Notes on Kurnai 150 pages

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Kurnai
Another Yēnjin is the following:

Káiakijirai yēndū
Why cut off beard
Yīrŭng málbretŭng
Yeerung long ago
Jītgŭn jitgŭn mūna bétjūrŭnga
Djeetgun there at that place the place where the young girl sleeps in her mother's camp

or
Why did the Yeerung cut off his beard long
ago? The maiden Djeetgun sleeps in her camp.

This song is said by Toolaba to be a very favorite
one to make women elope. He says that he has
sung it effectively many times himself.

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Document Details

Date —
Letter From —
Letter To —
Author Howitt, Alfred William
Country Australia
Colony/State Victoria
Holding Institution State Library of Victoria
Collection Name Alfred W. Howitt Collection
Registration Number MS9356/404
Medium Notes
Region —
Locality —
Summary MS 9356 [Series] Correspondence and notes concerning aboriginal tribes - Aboriginal tribes of Victoria. [Sub Series] Kurnai [Item Title] Notes by A. W. Howitt titled 'Kurnai. Various names of plants, language etc.'. [Summary note] Incorporates information from correspondents including Mr. McAlpine, J. C. McLeod and tribal informants. 145 pages. Box 1053 [Folder] 3(b) & 4(a) [State Library Victoria record 2018]
Physical Description Correspondence and notes.