mouth, ni-mi ; beard, ngern-ka ; hair cf the head, ngu-roo; tongue, kai-a-king; bone, mu-la-li ; blood, yeil-do ; skin (cuticle), im-ba ; fat, men-bi ; star, "^'kul…
- devil in The folklore, manners, customs, and languages of the South Australian aborigines#1620nute (as in civilised communities bells are tolled for the dead), the men replying to the noise in like manner, until day dawns, when the beating ceases. '* Immediately before the boy's circumcision, a young man picks u…
- spirit in The folklore, manners, customs, and languages of the South Australian aborigines#1619of the death of a native of that name. When anyone dies, named after anything, the name of that thing is at once changed. For instance, the name for water was changed nine times in about five years on account of the dea…
- spirit in The folklore, manners, customs, and languages of the South Australian aborigines#1618he intended victim, and there remains, causing all the harm to the sick. These charms lead to many wars, and often deaths. 17. The only funeral custom is to get the body as quickly as possible under ground. 18. The abor…
- spirit in The folklore, manners, customs, and languages of the South Australian aborigines#1617condition. But in the savage it is not so ; he is so low down that all human life is to him a dead level, and he cannot see any condition superior to that of his fellows around him ; consequently he gives himself up to…
- spirit in The folklore, manners, customs, and languages of the South Australian aborigines#1616sly held by tribes of savage hunters. But their efforts very much mitigated many of the evils which arose. No doubt to their labois — especially those of Mr. Moorhouse — we owe it that the instances of ill treatment of…
- supernatural in The Native Tribes of South Australia#1565or months before to both parties; a con- venient place is fixed upon by one party, and messengei's are despatched to invite the enemy; these battles are generally caused by abduction, murder, or aggression with intent t…
- supernatural in The Native Tribes of South Australia#1564d mysteries, I may mention that it is deemed very ignominious abuse, if a person of a higher degree upbraids any one with his still occupying a lower station; warrara purra (still a boy of the first degree only), pardna…
- supernatural in The Native Tribes of South Australia#1563. Another object of terror to the aborigines is called "koonyoo," who flies about at night, and makes a noise in the trees, but is never seen. This being descends to the earth in the dark, alights upon the body of a man…
- supernatural in The Native Tribes of South Australia#1562gan to swell and be painful, and soon showed that there was real inflammation, whatever might be the cause. I treated the place in the best manner I knew how, and it developed into an enormous boil at the base of Digiti…
- giant in The Native Tribes of South Australia#1561n the vocabulary consists of eighteen letters only, the Dieyerie dialect possession no equivalent for our F, J, Q, S, V, X, Z, while K answers in every respect for C, excepting where it precedes the letter H. KEY TO PRO…
- witch in The Native Tribes of South Australia#1560an their own, is forbidden to all females. They are not allowed to take a wife until the time during which they are narumbe has expired; but they are allowed the abominable privilege of promiscuous intercourse with the…
- witch in The Native Tribes of South Australia#1559y they bum for a long time. After a death takes place in a tribe the name of the deceased is never mentioned. All over the continent this singular custom prevails, and the feeling is so. strong in South Australia that t…
- witch in The Native Tribes of South Australia#1558customs may be said to have been abandoned. The mortality from diseases, both prior to and subsequent to the settlement of the country, has done much to thin them out. Their notions of medicine, as amongst all savages,…
- witch in The Native Tribes of South Australia#1557appeared quite recovered. Should the Koonkie fail in his effort to relieve the sick, he is prepared with a ready excuse — some Eoonkie of another tribe, possessing more skill, has stopped his power. When a Koonkie is il…
- devil in The Native Tribes of South Australia#1556ow named Captain Jack. He was a gi^t warrior and sorcerer in his tribe, and a man with much natural ability. K he had lived in a civilised community, and had been educated, I have no doubt he would have distinguished hi…
- devil in The Native Tribes of South Australia#1555t in a state of nudity. So one night the old men of the tribe solemnly threatened to kill him for his disobedience. He then came away to our house and asked for my protection. This conduct led me to inquire the reason f…
- devil in The Native Tribes of South Australia#1554- ing forth young Eooranaori — Has laid Kooranawonthie — Had laid Koondauni — Will lay Koorathuruna — Parrying, shielding Kooriethuruna — Forgotten, loss of memory Kooragie — Certainly Eooridie — Stealing Kooriekaunchie…
