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ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS
Volume 5, entries 9441–10605. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
Entry 10241
Measure a man. Yo' kin take a new cord string. Dat's whut ah heard. An' take his measure dis way, de long Ways, an' dis way [probably made a sign with fingers]. (Around.) Yes. An' then yo' tie those knots. Tie one [knot] in each end [of length measurement string] and tie de othah two [ends of] around [measurement], one right here jes' around dat way. An' wear it right in front of you, see. An' dat'll make him stay at home. [To repeat: a knot is tied at the end of the usually new cord held against the body. A second knot indicates end of the length. While second knot is held at the beginning of the circumference measurement, a third knot in the same string will establish the end of this double measurement. Remember, measure- ment is taken while man is asleep.]
Entry 10242
I've heard of 'em takin' a handke'chief an' measurin' [a man's penis] so many inches, don' choo understand. I don't know whether it's six inches or what it is. An' they'll tie it. I think, the handke'chief in three knots, an' they will bury it. That'll make that man, don' choo understand leave home. That's what I heard 'em say. That'll make that man leave home, don't choo understand an' go the Way that they want 'em to go. They's some women, don't choo understand, they - you know - they don't [want] de man themselves an' they don't want choo to be there wid your people. An' they'll do anything in the world they kin to break 'em up.
Entry 10243
Take a piece of cloth, [they] say, an' ketch him asleep an' measure him, measure his penis. [Knots not tied]. An' aftah she measure it, den she wear dat aroun' her waist, yo' see. An' den dat's tuh tie him up. He cain't have nobody else but her. [One cylinder later informant repeats this rite from the man's point of view; see rite following present one.]
Entry 10244
Whut he could do fo' himself. Somebody have tuh put him wise tuh let him know dat she have him tied an' den he jes' go an' play with her an' yo' see, den he say, "Yo' got sompin aroun'yo'. Yo'don'want dat ole string aroun' yo'." An' jes' take it off her yo' see. Well, dat'll loose him. [This is informant's preceding rite 10243 from man's point of view.]
Entry 10245
Dey say dat chew tie seven knots or nine knots. [Fire in grate cracks, a cold rainy day.] It's always a odd number. An' tie it [this knotted string] around people an' dat will cause dem to have disconnection [be impotent] wit wimmin folks. [That fire in the grate cracked all day and I wore a long overcoat all day while intervieving! The rosin in the pinewood did the cracking.]
Entry 10246
Ah seen tie knots. Go off an' have intercourse with a woman an' tie knots in dat hans'cuff to tie her up.
(Just how would they do that?)
Well, dey take dere pocket hans'cuff an' de' tie it up, tie nine knots in it. Take de pocket hans' scuff den an' put it in a jar, an' put de jar down where she kin walk ovah it or walk undah it, eithah one, an' she'll always be fo' dat person.
(A man would do this to a woman.)
Uhmmm.
Entry 10247
Tie knots in a string an' measure the length of a man, an' wear it roun' yore laigs [either leg] an' he can't have a woman.
(How many knots would you tie?) Nine.
Entry 10248
She take an' tie nine knots in a string fo' her husban' so he couldn't have connection wit nobody else but her. She take nine knots - jes' lak mah [his] shirt, she'll take mah [his] shirt see an' tear a string out of it, an' tie nine knots in dere an' she wears it in her shoe. Dat will keep him from havin' connection wit any othah woman.
Entry 10249
She jus' got to ketch 'im sleepin' when he done been out an' come in broke down [worn out]. In the summertime there he's layin' up there, jus' ketcha piece of string - jus' like this - get the size of it. Then when she get it off, she drop this end an' starts from the other one an' make a knot right chere [here], direct where her hand left off, an' make nine knots in it. [The 9 knots are strung along the measurement, a knot at each end.] An' take it an' make nine knots an' tie it roun' 'er waist. Then he - it have a tendency that he can't raise for nobody but her.
(Is there any Way you get rid of that?)
Well, quite natchal, the string is goin' to weah off an' break off, an' he's going to....
Entry 10250
What would she do to fix him up? She would take a string while he is asleep and get the length of his private. And she'll tie that string in nine knots and she'll wear that string around her waist. And when he goes on the street amongst other womens, why his private will fall, it will never raise up for no one but her, as long as she wears that string. And she don't have to wear the string unless she wants to, for she can easily bury the string. The string will do its work either on her body or in the ground, as long as it is tied and she got the right length of it. It'll never raise up for no woman but her.
