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Mack Riley says no to grog

I watched 4 Corners last night. The program - Punch Drunk - was about the personal and economic cost of alcohol to Australia's young people, police, health and judicial services. It was a great program. I've been put in hospital before because of stupid drunken violence and am all too aware of the problem it is in our society. Today I was flicking through the Marra grammar and rediscovered a nice little text by Mack Manguji Riley about how he doesn't like grog. Mack's little story was recorded in the 1970s and he died a long time ago (he's the brother of famous Marra artist, Ginger Riley ) but I really like his little spiel in Marra about grog. I thought I'd share: Nginarra, nomo laigim grog, gurl-alajurlu, gana nginarra, ganagu gurl-ngajinjiyi wirrju nana nanggayarra, ngabar-alama wul-jari, galimba ganagu wurg-balamayi wala wul-wayarra wul-jalguyi Mi, ai nomo laigim grog weya alabat dringgim, en mi, ai nomo dringgim, im nogud thanja, alabat siksikb