HAUSA FOLK-LORE

CUSTOMS, PROVERBS, ETC.

WANAN LITAFI TATSUNIA NE

THIS IS A BOOK OF STORIES

COLLECTED AND TRANSLITERATED WITH ENGLISH
TRANSLATION AND NOTES

BY

R. SUTHERLAND RATTRAY, F.R.G.S., F.R.A.I.

OF EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD
ASSISTANT DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, ASHANTI, WEST AFRICA
AUTHOR OF 'CHINYANJA FOLK-LORE'
QUALIFIED INTERPRETER IN HAUSA, TWI, CHINYANJA, MOLE

WITH A PREFACE BY

R. R. MARETT, M.A.

READER IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
PRESIDENT OF THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY

IN TWO VOLUMES: VOL. I

Published in 1913 at the Clarendon Press