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Skeat, Walter William
The Malays believe that it is very bad for one to be awakened suddenly, and even when one coolie is waking another, he does so with the greatest gentleness, calling him softly by his name in an ever varying tone until he has succeeded in awaking him. Rajas and Chiefs are never aroused until they wake naturally. The European passion of being called in the morning is regarded by the Malays as only one more symptom of the madness which is known to possess these people.7
Source notes
1Em. Supaya. ↑
2Em. Mikail. ↑
3i.e. ʿAzrail: so infra in iv. ↑
4Em. Kemalu-’l-hakim, i.e. Lukmanu-’l-hakim. ↑
5Qu. Disitu. ↑
6Em. Berusul. ↑
7Hikayat Raja Budiman, Part ii. No. 3, p. 35, Publications of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. For other charms connected with the Soul vide infra Chap. VI. esp. secs, ccxiii, ccxiv, cclxv, cclxxv. ↑