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C. A certain Bâmu river man had breasts like a woman. Another man fel! in love with 

 him, and the flrst man put on a woman's grass petticoat and took part in the women's work. In tiie 

 end his sex was found out. (Ibia, Ipisia). 



D. (Continued t'rom no. 213) A certain woman once died from a snake ente ring her vagina, 

 and^ some time afterwards her husband Gimai wanted lo marry again. One day he went out Walking 

 with a friand of his named Manüba and Said to him, „My God, face belong you he all same girl; 

 inside belong me he want marry you very bad." „What's way (how) you go marry me?" said 

 Manüba. „I no woman. You got linitim, me got ànimo too." „What's the matter you come (have 

 been made a) man," said Gimai, „suppose you come woman, that's good." 



One day Manüba put on a woman's petticoat thinking to himself, „Fäna (friend) all time speak 

 he go marry me; all right, I put grass (skirt) belong woman;" and they married. They used to work 

 in the bush during the day, but at night the one man slept in the men's house, and the other in the 

 women's house. Once Gimai wanted to have connection with his supposed wife in the bush, the 

 removal of the latter's skirt, however, revealed his sex. Gimai and his family feit much humiliated, and 

 one night he went and shot Manüba. He eut off his head and hung it up close to the place where the 

 dead man's mother slept. In the morning there was a great commotion and wailing in the village. 

 Manüba's father went and killed Gimai and in his turn hung up the head near the bed of Gimai's 

 parents, thus taking revenge. (Gibüma, Mawäta). 



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