{"collection":"African","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/afr/sbf/sbf85.htm","path":"afr/sbf/sbf85.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/afr/sbf/sbf85.htm","text":"Specimens of Bushman Folklore, by W.H.I. Bleek and L.C. Lloyd, [1911]\nYoung Moon!\nHail, Young Moon!\nHail, hail,\nYoung Moon! speak to me!\nTell me of something.\nHail, hail!\nWhen the sun rises,\nThou must speak to me,\nThat I may eat something.\nThou must speak to me about a little thing,\nThat I may eat.\n[1: When (?) we see the moon [!nanni elsewhere explained], we say !ka!karrishe; we sound the male antelope's horn.\nWe call the small moon !ka!karrishe; (but) women call (it) !ka!karibe.]","title":"Specimens of Bushman Folklore: Prayer To The Young Moon.","type":"page"}