Entry 10251
Well, now jus' what one [woman] he be with. And the one what wants to stop him, well she'd get her a yard of brand-new yellow cotton [usually called homespun = unbleached cotton] and she'd take an' when they go to bed, and then they finish, well that's what she use. She use [wipes him with] that. And she have her piece of [white cotton] cord and she takes the measure [of his penis] and she puts nine knots in it, in each [this one] piece in the white cotton [cord]. Well, she keep the white [yellow] cotton [piece] up under her mattress and the cord with the nine knots in it, she wears it around her waist. And every time, if that's his wife, and he leave his wife to go to his lady friend, well there's nothing doing [with the other woman].
Entry 10252
[This rite comes in two parts:] (l) [A woman will] take his shirt, fold the arms together, crossing [each other], put on side of bed where he sleeps [put under mattress]. [The folding of shirt arms is a sym- bol of dead man in a coffin.] He'll be back. (2) [If he runs around with other woman, here is what she does.] Quite natural she kin git de measure of his private down dere an' tie as many knots in it as he [his] private is long, an' wear it aroun' her waist. Dat'll stop him.
Entry 10253
Ah tell you now, the Way ah understand the thing, it's jes' as good. Jes' like yo' have a interco'se with a woman, you tie nine knots in de string and she ain't going have nobody but you. If ah'd have fifty gals, ah betcha she'd wanta come [to me only].
(What would you do with that string after you put those nine knots in it?)
Tie it around your waist or tie it around your laig - right up above your kneecap here [demonstrates]. Co'se ah'm dirty [as I could see]. You know, ah'm a [house] painter you see. Ah betcha she won't have 'em [other men].
[While machine turned off informant says something.]
(Yes, and do what?)
You tie nine knots in the string.
(Yes, but didn't you say you did something else with it?)
Yes, jes' after you have interco'se with a woman [you do this. If some man] Wanta steal your wife, do this. You tie it around your waist. Ah betcha she won't have no one else.
Entry 10254
They say that if yo' have a husband and he runnin' round and yo' Wanta stop him from runnin' roun', of co'se yo' take him, yo' know - ah guess when yo' do fomily duties - an' yo' measure him. And after measuring him, co'se [of course] yo' put nine knots in it, de string. An' then take de string an' wear it round yore waist, an' of co'se he can't have no courage with no one but chew.
Entry 10255
Ah heard dat chew kin take a cord string dat chew buy on a package an' measure his private, an' make nine knots in it an' wear it round yore waist, am' he can't go out an' have nobody else.
Entry 10256
And a woman can, like she got a man, you know, and he is going to another woman. Well, when she have him, she take a brand-new piece of cotton [cloth] and catch that, see, and she put 9 knots in it, an' jes' put a hole anywhere in the mattress and jes' stick it in the mattress.
Entry 10257
Well [into a cloth] you can take a man's stuff, and take it and make nine kmots in it [cloth] and take it and sew it up in east part of the - at least in the west part [of the bed]. And after you sew it up in there, jes' left [leave] it stay there. And if he's sleeping on the front part of that bed, it has a tendency to make him stay home, not to run around. Stop him from run- ning around. (Where do you sew that thing up? In? How?) Well, like this is - well, you put it right in here [points to bed in hotel room where I was interviewingl. Sew it up in this mattress, right in here.
(On the west side of the bed?)
Yeah, towards the east.
(Oh, you sew that on the east side of the bed?)
Yeah. [I did not explore this symbolism: east to rise with and west to set with sun. For this symbolism see No.10261.1
(I see, in the mattress?)
In the mattress. And that has a tendency to keep [him] from running around, quiets him down. [Wiping-cloth enclosed by 4 corners of bed makes a quincunx.]
Entry 10258
Yo' take yore towel whut chew use in interco'sin' wit a man, yo' take it an' tear it in nine strands an' tie nine knots in it, an' sew it up in de mattress in de place where he lay. He can't mess wit no othah woman but his wife [with you]. (You take this towel that you wipe with and you tie it in nine strips. Nine knots in the whole or the whole thing together?) Tie it together in nine knots.
(You tie all these strips together in nine knots?)
Yes sir, an' sew it in de mattress under de place where he sleeps.
