Note 275 — Chapter V · Magic Rites connected with the Several Departments of Nature (continued 2)

This idea recalls a similar superstition about what are called in the Straits Settlements “breeding-pearls,” i.e. a kind of pearl which is supposed to reproduce itself when kept in a box and fed with pulut rice for a sufficiently lengthy period.—Vide J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 1, pp. 31–37, No. 3, pp. 140–143. ↑