"Honey-eater" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... so pleased with her for always having food for the hungry that, when at length she died, he allowed her to revisit her old gahreemai, or camp, her spirit returning in the form of the little honey-eater bird, Durrooee; and all women after her had a like privilege if they had done their duty in life. These birds are sacred; no one must harm them, nor even imitate their cry. It would be hard to hurt them, for the spirit in them is so strong. If any one even takes ...
— The Euahlayi Tribe - A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia • K. Langloh Parker |
