. The Nandi, their language and folk-lore. ye)-cover-for-usl who-are-there above. guard ) War. When warriors have gone to the wars, the mens mothers tiefour knots in their belts, and every morning go outside their hutsat about seven oclock, and, after spitting towards the sun, cry out aloud:— Asis! kon-ech ! give-US health. The fathers meet together regularly, and before drinking their beerone old man rises and says: Pwo-ne, o-le, pwo-ne (They will return,say, they will return). The rest reply, Pwo-ne (They will return).The old man who is standing then says : Cham-i-ke, o-le, cham-i-k
. The Nandi, their language and folk-lore. ye)-cover-for-usl who-are-there above. guard ) War. When warriors have gone to the wars, the mens mothers tiefour knots in their belts, and every morning go outside their hutsat about seven oclock, and, after spitting towards the sun, cry out aloud:— Asis! kon-ech ! give-US health. The fathers meet together regularly, and before drinking their beerone old man rises and says: Pwo-ne, o-le, pwo-ne (They will return,say, they will return). The rest reply, Pwo-ne (They will return).The old man who is standing then says : Cham-i-ke, o-le, cham-i-ke • Free translation : — O God, do Thou Thine ear incline,Protect my children and my kine,Een if Tho\i rt weary, still forbearAnd hearken to my constant shrouded neath the cloak of splendours sleep beyond our when across the sky by day,Thou movest, still to Thee I shades of our departed who can make or mar desires,Slain by no mortal hand ye dwell,Beneath the earth, 0 guard us n
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