[The Euahlayi Tribe by K. Langloh Parker]@TWC D-Link bookThe Euahlayi Tribe CHAPTER VIII 9/12
He went away into the bush, where he has been a dreaded devil ever since; for if he touches a man's shadow even, that man will itch all over and nothing can cure him of it.
He haunts Boorah grounds. Next Byamee made a stone bull roarer sort of thing, but this was too heavy to make the noise he wanted.
One day he was chopping a big Coolabah tree close to Weetalibah water-hole, which tree, much to the horror of our blacks, was burnt down a few years ago by travellers. As Byamee chopped, out flew a big chip.
He heard the whizzing sound it made, gave another chop, out flew another; again the whizzing sound. 'That is what I want,' he said I'll make a Gayandi of wood.' He cut a piece of mubboo, or beefwood, and shaped it; he tied a piece of string to a hole in one end; he hung it up in the big Coolabah tree. Then he went and cut one out of Noongah or Kurrajong, tied a string on to that and put it beside the other on the tree, and left them swinging there. One day he came back and was camping near; his wives, came along to the big tree.
There the Gayandi swung, making a whirring noise. 'What's that ?' said the women.
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