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Malay Magic

Note 22 — Chapter VI · Magic Rites as affecting the Life of Man (continued 3)

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One account says that the Pĕnanggalan (or Manjang, i.e. Pĕmanjangan another name for her) if she comes will be caught in this snare, and that next morning when the fowls are let loose out of the fowl-house they will peck at the sac of her stomach to get at its contents. Thus she will be detected, and can be punished by having her stomach filled up with ground glass and sherds of earthenware, which will kill her in about seven days’ time! ↑

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