Note 11 — Chapter III · RELIGIOUS AND MAGICAL BELIEFS

Mr Man refers to this custom. In one place he says that the first parents of the Andamanese were told by Puluga “that, though they were to work in the wet months, they must not do so after sundown, because by doing so they would worry the butu, which are under Puluga’s special protection. Any noise, such as working (kopke) with an adze, would cause the butu’s head to ache, and that would be a serious matter. During the cold and dry seasons work may be carried on day and night, as the butu is then seldom seen, and cannot be disturbed11.”