Goala

"They say," said the boy Goala, "that the white men wear shells like a turtle."

Pastwatch, the Redemtion of Christopher Columbus Card, Orson Scott 1996

"Still they're very stupid not to see," said Goala, a teenage boy freshly into his manhood.

Pastwatch, the Redemtion of Christopher Columbus Card, Orson Scott 1996

Thus the Goala was restored to his original shape, but he and his faithful wife did not return to their own relations; they took service with a farmer of that country and after a time they saved money and took some land and lived prosperously and well.

Folklore of the Santal Parganas Cecil Henry Bompas

From that time men of the Goala caste have always been very careful to treat cattle well.

Folklore of the Santal Parganas Cecil Henry Bompas

But the Goala did not care to take the money home for fear his wife should talk about it; he resolved to see first whether his wife could keep a secret.

Folklore of the Santal Parganas Cecil Henry Bompas

At this the Goala was filled with grief and began to weep; then he remembered the promise of the snake that he should be able to restore the dead to life and he resolved to put it to the test.

Folklore of the Santal Parganas Cecil Henry Bompas

The Goala asked the princess to give him the flute and she said that she would give it to him if he promised to marry her and not otherwise.

Folklore of the Santal Parganas Cecil Henry Bompas

Then the crow and the parrot mounted into the air and flew away up the river, and after long search they spied the Goala in the jungle resting his cattle under the peepul tree; so they flew down and perched on the peepul tree and consulted how they could lure him away.

Folklore of the Santal Parganas Cecil Henry Bompas

Goala or Gauli, a milkman, a common synonym for the caste.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

Birluri was of the Goala caste and Birbanta of the oilman's caste.

Folklore of the Santal Parganas Cecil Henry Bompas