. The Nandi, their language and folk-lore. has been taken off it. A stick of the legetetuet ^tree is generally fixed in the roof of huts as a charm against snakes,a branch of the cJmmcsariot ^ tree is planted in the eleusiue fields tokeep away the locusts, and a few bunches of the 2)€k-a2)-tarlt *^ tree aretied on to the hedges to drive off the birds. Vide pp. 63 and -45 sqq. DoUchandrone platycalyx. ^ Emilia integrifoUa. * Oka chrysophilla. A tree that has been struck by lightning may also not be cut up forbuilding purposes or for firewood. Lipina sp. Ficus S2). ^ Ckirissa eduUs. Lippia sp. L
. The Nandi, their language and folk-lore. has been taken off it. A stick of the legetetuet ^tree is generally fixed in the roof of huts as a charm against snakes,a branch of the cJmmcsariot ^ tree is planted in the eleusiue fields tokeep away the locusts, and a few bunches of the 2)€k-a2)-tarlt *^ tree aretied on to the hedges to drive off the birds. Vide pp. 63 and -45 sqq. DoUchandrone platycalyx. ^ Emilia integrifoUa. * Oka chrysophilla. A tree that has been struck by lightning may also not be cut up forbuilding purposes or for firewood. Lipina sp. Ficus S2). ^ Ckirissa eduUs. Lippia sp. Lantana salvi/olia. Plate XXX / ^J^^4 ^ wB^^-s mkJ^ ^^?^^K^jk ^SU^M^; ^^^ i • \mmUmn,^Jti^£ ai iiiiii&^;iilkk:ii.« n >r ^ V 1^ -J^r-^ 7 ^V V Ik ^^MMm r~ ^^JMH rf j^^^^H^ ;. ^., .^ »^.....^! 9 te ^B tMN? ;^py/^^^^^B s J^^^^^^^^K^^ *^^^ ;. E>5js^v --^^fllHHl Nandi woman and child. The ornament which the chilJ is wearing on itsforehead shows that its next elder brother or sister is dead (Stordy).. To face p. 87 Warriors thigh bell. Calves bell. Cows bell. MISCELLANEOUS CUSTOMS 87 The bamboo, which is called tekat,^ and a parasite called simotuet^are regarded almost as sacred. The former may only be used at thekambakta or warriors dances, when a stick is planted in the ground,and for making the old mens divining boxes; from the latter, cordonly may be made, with which the warriors bind their pigtails. Woodfrom both the tehat and simotuet are at times thrown on sacred fires. If a tree is lopped, the central branch must always be left the Nandi dislike felling trees, they have no objection tocutting off the branches. Amulets and Charms, Rings, Sfc. The orkoiyot, or chief medicineman, gives amulets called pusaruk to barren women to make themfruitful. They are made of wood ash and are wrapped in pieces ofskin and worn on the breast. He also gives warriors a concoction,called setanik, when they go to the wars, to protect them against theweapons of their enemi
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