Entry 10259
Yo' kin take a lemon with a woman when she's in heat, when she wanta have a man. Yo' kin take dat lemon an' put salt in dat lemon, an' yo' take it an' yo' drop some of it on her. Dat ain't goin' make her hot no mo', she won't wanta have nobody else no mo' until aftah yo' reduce [dat lemon].
Entry 10260
Yo' get chureself nine matches.
(Nine ordinary matches?)
Nine ordinary matches and burn each one, an' cross yo'self down dere with dose matches an' read de Ten Commandments. An' every morning you do that for nine mornings, an' the ninth morning, why, you find it different; your nature's come back. "Cause ah've been done that way once an' ah knows. (Just to be sure I understand. Here are the nine matches. I light each one and let it burn [so that each match will become a pencil or mark- erl. Now do I take each match and just make a cross on myself?) Make a cross on it [penis]. (Cross it nine times [all together] with each one of these burnt matches and leave a black mark on it?) That's right, make a black [cross] mark on it. [Somewhere else I may have discussed the match - especially one with a red head - as a phallic symbol. One match is used each day and one cross only is made - 9 matches and 9 crosses.]
Entry 10261
If a woman have tricked him where he can't do business, well every morning he take dat. Take some milk an' put it in de pan an' bathe down wit it; an' throw it toward de risin' sun, every morning fo' nine mornings. [I had stopped machine but restarted it to include informant's use of the word courage.]
(What will that do then? That will restore his courage?)
Yes, restore his courage. [Stop machine.]
[Start machine again to pick up another addition.]
(You say bathe down.)
Entry 10262
Ah heard dey said yo' could take yo' discharge an' put it in a rag an' put it where no air kin git to it, an' put it in yore pillah, an' he cain't do nuthin off nowheres else, an' he'll have tuh stay home.
Entry 10263
(What can he do for that?) Well, he kin go to take black mo- lasses syrup an' eat it, eat it fo' about nine days. Dat will kill ever' bit of it [impotence].
Entry 10264
If yo' wanta keep in love wit a man, yo' jes' turn de right foot of yore shoes down underneat' de bed an' he'll have tuh stick wit yo'. He can't go out himself wit womenfolks.
(Whose shoes do you turn down? The woman would turn hers down?)
Dat's right, down under de bed.
Entry 10265
They say that chew can take the water off of a silver dollah and also the water off of a copper cent, and sprinkle a little bit of that with some snail dust in a woman's place there, and when a man comes there he'll get stuck just like a dog. [Following rite 10266 by same man.]
Entry 10266
[Here we have two fundamental ingredients for impotence combined in the same rite:] They can take a dishrag and snail dust and sprinkle some of that snail dust over it, the dishrag, and then let him take that and put it up and down her place there [the vulva] and cross it [thus making the sign of the cross], and Bobody's penis can stand to undertake to go in there, they claim. And then they smid that if it's a man, all she's got to do, is to ever' now and then to wrahp chat round his penis, and he can't stay away from her, he has to come home. [Aloag similar lines, in case you missed it, let me recall your attention to one of the most unusual statements in HOODOO - how to make a special sign of the cross. The Christian Church has made the sign of the cross in all sorts of ways: niht hand or left, beginning on right side or left, using any number of fingers Qd in all sorts of combinations, etc., but surely the first stroke upward is unique - see No.3345, p.2394, v.3. Preceding rite 10265 is by this present in- formant.]
Entry 10267
De snail, yo' know, he's got some ole wax on him, an' de earthworm. An' yo' mix de wax offa de snail an' de earthworm an' rub it on de woman, an' if she has an- other man yo'll ketch him - [one of the many folklore causes of penis captivus. For other snail rites and impotence, see pp.2458-2470, v.3, and later in this present section].
Entry 10268
He has a piece of cloth. He'll use that himself. He steal it while he goin' to her. He steals it. An' he'll jes' keep it with 'im an' he wipe him an' wipe her. An' when he wipe her, you know, like that, why ever' man who went dere he'd fall.
