 | 1876 - 490 pages
...the four corners of which are connected by cord*, and often much ornamented with beads and tassels. A prevalent custom is the "pomali," exactly equivalent...respected. It is used on the commonest occasions, and a few palm-leaves stuck outside a garden, as a sign of the " pomali," will preserve its produce from (nieves... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1897 - 666 pages
...indicates the sort of curse which the owner of a tabued thing hopes may fall on the thief. In Timor, " a few palm leaves stuck outside a garden as a sign of the ' pomali ' [tabu] will preserve its produce from thieves as effectually as the threatening notice of man-traps,... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1885 - 228 pages
...indicates the- sort of curse which the owner of a tabued thing hopes may fall on the thief. In Timor, " a few palm leaves stuck outside a garden as a sign of the ' pomali ' [tabu] •will preserve its produce from thieves as effectually as the threatening notice of man-traps,... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1896 - 926 pages
...the thief. In Timor, " a few palm leaves stuck outside a garden as a sign of the ' pomali ' [tabu] will preserve its produce from thieves as effectually...threatening notice of man-traps, spring guns, or a savago dog, would do with us." Bastian tells us that the Congoese make use of the fetich to protect... | |
 | American Oriental Society - 1897 - 226 pages
...473. Wallace mentions the custom of pomali in Timor, and Forbes in Burn. A prevalent custom [in Timor] is the "pomali," exactly equivalent to the "taboo"...man-traps, spring guns, or a savage dog, would do with us. 1869 WALLACE, Malay Archipelago (1890), p. 149. The custom of " tabu," called here [in Timor] " pomali,"... | |
 | American Oriental Society - 1897 - 432 pages
...the custom of pomali in Timor, and Forbes in Burn. A prevalent custom [in Timor] is the "poinali," exactly equivalent to the "taboo" of the Pacific islanders,...man-traps, spring guns, or a savage dog, would do with us. 1869 WALLACE, Malay Archipelago (1890), p. 149. The custom of " tabu," called here [in Timor] " pomali,"... | |
 | Edward Westermarck - 1908 - 914 pages
...Exactly equivalent to the taboo of the Pacific Islanders is the pomali of the natives of Timor ; " a few palm leaves stuck outside a garden as a sign...effectually as the threatening notice of mantraps, spring-guns, or a savage dog, would do with us." 2 Among the Santals, whenever a person " is desirous... | |
 | James George Frazer - 1909 - 102 pages
...is a powerful instrument to enforce the rights of private property. Thus, in the island of Timor " a prevalent custom is the pomali, exactly equivalent...' of the Pacific islanders and equally respected, if is used on the commonest occasions, and" a few palm leaves stuck outside a garden as a sign of the... | |
 | American Sociological Association - 1910 - 630 pages
...under its mystical protection fruit-trees, houses, crops, and property of all kinds. A few palm-leaves "stuck outside a garden as a sign of the pomali will...effectually as the threatening notice of man-traps, spring-guns, or a savage dog would do with us.'"-8 When one of the Kubus, a small tribe of central... | |
 | Albion W. Small, Ellsworth Faris, Ernest Watson Burgess, Herbert Blumer - 1910 - 894 pages
...under its mystical protection fruit-trees, houses, crops, and property of all kinds. A few palm-leaves "stuck outside a garden as a sign of the pomali will...effectually as the threatening notice of man-traps, spring-guns, or a savage dog would do with us."28 When one of the Kubus, a small tribe of central Sumatra,... | |
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a prevalent custom is the pomali, exactly equivalent to the 'taboo' of the Pacific islanders, and equally respected. It is used on the commonest occasions, and a few palm leaves stuck outside a garden as a sign of the pomali will preserve its produce... 
