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Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Volume 1 (of 3)

Note 3 — Nagul-Munnā

H. (Henry) Parker translation

As he was coming along bringing them, this Nagul-Munnā having seen him, went and beat the tom-tom beater, and taking the bit of cooked rice and the box of devil-dancer’s things, bounded into the jungle. Having sprung into the jungle, and eaten the bit of rice, he unfastened the box of devil-dancer’s goods, and taking the things in it, dressed himself in them, putting the jingling bracelets3 on his arms and the jingling anklets4 on his legs.

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