How Tto Is Obtained
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"Specimens of Bushman Folklore", by W.H.I. Bleek and L.C. Lloyd, [1911],
How Tto Is Obtained.
Tto is in the mountain, the "tto" mine; the people say that the "tto" mine is on the side of the mountain, the people say '"tto" mine' to it.
The people are afraid of it [that is, of the sorcerers who live by the mine], because the people are aware that people are there (sorcerers). They (the sorcerers) make a house there. Therefore, the people who intend to pound "tto", rub themselves when they (go to) collect "tto". And when they go to the "tto", they throw stones at the "tto" mine, when they wish the sorcerers to bide themselves, that they may go undisturbed to work at the "tto", while they feel that the sorcerers dwell at the "tto" mine. Therefore, they take up stones, they throw stones at the "tto" mine, when they wish the sorcerers to hide themselves, that they may go in peace to work at the "tto". And they go to work at the "tto", "tto", "tto". They also get " hara"; they put away the " hara" and the "tto", and they return home.
[1. The narrator thinks that their houses are small holes, like mouse-holes.
2. For, they would be ill, if the sorcerers saw them.
3. The " hara" mine [literally, "mouth" or "opening "] is in a different place; the "tto" mine is also in a different place.]
"Specimens of Bushman Folklore", by W.H.I. Bleek and L.C. Lloyd, [1911],
How Tto Is Obtained.
Tto is in the mountain, the "tto" mine; the people say that the "tto" mine is on the side of the mountain, the people say '"tto" mine' to it.
The people are afraid of it [that is, of the sorcerers who live by the mine], because the people are aware that people are there (sorcerers). They (the sorcerers) make a house there. Therefore, the people who intend to pound "tto", rub themselves when they (go to) collect "tto". And when they go to the "tto", they throw stones at the "tto" mine, when they wish the sorcerers to bide themselves, that they may go undisturbed to work at the "tto", while they feel that the sorcerers dwell at the "tto" mine. Therefore, they take up stones, they throw stones at the "tto" mine, when they wish the sorcerers to hide themselves, that they may go in peace to work at the "tto". And they go to work at the "tto", "tto", "tto". They also get " hara"; they put away the " hara" and the "tto", and they return home.
[1. The narrator thinks that their houses are small holes, like mouse-holes.
2. For, they would be ill, if the sorcerers saw them.
3. The " hara" mine [literally, "mouth" or "opening "] is in a different place; the "tto" mine is also in a different place.]
