106 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



" If poisoned by Sakais' poison (ipoh) take some Indian 

 " corn (jagong\ chew it, then rub the wound with it, repeating 

 "this mantra. 



"Malim Kariniunyang punya tawar, 



"Tawar Allah, Tawar Muhammad, 



" Tawar Baginda Rasul Allah." 



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Pa' Senik once told me the following account of the asal 

 snajiang, " the origin of the gun." The story is so ridiculous 

 that it affords matter for speculation as to the manner in which 

 it can have been evolved. 



" Abda'l kaka was the son of Nabi Musa, but disgraced 

 " his father by persisting in having dealings with Jins, and 

 " upon his death, Allah punished him by turning him into a 



" gun." 



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" Halan Muda, Halan Chapik, Halan Glanggi and Halan 

 " Dosa were four men who became tigers." 



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Most people are aware of the Malay belief that a batul intar 

 (a stone weapon of the neolithic age often found in Perak) is a 

 thunderbolt, and that when a tree or house has been struck by 

 lightning a batu lintar may, if it has not been destroyed by its 

 own blow, be found in the torn-up ground. (Some Malays 

 tell you that the batu lintar is a weapon which the Jins hurl at 

 one another in their fights). Pa' Senik supplemented this 

 account by saying that it is dangerous to keep in one's house 

 a perfect batu lintar as it has life. A. batu lintar that has been 

 chipped in any way is however dead, and therefore harmless. 

 The live batu lintar will attract lightning to the house, and 

 then disappear in the flash. 



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" The sun and earth had once human form, the sun being 

 " the male and the earth the female. The tin ore found in the 

 " alluvial strata of the Peninsula is the earth's milk, and the 

 " gold is its blood. 



Jour, Straits Branch 



