Plagued by severe drought. Or…
One day the people of the village had a meeting at the phujaibaan's house to discuss why the area was so affected by drought. 'What shall we do? Shouldn't we hold a solemn meeting to appease the rain spirits?' And another asked 'What sin, what crime has caused this terrible situation? It's never been dry for so long!' And so they talked on and on.
That morning his wife brought the meal much later than usual, and he was very upset. "Why are you so bloody late?" And his wife: 'Well, to tell you the truth, I almost didn't come at all. We all had to go to a meeting. I went to the phujai's house but it was only for men. I have no idea what the meeting was about. Something about sex with a water buffalo… You go there!”
The man hurriedly ate his rice and went on his way. But… the other men in the village knew nothing of his dealings with the buffalo. They just had a meeting about the ongoing drought. He came in later than the others, crouched on the floor and knocked over a large pitcher of water.
Some people wanted to avoid wasting water and shouted 'Grab him by the neck! Grab him by the neck!' They meant the neck of the carafe of water. But the man heard those cries and sprang up furiously. He screamed! "Try grabbing my neck! I sewed my own buffalo! It was my buffaloes, not yours! Watch me get it!'
'So, now we have him' cried the phujaibaan. 'We've got him. This guy committed the sin that has caused a drought. To sew a buffalo, ridiculous! He will be fined. Bring him here.' 'A fine is okay' said the man and took money out of his pocket. 'All right then. Here is money for the white and for the dark.'
"Do you have them both…?" The phujai made a decision: a fine of thirteen baht for the white and fifteen baht for the dark buffalo. 'So you you have sinned so badly. Well, we got you!'
Source:
Titillating tales from Northern Thailand. White Lotus Books, Thailand. Translated from English and edited by Erik Kuijpers.
The author is Viggo Brun (1943) who lived with his family in the Lamphun region in the 1970s. He was an associate professor of Thai language at the University of Copenhagen.This story also comes from the oral tradition in Northern Thailand. See for more explanation: https://www.thailandblog.nl/cultuur/twee-verliefde-schedels-uit-prikkelende-verhalen-uit-noord-thailand-nr-1/
I remember the time when the boys who went to the rice fields with the animals had their fun with the karabuis.
That wasn't even that long ago.
In those days the girls were still inaccessible to them in the villages.
Today, many marriages begin with pregnancy.