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The Straits Times / Article, Illustration24 January 1975 - How to keep a 'date' with a ghost— without tears MEI-LIN CHEW By IT 18 no laughing matter when considering 1 a "date" with a ghost, but these students could not help but be tickled when told of how to go about it. According U> age-old Malay beliefs. your "date"MEI-LIN CHEW - 258 words -
The Straits Budget / Article6 January 1938 - (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, Jan. 4. THE LIFE of a five-year-old 1 Malay child who fell into a river and was drowned might have been saved had he been rushed to hospital instead of the father calling a “bomoh” (medicine man)258 words -
Singapore Standard / Article15 August 1958 - Missing Youth's Body Found In Sea BUTTERWORTH, Thurs. The body of an 18-year-old youth, See Kow Kuah, who was reported missing on Tuesday, was found floating m the sea m front of the District Office here, (his morning. A Marine Police launch brought it ashore for removal to the District104 words -
The Straits Times / Article25 October 1950 - I rum Our Malar Corresponded yVERY Thursday night a Malay woman living r in Muar sleeps with a 21 -foot python by her side. She believes that the python is the reincarnation of her mother-in-law Her husband says that his mother died in January this111 words -
Eastern Sun / Article29 August 1967 - IPOH, Mon. Sergeant Abdul Ghani bin Biden. 37. of the Bth Battalion Royal Malay Regiment, who was described in the High Court here today as a "bomoh," was convicted on an amended charge of committing "khalwat" with a fellow-soldier's wife in Tapah in January and fined108 words -
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article17 December 1940 - Batik Pulau. A middle-aged Malay whose name was given as Din bin Taib on Sunday evening left his house at Permatang Tengah to do his usual work at the padi field about a mile away. He returned in about an hour with a swollen foot161 words -
The Straits Times / Article21 August 1958 - IPOH, Wed.— The legless ghost at the No. 2 Police Field Force base here has been promised peace offerings if it will stop bothering a group of special constables bein? retrained at the base. A bomoh. Inche Abdul Manas bin Mohamed Yassin.395 words -
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article4 January 1938 - Coroner Rebukes Grandfat her Of Drowned Boy (From Our Own Correspondent t Alor Star. Jan 3 You should have rushed the child t hospital, not called the bomoh to cur him,” said Che Azmi, Chief MagistralAlor Star, s tting a s coroner, yesterdax when380 words -
New Nation / Miscellaneous14 August 1978 - Today's top shows AFTERNOON MATINEE: A Letter to Three Wlvea. (Ch. 5. 3.35 p.m.). When three wives In a small town get a letter from the town flirt graciously Informing them that she Is eloping with one of their husbands, each wonders whether It Is her husband. A delicious little278 words -
The Straits Budget / Article26 October 1950 - ta\o AP ORT, Oct. 25 EVERY Thursday nlpht a Malay woman lUnnn In Muar sleeps with (2 21 -foot python by her side She believes that the w/thon is the reincarnation of her mother-in-law Her husband says th/it his mother died in January this year116 words -
The Straits Times / Article4 December 1988 - KOTA BARU An unemployed youth who killed two people and injured three others with a dagger has been detained by police here. The Malay-language daily Berita Harian reported that the man killed his aunt and a cousin and injured his grandmother, an uncle and117 words -
Sunday Standard / Article14 September 1952 - THOMAS GOH By AMONG the countless superstitious beliefs of the East, perhaps some oi the most intriguing and incredible ones are those practised m Malaya. The Chinese, m spite of their early culture and ancient civilization, are still a very superstitious race on the whole.THOMAS GOH - 558 words -
The Straits Times / Article15 August 2001 - BRENDAN PE REIR A Malaysia's rapid modernisation has not dispelled faith in the occult as many still turn to mediums to seek revenge on foes and good fortune for themselves Hu MALAYSIA CORRKSPONDKNT THOSE WHO DABBLE IN BLACK HAGIC AND ALL THIS STUFF USUALLY ONLYBRENDAN PEREIRA - 589 words -
Singapore Standard / Article, Illustration10 December 1957 - Lured By Woman In Jeans, Police Told A PRETTY 15-year-old girl, Low Ah Hoo, alias Ah Hiang, who was lured from her home in Mandai Road, Singapore by a woman dressed in "Yankee" trousers and a blue and white striped blouse five days ago,435 words -
The Straits Times / Article, Illustration2 March 1994 - Spiritual treatment can take traeic turns IN THEIR search for "cures" against what they see as black magic, sufferers of mental illness are vulnerable to exploitation by charlatans. Families have been conned into parting with their life savings by people masquerading as healers.1,242 words -
The Straits Times / Article8 February 1969 - Court told of three schoolgirls who sought magic from bomoh T'EMERLOH. Fri. 1 Threo schoolgirls who were promised "magical powers" by a bomoh to pass their LCE xam i n a tion 1 were later raped by him a magistrate's court was told. I Accused of raping thr all aged308 words -
The Straits Times / Article28 November 1982 - thin is your house). The house the wouldbe burglars entered belongs to Kaden HaJI Suuathan, who Is also chief of the association for Malaysian dukuns, the Malay traditional medicine association. Police described the case as "abnormal." Kaden Supathan too has a me sn302 words -
The Straits Times / Article17 July 1968 - Jet set bomoh's job— to stop the rain ALBERT RAMALINGAM By J£OTA KINABALAU, Tues A 70-year-old bomoh, Inche Tthar bin Haji Kamin, stepped off the MSA Comet from Singapore today for. a very special assignment. His job to keep away rain during the three-day State visit of the Yang di-PertuanALBERT RAMALINGAM - 281 words -
The Singapore Free Press / Article, Illustration2 May 1957 - RIDDLE OF THE CLAWS OF DEATH Pel ham Groom Q^^^f '^P*tB"0F 0 *&^9^r W *^H 0VV0 *j gjfgbhfghfgh "YOU'RE a Malay, Latiff, how much faith do you put m the powers of Bomoh's?" Lai Peng looked across the table and Latiff shrugged his shoulders. "That's a very difficult question toPelham Groom - 2,076 words -
The Singapore Free Press / Article20 April 1957 - A MAGIC STONE Pelham Groom By r rHK bezoar stones which are called buntal by the Malays, and bantat gemala when they are thought to ha,ve gained talismanic properties, are very powerful magic indeed. The first time I saw one used was when i\ most unpleasant looting centipede invaded myPelham Groom - 784 words