- devil in The Native Tribes of South Australia#1553e (as in civilised com- munities bells are toUed for the dead), the men replying to the noise in like manner, until day dawns, when the beating ceases. Immediately before the boy*s circumcision, a young man picks up ■ a…
- ghost in The Native Tribes of South Australia#1552ghost was represented to have set fire to a wurley, and ascended to heaven in the flame. Tl^e Narrinyeri regard the disapprobation of the spirits of the dead as a thing to be dreaded; and if a serious quarrel takes plac…
- ghost in The Native Tribes of South Australia#1551d none of them will venture into the scrub after dark, lest he should encounter the spirits which are sup- posed to roam there. I have heard some admirable specimens of ghost stories frt)m them. In one case I remember t…
- ghost in The Native Tribes of South Australia#1550e is especially attracted by a whistle. There is another restless spirit — ^the deceased father of a boy whom I well know — who is flaid to roam about armed with a rope, with which he catches people. All the Naninyeri,…
- ghost in The Native Tribes of South Australia#1549death. For instance, there is Karungpe, who eomes in the dead of night, when the camp fire has burned low, and like a rushing wind scatters the dying embers, and then takes advantage of the darkness to rob some sleeper…
- spirit in The Native Tribes of South Australia#1548E MISSION AT POINT MACLEAY. BY THE REV. GEORGE TAPLIN, msnOlTART TO TBI ABORIOHneS, POINT MAOLBAT, SOUTH AVSTRALU. Digiti ized by Google Digiti ized by Google PBEFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. When I came to this colony in…
- spirit in The Native Tribes of South Australia#1547d not be re-united, but the former would live in trees during the day, and at night alight on the ground and feed on grubs, lizards, frogs, and kangaroo-rats, but on no vegetable matter whatever. The souls, it was belie…
- spirit in The Native Tribes of South Australia#1546that amongst the northern tribes a blackfellow who was known to have pointed the bone at another would be pursued for 500 miles, in order that revenge might be taken upon him for the crime. The ideas of religion possess…
- spirit in The Native Tribes of South Australia#1545at him. This bone is generally part of the femur, scraped to a point, smeared with red-ochre and human kidney-fat. and having a ball of fat and ochre rolled together at one end. The natives believe that if this is point…
- devil in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3961ains were afterwards rescued by his uncle CoUen-bitchick (double star in the head of Capricornus). The double star, the natives say, is his fingers feeling for the bank of the river. * Speaking of Lake George, Lieut. Br…
- Baiame in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3555. . Axe, stone, Pitcairn's Island - - - - VOL. PAGE IL 317 11. 310 n. 23 u. 248 IL 58 n. 16 n. 58 I. 138 n. 283 XL 227 L 49, 54, 58 IL 244 I. 7 I. 176 1. xxxviii, 24" IL 54 n. 38 L 207 1. xxxiii, 218, 220 219 L 36 I. 43…
- Baiame in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3554he thoughtful blackfellows ascribe to '■'■BaiamaV these three attributes — immortality, power, and goodness. They say that Baiame is i)resent at their Cora — the periodical assembly at which young men are initiated into…
- witch in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3553distichopbylla. J. Hooker. 51 Burn - - - . No flower or fruit. 52 Oats - - - - Marmoitch - No flower or fruit. 53 Yullam Erodium cicutarium. C. Heritier. 54 One-loaved wild potato Marungin - - - No flower or fruit. 55 B…
- devil in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3552■pika''' means "yes." APPENDIX C. NOTES ON THE NATIVES OP AUSTRALIA. (By Albert A. C. Le Sooiir.) The natives are much more numerous in some parts of Australia than they are in others, but nowhere is the country thickly…
- devil in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3551r paramour's hair. He had just time to seize the gun at his side, and, raising himself in a sitting posture, pulled the trigger at the same moment that Marabunda let fly his spear. It was a remarkable coincidence that t…
- devil in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3550e Sir Amos Norcott, drew a sketch on the fly-leaf of a book of this man running after a pig with a spear sticking out of its back, and showed it to the prisoner, who instantly recognised his own likeness, and was so str…
- ghost in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3549te man Ford of a river - Forehead - . . Forest ground Forget . . . Four - - - - Fragrant (smell) - Freestone . - - Fresh water Friend - - - - Frigid (cold) Friaht . . . . Frog . . - . Frost - - - - Frost, hoar - - - Fue…
