Language and Folklore (Supplement). 501 
No. 245. 
Majiariaq. 
Majiariaq’s petting song over her brother’s daughter, Karitaase (Charita), who, 
while a baby, was dropped on the floor. 
goyla a a 1 A crack! Alas and woe! 
imanane'q aja 2 And still in this way! 
wawa ahen-a 3 (weeping) Oh-h-h. See her there! 
ima'nane'q 4 And still in this way 
wawa ahen-a 5 (weeping) O-h-h. See her there! 
No. 246. 
Qart"eesalik, Kuannia's wife. 
Kuannia's wife (baptised Margaret) sang this petting song for the little 
Judith, daughter of her eldest son Iållime (= Jeremias). 
gartipa wawa 1 Such big breeches she has! 
qartipa'10:joe 2 Ah, these nice big breeches ! 
Kuannia’s wife sang another petting song only for her eldest son Iällime, 
namely the first time he had caught a seal (a fjord seal, which he had killed 
with his bird dart), and the next time, when he had got his first bear. But 
this petting song, she stated, was without real words, only tones accom- 
panied by dancing and mimic movements. 
Nos. 247—251. 
Lukas at Sammisog. 
Lukas (Lucas), an old curate who lived at Sammisoq, grew up among the 
United Brethren at Frederiksdal (Narssaq), where the quiet pastoral charac- 
ter of the order stamped him for all his days.! Lukas had collected the 5 
following petting songs from his parishioners in the little village. Besides 
these he gave me 3 songs for entertainment, (ilergorsootit). I transcribe his 
spelling, which is that of his school (but permeated with forms from the 
South east Greenland dialect) to my own without otherwise changing the 
forms of the words which he intended to use. 
No. 247. 
The following song is to be sung to the melody of the hymn: “Pa Jeru- 
salem det ny, pa den store Konges by.” 
qujyana:‘tin-uarput 1 Our very dearest little treasure 
inequnarton: uaq 2 The darling little girl, 
pik:oris'iartorpoq 3 Ever brighter she becomes, 
aL'iartorLunilo 4 Growing more and more. 
Elisabeth Sabine Ingere 5 (Her name). 
1 In 1900 the Brethren on agreement with the Danish Mission left Greenland 
for good. 
