STRANGE BELIEFS
BENEFITS FROM DRINKING BLOOD. There are beliefs among the Burmans', the Chinese, Siamese, and Malays regarding the beneficial effects of drinking the blood of animals and birds. The Chinese prefer duck’s blood as a cure for certain ailments pertaining to the chest and stomach. The Malays and Siamese seek the tiger’s blood as an antidote to failing health. Some people in Burma take the blood of monkeys to cure diseases of the heart. Tiger’s flesh, is sought after by
the Chinese, Malays, and Siamese, who believe that it tends to give vitality. Malay and Siamese athletes, especially footballers and boxers, are credited with consuming the blood and flesh of tigers to give them endurance and courage. Tigers are more easily got in Malaya and Siam than in Burma. The drinking of pigeon’s blood in the belief that it will cure chest complaints is a practice in Rangoon even among people of some education.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 August 1938, Page 8
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155STRANGE BELIEFS Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 August 1938, Page 8
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