- ghost in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3548Worrul (bees'- nest) ; Bungula and Agenor, Murrai (cockatoos) ; the Southern Cross, At/Sm (tea-tree) ; the dark space under the Cross, Gao-ergi (emu) ; Magellan Clouds, BUralfja (native companions) ; Antares, Gudclar (l…
- ghosts in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3547rge flights of these birds used to pass up the estuary of the Swan every morning on fishing excursions, and return to the Mewstone in the evening, and the natives refrained from kiUiug them lest thereby they should be s…
- ghosts in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3546the poor blackfellows ! " Then, with his eagle eye flashing, and holding up one of his fingers before Mr. Moore's face, he shouted out — " For every black man you white fellows shoot, I will kill a white man !" Aud so w…
- spirits in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3545ortion of Australia, the old men used to say that the forms or spirits of the dead went to the westward, towards the setting sun ; and the natives of Western Australia had the same belief. When, therefore, they saw whit…
- ghost in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3544-noit-yere-bil. Goo-lee. Goon-deetch. Bul-luk. Too-ree or goork. Goo-lee-bar too-ree. Goo-lce-bar too-ree-bul- luk. Wo-rcip-ar-pel (prayerful). Marm-ing kuoo-rack (Fa- ther of us). Knoo-rar-rookknair-kne- etch (Great Ma…
- ghost in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3543n, and die for his people ; who was by wicked men killed and hanged on a tree ; who was dead and buried ; who rose again the third day from the dead, and ascended into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God the F…
- ghosts in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3542ances are curious, and invite enquiry; but it is, to say the least, doubtful whether they have a philological or ethnological value.* * In a communication to the Alhenaum (No. 2545, 5th August 1876), entitled " Pre-Hist…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3541of the natives of Tasmania when a death occurred, and their ordinary mode of disposing of the bodies of the dead, greatly resembled those observed in many parts of Australia. " During the whole of the first night after…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3540any trace of any tradition or superstition, besides the "jumping-up of blackfellows as white men," which may be ranked with THE ABOEIGINES OF COOPEE'S CREEK. 309 them, was at a camp where I was talking with a blackfello…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3539, often have a marvellous etfect. They are also skilled in the art of bleeding ; they open a vein with a piece of sharp flint or shell ; they often rub and knead witli their knuckles the aifected part. For rheumatism, t…
- spirits in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3538d the neck of the man he had struck. It was a most touching sight, and one I shall not easily forget. I never could discover anything among them approaching to religion ; they certainly have a vague idea that when they…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3537men look on with apparent indifference. I have not observed that the natives usually bear malice towards an aggressor after the wTong has ceased to exist. Their acts of retaliation, if not committed to punish a present…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3536was kept burning before it for several days, and a hut was sometimes buUt over it. They seemed to think that, notwithstanding their efforts to keep their friend down, he got up and warmed himself. WhQe the interment was…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3535ole in the sand behind her hut, and, having given it a " little " knock on the head, laid it in the hole, and kept on crying, the child ciyiug too, till she could bear it no longer ; and then went out and gave it anothe…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3534f the three orders into which the priestly caste was divided. * The ancient Egyptians beliered that when the body perished the banished soul began its career anew in connection with physical existence. t Called Koradgee…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3533er natives supposed that the spirits of the deceased passed into the cormorants which frequent the Mewstoue, a granite rock some miles out in the sea opposite the mouth of the Swan River, called by them Gudu mitch, a co…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3532ther demon, or to the Waifo men. I am of ojiiniou that the natives generally do not believe that their women have a future state or are endowed with souls. Yet they certainly believed that the white people, when they fi…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3531o the cavern. There is a continual draught of air blowing up through this hole, so that if a leaf or any light substance be thrown over it, it is immediately carried up into the air. For ages past the natives were in th…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3530ung, who resides in the winter-time on a hill on the south of the Helena River, near Mount Dale, in the Darling Bange ; but in the summer he dwells on the other side of the river, became he cannot cross it nhenjioodcd.