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BLANDAS MAGIC 697
Oi Jin Batu Pcr'pat, terbuka' iiri.
Ho Yin from the Rock (?/" Per'pat-trees, be unloosened this caul.
Oi Jin Bukit Ara', terbuka' uri.
Ho Jin/;-^/M the Hill ^ licus-lrees, be unloosened this caul.
Oi Jin Kempas, terbuka' uri.
Ho ]'\nfrom the Kempas-tree, be unloosened this caul.
Uri ^ Hantu Laut,
Q^ixA-spirit, Demon of the Sea,
Uri petir kilat, ujan banchi, ujan rinye.
Ca.\i\-spirit that earnest from thunder, lightning, rain that drizzles, rain that
mizzles.
Uri pulang ka-Malim Putih, Malim Sidi.
O Caul-spirit, return to-Malim Putih, Malim Sidi.
Bukan aku membuka uri,
/t is not I who unloosen this caul,
Malim Putih Malim Sidi yang buka' uri.
/t is Malim Putih and Malim Sidi who unloosen this caul.
Blandas Charm against the Bajang.^
Hum Bajang^ langhwi,*
CM, O Bajang Langsuir,
Mati-anak asal jadi.
A Stillborn-Child is the ongin ^'ou sprang-from.
Bajang langhwi,
O Bajang Langsuir,
Sepah pinang Bagina' Ali.^
Quid of betel-nut of Baginda Ali.
Blandas Charm against the Langsuir (" SfiRAPAH Langsuir").*'
Langhwi,'^ Langhwa.
Langhwi, Langhwa.
Paroh sapengetop.^
y'our beak is stumpy.
Bulu kain chindai.
Your feathers are cloth of silk.
' Explained as =" Hantu Uri, yang these tribes. Cp. Bes. "sapet" =
makan darah ibu di-jilat." The caul " hapet," the flying-fox ; Bes. " soroh "
has different names according to its = " horoh," old or aged; and many
shape. other examples.
- For this charm see vol. ii. p. 14. ^ This last line is obviously due to
3 " Bajang "= Mai. "bajang" (a Mohammedan influence, doubtless
demon, as to which see Skeat's I^Talay derived at second hand through the
Magic, p. 321 seq.\ Malay.
* "Langhwi" is the Blandas and ^ For this charm see vol. ii. p. 13.
Besisi form of Mai. "Langsuir"' {ibid.
p. 325 seq.\ The initial " s " of a
"
*
Mai. "Langsuir."
Explained as = "pandak'
syllable is often turned into " h " among (stumpy).