jx € 2 
536 W. THALBITZER. 
Fig. 150. Popular rendezvous at the village 
of Oommannåtsiaq, in the Oommannag fjord. 
(W. T. phot. 1901.) 
B. SELECTION OF OLD DRUM SONGS FROM 
OOMMANNAQ FJORD 
Noted by the author in 1901.1 
No. 288. Kilernik's Dog. 
(Simion Ilhlorssuit 1901). 
This song was indicated as a rejoinder in an akiore’sut, ‘a dispute, contest, 
between two opponents.’ It describes an event which took place at the 
hamlet Saaitut in the Oommannaq (Umanak) fjord, and which apparently 
caused much comment even in the out-of-the-way places along the fjord. 
The singer is ironical toward his opponent, comparing him to an insane 
person who had disturbed the sleep of the Saaituts until first he was hung 
and then his dog. The latter was treated in just as insane a fashion as the 
man himself acted. I owe my explanation in part to A. Bertelsen’s reference 
to the event and to the variant of the drum-song quoted by him.? In Saaitut 
the insane man was actually exorcised. 
Refrain: awa а’ awa"arlawa'lajai 
Burdens: kilerni{L‘o qimia qim- 1 And he is said to have hung Ki- 
ikan'oa'q lernik’s dog 
ÂL'ermumoq püur'ono qimik:- 2 By binding it to the platform, he 
anya strangled it, 
suk'amun''q 3 То the roof-support out on the floor. 
iérqumik imik:a'n'9'q 4 He is said to have given it stale 
urine to drink . 
ай Luna'”?sanik nerisik'a'n''q 5 And fed it with twine (or hards). 
1 Thalbitzer: Phon. Study (1901) pp. 289—331 nos. 15, 32 (91), 63 (31), and 73, wit 
melodies pp. 372—387. 
2 A. Bertelsen: Folkemedicinen i Grønland (1914, p. 27). 
