Unca Walt
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"Krag" <-- thassa old rifle. Might be a connection with Boers.Not saying it ain't so but.... I lived in SA in various places. Joburg, Durban, Mandini, and Capetown for over 20 years and was a smoker even before we emigrated there in 1981.
A can assure you that - especially among the Afrikaaners (white native South "efricans". - It was a slang term, for weed alongside dagga etc. And a "scaife" was slang for a smoke but for those in the know, it also meant a joint.
Another Afrikaans word I love is "Krag" - I like to apply that to weed too but never heard anyone else use it in that fashion.
One of my novels* is partially set in SA. I had a lot of help from a lady who worked in a casino down there with background stuff that only somebody who lived there would know.
*The honey on the cover is my Beautiful Scottish Witch. I am on the cover of The Cadet -- The Adventures of a New World Pioneer in the 17th Century.
Ain't she purdy?