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I was staying, when the wind came sweeping down from the 

 hills. They were obviously rather frightened, and one old 

 woman kept angrily shouting out orders to the storm to stop, 

 not leaving off until it had almost done so. On that evening, 

 and on the next morning, I got Katil to tell me a good deal 

 about his people's ideas with regard to storms of wind. 



It appears that the Senoi think that during strong storms 

 of this kind, the spirits of the old dead (kemoit rah) , and 

 the^ spirits of those who have died more recently (kemoit pai, 

 " new ghosts"), are roaming over the earth. 



The charms, if they may be called so, which the 

 Sakai shouted out to compel the storm to cease were as 

 follows : 



i. "Sidang\" J a Perak Malay word meaning to "abate." 

 z. " Kipassa'blah'." meaning "fan to one side" (Malay). 



I was also told that the Behrang Senoi frequently 

 call out to the buuial-fish (a fish which is capable of 

 distending its body) to suck up the storm (" hap bunlal '. "), 

 and that sometimes they cry, " Wok mat ! Wok lemoin!" 

 In this last I understand the meaning of the individual 

 words, but I cannot attempt a translation. Wok means 

 either "shadow" or "spirit," mat means "eyes," while 

 lemoin is "teeth." As far as I could find out from Katil 

 the expression is something to do with the belief that 

 loud laughter will bring on a bad storm. I imagine that 

 the charm is used for neutralizing the effect of previous 

 laughter. 



During very bad storms indeed the Scnoi assemble 

 under their houses and burn jadam {extract of aloes ?) and 

 evil-smelling rubbish to scare away the storm. 



Customs and Beliefs with Regard to Food. 



Among the Senoi of the Ul'u Behrang (as also among 

 the Sakai of the Ulu Kinta) it is forbidden to mention 

 the usual names of certain animals when their flesh is 

 being eaten. Of the secondary, and almost invariably 

 descriptive names, I give some examples below, together 

 with their meanings. 



Ordinary Name Applied 

 English Name. Senoi ' to Animal when 



Name. being Eaten, 



i. Deer (Ce'rvus unicolor) .. Rusa ... Leukpos. 



..... _ . ' i. Leuk sabat. 



2. Pig-tailed Macaque ... Dok" 



i 2. Leak karuk. 



3. Crab-eating Macaque ... Ran ... Leuk ketnpuk 



1 In this sense it see-n> to be equivalent to the English slang phrase 