Entry 10269
[A woman] fixes a man so he don't have nature fer any other woman. Ah [a doctor] always nuses [uses] pure cream wit a massage to him - wit de cow cream - an' give him dis rattlesnake master an' deer tongue root. Take de deer tongue an' dig an' git de root part of 'em, an' boil 'em all into one. An' de picka- nettZe [for identity See later]. An' boilt it into one an' give him to drink; [remedy] which most [people] says is worked as a Spanish fly work, but ah did not add dat. You better not [in your work] call it dat [Spanish flyl. But it work jes' as you.... Dis cream dat she got - what I gave him to massage hisself, begin wit black gunpowder. Dat will kill de germs of whatever she put on him, whatever kind of herb she put on him; a powder, have to be a dust. It have to be a burnt dust to take effect - put on him. I wash him off wit an' give him dis to take an' dat will give him a nature to go anywhere wit any woman. (This "pickle" business [actually "pickanettle"] is the same as "gall of the earth, " isn't it?) Yes, sir. It grows straight up [the reason why it is used as an aphrodisiac], but ah got some near to de house. Ah'll make it mah business to come back an' bring some of mine so you could see jes' what ah got. It grows jes' straight up jes' like it got lotsa thorns on de back. [I had heard of pickanettle in Charles- ton, a nettle or thorny plant of some sort.]
Entry 10270
When mah husban' left home ah had some of his [pubic] hair an' ah taken it an' put it in de bottle an' stopped it up an' put it up undah de steps. An' jis' lak me an' him be to- gether, well ah got de string an' got some of it [semen] an' put it roun' mah waist; an' he always be's by me all de time. An' ah got de dishcloth an' put some [semen] on de dishcloth an' put it up ovah de do', an' whenevah he go out - he had been goin' out an' stayin' an' stayin' an' goin' off runnin' roun', an' he got so he jis' stayed at home all de time. An' den ah quit him. Aftah he got tuh bein' so good tuh me, den ah went tuh treatin' him mean. Yo' know, him treatin' me mean, ah went off tuh show him how it feel fo' him tuh do me lak dat. An' he jis' cry all de time tuh try tuh git me back.
(Did you go back to him?)
No, ah didn't go back to him. He in hospital now.
Entry 10271
If a person got chew fixed so yo' ain't got no manhood wit chureself, yo' jes' go an' make water into a red ant's nest. It will freshen right up ag'in. Ah've lost mah nature mah- self dat way an' ah've gained it back dat way. Dat's true about dat. [For ants see Nos.3111-3112, p.2342, v.3.]
Entry 10272
If a woman didn't want chew tuh be socially familiar wit her, den she git some chamber lye an' put it in his cooking. Why yo' couldn't have de courage wit dat woman. Ah've heard of dat. [The opposite is usually true, as in two following rites.]
Entry 10273
He takes and give her his urine to drink unbeknownst to her, like in beer or wine, and she won't even look at another man, won't have any nature to- wards any other man. That urine keeps her mine [mind] on that one man, her husband, when he is gone away from her, on a visit or somepin.
Entry 10274
Dey have to take de measurement of a man, say it's such as a man run- nin' aroun' after women. An' if a woman take his measurement with a piece of string, an' his water, an' put it in there [bottle], as he go to fool with any other woman, whenever she shake this [bottle] up, he'll lose all nachure fer any other woman but her. She keep that [bottle] in a secret place, an' whenever she think that he's doin' somepin wrong, shake that, an' nachurely that would cause him to lose nachure fer any other woman but her.
Entry 10275
Well, if she could get holt of somepin belongin' to a man, if she could get holt of his - but she must be in connection with him once. And she could get the measure of him and get some of her chamber lye and mix it together, she could get him. The only Way he could get away from her.
(She takes the measure of the man with a string?)
With a string, yeah.
(And what did she do with her chamber lye, then?)
Put it in that bottle with the string.
(Oh, she puts the string in the bottle where she put the chamber lye.)
Put it in a bottle and set it up in de left corner of the house. [The left corner is either left corner, front or back, while approaching house.]
(In the left corner of the house, and that will keep him.)
That will keep him right with her.