…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3529; another word has therefore to be invented for the object after which the child was called. I knew a man whose name was Karia (not Calor), which signifies "fire" or "heat ;" when he died, another word had to be used fo…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3528nce for the amusement of a squatter and his wife, who are looking on ; they are brandishing boomerangs, clubs, and shields, and one has a pipe in his mouth. A tame emu is standing by, doubtless belonging * Paper read be…
- spirits in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3527of sharks and otlier fishes measure twenty-five feet in length, while those of men iu dancing attitudes are life size. The natives say that the tribes did not reside iu the places where the carvings occur, as they are s…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3526.-.-- Waterless, dry. Laang (C.) ...------A species of gum-tree. Lehura (C.) - . - Mount Leura - - ■ Lava (of which the hill is composed). Lajeranyen (H.) - - A spring S.W. from Waranet (which see i'n/ra) near Lake Colo…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3525ck of Mil- ler's Inn, at Cope-cope. Ngarre The black duck; also she-oak. Nganyak (Ngannup at - - - - - - To sit down. Swan River) Ngyne -..----.-- To see. •Ngadg (Ngadgo at Swan -...-- Me (personal pronoun). Kiver) *Nya…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3524ree (callitris). Marmangorak God (at Lake Tyrrell). It is doubtful whether any Australian Aborigine has any idea of a Supreme Being. Marrambook ...... ...A wife. Matynleework - . . Bealiba diggings. *Meyrr heu --.......…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3523ther-in-law Uncle - - - Nephew Cousin - - - Old woman - Young woman Girl - Grandmother Mother Mother-in-law Stepmother - Wife - Widow Daughter (elder) - Daughter (younger) Stepdaughter Sister (elder) Sister (younger) -…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3522two extremes of life — old age and infancy ; but assert that there were two forms of death — the Moo-char-moo-roop (literally, "take the spirit") and the Boor-kur- moo-rar (or, "break the kidney-fat"). The first of thes…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3521and en- chanting powers : it would watch over the lonely and weary traveller, and could warn him of impending danger, and guide him into the path of safety. They did not believe in death from natural causes, except in t…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3520enmity with them. But when approaching those they intended visiting, they would carry a green bough in their right hands, which was an emblem of peace. * The terms " bulluk" and " goon-deetch" signify "people" and "men.…
- spirits in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3519, short, jot, a tittle, least, superlative of little, less, little, small in quantity, minikin, small, minute, mite, modicum, morsel, a small piece, petty, puny, scrap, a bit, shred, tiny, wee. Wyeeboo ba'anth - . - - D…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3518maim. Gallopin-gallopin gweeop - - - Knife, penknife. Geenong ------ Mark, footmark. Geenongalook ----- Boot, shoe. Geenonga'tha ----- Ankle of the foot, foot, step, footstep, toes. Geerar ------ Keed. Geerar oordiyalya…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3517ck nulworthununner. 8. Puudgyl Marman nerdoit murrumbinne yannon nuhvorthun, bar nerdoit womoneit nul- worthun murrumbinner, netbo bar wootunno yearamboot tille mille nanbo. THE FIRST CHAPTER OF GEMESIS." 1. In the begi…
- spirits in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3516s and bodies of large moths. LANGUAGE. 127 English. Bourt-deet Native. - A superior fibrous vegetable ; blacks eat it raw or cooked. European Food, S(c. Bread or flour Rice - Sugar - Meat (general) Beef - Mutton Pork •…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3515Ten - Bolita murung (two hands) Head - - Pirn. Stone - Alari. Body - - Koong. Fish (general) Yarar. Byes - - Meeng. Eel - - - Queang. Nose - - Kapung. Black-fish - QuUl. Ears - - Wing. Duck - Mooee. Mouth - - Nynlling,…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3514en. Fat - - Alarrimbool. Father-in-law Kondo'lang'o. Fatlierless - Moorri. Fear - Bamhoon, Feast - - 'Tung'arbe. Feeble - - M urrineren. Feed - - Tangerhoun. Feel - - Bang'adinen. Feet - - Jenongbertoorr. Feign - - Marr…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3513jin-na. Belly Sil-h/. Blood, magpie - - - - Koi-riick or Korruch. Bone, wood . - - - Kaalk. Sun (day) ----- Nyow-ee. Moon ------ Mit-chen ...... Yairt. Star ------ Burt or Turt. Sky, heavens, clouds - . - M-rarng. Thick…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3512ES OF VICTORIA: "Willis," "Timor," "Bobbt," "Annie," and othebs. One ---------- Kiab, Two Boolicht. Three --------- Carlore. Four ---------- Boolite be boolite. Five ---------- Kiamonya. Six ---------- Barooh. Seven ---…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3511- - Wil-lin-b uck Mit-yack - - . Nyak - - - - Nyun - - - - Wil-la Wui-yung wui-yiing-ka - Kalk - - - Woar-tuck - - - Kir-ra ... Bo-wat . . - Bi-al - - - - Mah-rong - - - Pullut- Biip - - - - Wit-yin-will Kau-wirr . - -…
- spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2#3510- to pass by. - to build. - to go on foot. - small. - run. - bring it soon. - to roast meat. - slow. - to do it. - willing. - to flow. - to continue. - swollen, to swell. - blind. - shoulder. - sandy place. - a little m…
- giant in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3509d wood, and has an arm four and a half inches long, turning up at a sharp angle, and tipped with a slightly-curved barb of tortoise-shell, projecting horizontally inwards an inch and a half. It somewhat resembles the fi…
- supernatural in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3508credible that so many strange tales should arise from this source. The natives are good naturalists, and are probably better acquainted with the habits of this duck than we are. The Bun-yip is mentioned by Grey in his w…
- supernatural in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3507r smooth. I could never learn from any of the natives that they had seen either the head or tail, so that I could not form a correct idea of their size, or what they were like Here [on the Barwon River] the Bun-yips, th…
- supernatural in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3506led in this case, being the first, the natives think death would have had no power over them. The place where the scene occurred, and where Bin-dir-woor was buried, the natives imagine to have been on the southern plain…
- supernatural in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3505he night, when the doctors are asleep, the dead person inserts .a mysterious bone into each thigh of the three doctors, who do not feel the puncture more than if an ant had stung them. The bones remain in the flesh of t…
- supernatural in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3504hild leave off playing and run up to its mother tg take the breast. "The native women suffer much leas pain during the period of labor than Europeans; directly the cliild is born it is wrapped in opossum skinp, and stri…
- wizard in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3503Hen. VIII., 1541), up to the 4th September 1863, when a poor old paralyzed Frenchman was ducked as a wizard at Castle Hedingham, Essex, and died in consequence of the treatment he received, our civilized communities hav…
- wizard in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3502find enjoyment also in perusing the histories of witch- craft in England. Our natives have strange beliefs, and are cruel ; but none of their superstitions are so gross, or lead to such brutal murders, as those which ha…
- witch in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3501nations, who, in the belief of some persons, are not inferior, but simply different. The Barrn — as described by Mr. Howitt — would have been useful to the Duchess of Bedford. Those who are iuclined to amuse themselves…
- devil in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3500of putting the life of his victim into the image upon which he practices. Thus Iving James, in his ' Damonohgy' says that 'the devil teacheth how to make pictures of wax or clay, that by roasting thereof, the persons th…
- wizard in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3499s, or lead to such brutal murders, as those which have received the approval of the most eminent persons in England. From the time of Henry the Eighth, when a statute was enacted declaring all witchcraft and sorcery to…
- wizard in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3498. On one occasion, Lageniensis, the author of the work (as quoted in the Athenceum, No. 2236, 3rd September 1870, p. 299), assisted at the performance of some mysterious qutickery practised by a noted Sheogue doctor, ca…
- wizard in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3497at a distance of about two hundred yards in the direction of the spot where he had lost his fat there were placed at short distances apart smouldering pieces of bark, which looked like huge fire-flies on the ground. One…
- wizard in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 1#3496nge gifts : that they can make any black sick if they think fit. A black will bear the most excruciating pain if he knows the cause — as, for instance, if he has been wounded. But if sickness overtakes him — such as occ…