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o5.BRECHTs] THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT 259
No. 59, because this is one of the animals that is thought to be immune
from frostbite. The Rabbit is represented as hiding under the
warm k^ane-'skgwo'^oi, Andropogon mrginicus L., broom sedge, and
the patient obtains relief by putting his frozen foot under the same
warm cover.
The final "dist," repeated four times in a slow way, is intended to
imitate the cry of the rabbit when startled.
As a preventive, the formula is recited on starting from the house in
winter, and [is believed to] enable one to walk barefoot on the snow
without injury.
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!tV Dunt''ala'G0'9''[i^] Df'Da'ngWQ-tT
this whenever their mouths are sore to cure people with
'a't'9qa''nfGa' Q-'N^Atsi" tsAstf'aa |
^a-no'Gwb'^'
Now ha, now thou hast come to listen Snow thou little
then
i;-'DJe"Gt=GWO'^' 't'Ge-Se-'[.i^] u'lsGe-'D9 't'-Di;ni;-'y*t'e"°' |
u'som;-'li
Heat, L that which is, App it important it which he has put under quickly
t'a'DtGale"'^fGa' |
utst'^nawaGwo''
nf'Dat'an9''D8 no°^'t'Q"=
thou hast come to beyond it stretched, L it has been said at the same time thou hast
scatter it
ne-'lfGa' I
come and Sharply!
done it for
him
'ya''
vi'a' Dynt'*al9'G9!9-'[.i^] Dt'Do/ncj-'wo-tT | "wane-'°Gwo"
this whenever their mouths are sore to cure people with (hickory) L
Go°"t'oti' DtDzo*'t'isto.'tt-Gwo"' |
Ga-kt'9"'D9
no°"Gi' tsus5-
it (is) to be used they must be blown with it, L it restricted four they
with it nights
*'tD8' y^Dtle^'Gi a'ma' a°\e' t'vya'
been hot salt and beans
This is the Medicine When Their Mouths are Sore
FREE TRANSLATION
Now then ! Ha, now thou hast come to listen, thou Little Snow,
It is but Heat that has put the important thing under him." Quickly
thou hast come to scatter it. Relief has been caused forthwith,
thou hast come to do it for him. Sharply!
This is the medicine when their mouths are sore. Hickorj?- (bark)
is merely to be used for blowing them with. (Are) restricted (for)
four days: Hot (food), salt, and beans.
explanation
This formula is used for thrush in children and for a similar coating
of the inside of the mouth in adults, no matter from what cause
originating. According to the medicine men's theory, the disease is
^ Emendation by editor. « The patient.