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thing is helped along with money either sixpence
or three pence.
Lesi sikhathi sokufihlela ithwasa siza ngemuva
kokunqwambisa. Uma umuntu eya esigodlweni
efihle utho abese ethi.: '0 Makhosi vumelani
ithwasa likhiphe lokho okufihliwe.' Okufihliwe
kungaba kokunye okungathi urna ayithola igcine
isingeyakhe.
Ukukhalipha kwethwasa kubonakala ngalesi sikhathi liqala ukufihlelwa.
Lifihlelwa izinto kokunye kwenye indlu noma ngaphandle. Lowo okade elifihlela
ubuya eze kulo athi; "Makhosi!" ake ungitholisele ngento yami, ingilahlekele.
Ithwasa livele lisukume liqonde kuyo leyo nto liyoyikhipha Urna seliyitholile,
kuba yiyo okunakiswa ngayo edlozini. Inikwa lona ithwasa ukuthokozisa idlozi.
Le mpandla ibekwa nezinye izimpahla zethwasa endlini yamagobongo. Khona
lokhu kufihlelwa kuyindlela enhle yokuqeqesha ithwasa, Ithwasa elifihlelwa into
liyithole, lithathwa njengelikhaliphileyo, elinedlozi elibukbali. Uma kunzima
ukuthola izinto azifihlelwe uthwasa, kusuke kusho ukuthi kusadingeka
aphalaziswe ngempela ngobulawu obuzocacisa izindlela zakhe.
UKrige, (1936:308) uthi:
Various things are hidden, and to enable him to
divine their whereabout the people claps their
hands. Then he begins to dance and goes and
fmds the hidden things, all of which he will be
allowed to keep.
Kuningi afihlelwa khona uthwasa ukuba
akubhule ukuthi kukuphi. Abantu bamshayela
ihlombe adlale abese ehamba ayifune into
ayifihlelweyo. Uma eyithola igcina isingeyakhe.
Ukufihlelwa yindlela yokukhaliphisa idlozi, uyise ubona lapha ekufihlelweni
uhlobo lwedlozi alelaphayo. Uyaphalaziswa ngobulawu obumhlophe uma uyise
ebona ukuthi irnihlahlo yakhe ayicacile. Ukukhalipha kwethwasa ekubhuleni
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