title: Red Onion, White Onion and Other Malay Legends and Folklores
author:  M A Badrie 
description: M A Badrie spent the early 1970's at UC Davis, California and Washington State University where he earned his BS and MS respectivly in agricultural studies. Mixing with the international communities there he was exposed to many foreign legends and folklores, including native American ones. He continued his studies in Holland at Delft and later did his Ph D at Lancaster, UK, and later was back in USA at Harvard as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar. He retired in 1992 from his academic career and started practising as a professional environmental consultant, with works in the tropical forests, the coastal zones, the offshore areas and the deep rural areas. He has published a number of academic books and tecnical papers, but this collection of Malay legends and folklores is a new venture coming from a deep and keen interest in stories of old. His next book is a collection of short stories : "Scary Stories from Malaysia for the Truly Unafraid," and this one deals with ghosts, witchcrafts and evil spirits. He is married to Rubi, his wife of 35 years and he lives in the university town of Bangi, just 20km from Kuala Lumpur.
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  [1\. THE ROSE](Tcheriapin_split_001.html#filepos1546)
  
  [THE STRANGER'S STORY](Tcheriapin_split_001.html#filepos10490)
  
  [2\. "THE BLACK MASS"](Tcheriapin_split_001.html#filepos34791)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Tcheriapin
  
  
  ### Sax Rohmer
  
  
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  * 1\. THE ROSE
  
  
  * THE STRANGER'S STORY
  
  
  * 2\. "THE BLACK MASS"
  
  
  
  
  
  ### 1\. THE ROSE
  
  
  Examine it closely," said the man in the unusual caped overcoat. "It
  
  
  will repay examination."
  
  
  I held the little object in the palm of my hand, bending forward
  
  
  over the marble-topped table and looking down at it with deep
  
  
  curiosity. The babel of tongues so characteristic of Malay Jack's, and
  
  
  that mingled odour of stale spirits, greasy humanity, tobacco, cheap
  
  
  perfume, and opium, which distinguishes the establishment, faded from
  
  
  my ken. A sense of loneliness came to me.
  
  
  Perhaps I should say that it became complete. I