Men and boys were expected to eat regularly with age-mates and were encouraged to bring home two or three friends to eat; parents being proud when they did so, for if a young man often came home alone to eat, his father could beat him, or even take a spear and wound him.
Se esperaba que los hombres y los niños comieran regularmente con compañeros de su edad y se les animaba a traer a casa a dos o tres amigos para comer; los padres estaban orgullosos cuando lo hacían, porque si un joven llegaba a menudo solo a casa para comer, su padre podía golpearlo o incluso coger una lanza y herirlo.