kirtparn

Photographer: Penny Smith

Bush Cucumber

Cucumis picrocarpus

Kamparrijang-kulu ngulu manani nyila-ma kirtparn-ma puntanup. Manani ngulu kuya. Kalypa ngulu yuwanani nyawa-ngka na ngapanyji-la na. Walngin-tu ngaja-ngku payawu.
They used to pick bush cucumbers in the old days. They used to roll them to soften them. Then (poke it with a stick and drip it) in the eye - if a fly bit you, for example.

Speaker: Violet Wadrill