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They were also very particular about not a Boy or a
Woman see or even hear about those things we used
to make and call "Bullroarers", It was a thin peice
of wood with notches all down the edges and tied
onto a long peice of string, when it was whurled
round the head it made a roaring noise = they were
not to be seen by a Woman under pain of death, The
Darkies called them the Devil Devil it was greatly
used in the "Man Making" or "Cabra". I do not think
there were any restrictions as to what a Woman
could eat - I never heard of any, like there was among
the Men, they always cooked themselves what they
got by hunting - took a good feed & filled themselves
up first, and then passed it over to the Women and
Children to finish = did not keep any for the next
day, when hungry they started off for another forage
I have seen in Books & Papers that they were given to
cannabalisum, I very much doubt it, even in old
times, I have heard Bony talk about his Father
"My word that fellow murry wild, one time that fellow
bin go camp - that bin murry hungry - bail got
any paller that fellow bin kill him little fellow
pickameny, and bin roast him and eat him"
Bony used to tell this to show what a "Miall" his
Father was = I very much doubt if canabalisum
ever was practised, I have seen in a Book that
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