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cicadas and their cries, birds |
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Wakching word Kok-chit for cykada (cicada) |
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For Wanching knows five kinds of cicada Kokchit, Kok-chang, Nyo, a smaller kind - Nyen-chek, Mu-yek (which begins calling end of July); Leshu. |
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Shiong names: Mu-yek, Nyo, Ga-shet, Haming-min ha, Kok-cha. Shiong: the boys catch them and put them into little baskets to hear them sing, - the Wanching boys hold them in their hands. |
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When Ga-shet call they know that millet and maize become (52) ripe, - when Hamingminha calls the rice is getting ripe. |
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When a Honikot calls at night the real rice is getting ripe. |
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The Wanching p. takes Pen-pilak as signal for sowing, - it is one of the cuckoos, - probably a hawk cuckoo. |
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When the Kok-chang or the Nyo calls the millet and the maize are ripe. |
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When the Muyak and the leshu calls the real rice becomes ripe. |