Entry 10276
I know at one time a woman and a man were very familiar towards each other, they would do anything they were inclined to do. So at last one day this woman decided that she would take the measure [circumfer- ence] and the length of her sweetheart. And after doing so - just as if you would go and measure a dog's tail. I don't care how bad the dog is, I don't care how much stranger he is, you can measure his tail and take the length of the measure and bury it at your doorstep, and that dog will never depart from you. So this woman, after taking the measurement of this man, goes to work. Then she decreed that, I want this man for myself individual. She would go to work and take this measurement, and wrap it up in a bundle and put it in a bottle, and put this measurement in her trunk, with a small quantity of her urine with this; and stopped it up and put it in her trunk and let it remain. And this man then would always forever be ravish with her and always wanting to get to her. You measure with a piece of string, stick, anything. You put that in the bottle with the urine. The man, you measure the length; the woman, you measure the size. He would do the same sort of thing with her measure. [Hamp- ton (Old Point Comfort), Va., by Ediphone.]
Entry 10277
To fix him up. Now he wants to get his nature back, all he got to do, he take and he urine in a bottle. You see, he....
(He urinates into a bottle?)
In a bottle, you see. Now, he urinates in a bottle and, if he urinate in that bottle and he can get to some of hers, see, he pour hers on top of his. Now, when he put that together, he take sugar and cinnamon and he puts that all togethah. He mixes that up good. See. Now, he put that under the head of the bed; see, where he sleep at, where he knows she can't find it. If he's got time enough to do that and she's done fixed the bed herself, he puts that hisself there, you see, because he has to do hisself good, you understand. Now, at night when he comes in - if he done come from work or if he's got work anywhere - when he comes in, long about, prob'ly it might be midnight. He'll raise up, you see. He's going to raise up. Now, when he get [raise] up, he'll get there to her, see. And as long as he keep that there [under bed] until he get hisself back together, done got back all his nature again, why then he can take that same bottle of stuff and keep it hid on the top of anything that's high where she can't get to it. And she'll have more trouble with him than the day is long. She'll have plenty trouble with him then, because he'll always want to be on her, see. He done got his nature back. (I see, that's to bring his nature back, so that he can do this with his wife.) With his wife.
(I see.)
Entry 10278
Whut chew kin do with a dirty sock, least dat is tuh keep a man with a woman, dat is she's about tuh go or he's about tuh go from her, is dis: His urine is his nature. Yo' understan' dat. Yo' git de bottle an' git de urine an' yo' git de he lodestone, steel dust, cinnamon, sugah, drawin' oil, mind oil. Write de name nine times, nine needles an' nine pins. An' yo' put dat ingrediment [ingredients] together, yo' understan', an' yo' shake it well an' put it undah de do'step. Be shure dat it crosses ovah it three times, an' den aftah yo' take it an' put it anywheres in yore place. Yes, ah kin guarantee yo' it bring de woman dat ah did de work fo' dat ah he'ped [helped] out with it, an' through prayers, goin' to de chapel an' makin' prayers.
(That'll hold the man?)
Listen, dat'll hold him an' yo'll nevah git, but don' evah - dat means a man'll kill yuh if he gits holt of dat, yo' see. Dat means death. An' it really will hold him.
Entry 10279
There's another thing. They can take your chamber lye again and stop you from using a woman.
(How could.they do that?)
They take your chamber lye and put it into a little small bottle like that, and after they put it into a small bottle, they let it rest overnight. And after it rest in overnight, they take that [bottled] chamber lye and put it down into some warm milk and take it [bottle] up. Draw it [bottle] up and let that milk boil away, that it almost gone out that bottle [pan]. And take that [small] bottle again and ketch a owl and shove it up in that owl's throat until it kill him. And take that bottle [with urine inside] and bury it in the ground with his [owl's] head up. Then you'll go for the balance of your life.
(You do what?)
You locked up [impotent] for the balance of your life, you can't use a woman. (You put an owl in there, an owl, a bird, an owl that steals a chicken, an owl that flies around at night?) [I am wrong. Owl is not put in bottle but very small bottle with urine is put in owl's throat.] Yeah. (An owl? And this milk. Do you pour the urine into the milk or put that bottle down into the milk?) [Again I am wrong!] Put the bottle [with urine] down in there [the milk].
(But you don't let any milk get into the bottle?)
No, you have it sealed.
(Yes, but you let this [bottled] urine boil in the milk?)
Yeah.
(I understand, I see. But you have to kill this owl, inside the bottle?)
[As I explained, owl is not in bottle.]
Yes. (And bury the bottle [in owl's throat] with the owl's head up. You have to ase a large bottle for that [no!] I understand. [No, the urine is in very small bottle in owl's throat, but owl buried head up.]
Entry 10280
Jes' lak a woman if she love yo', she be - well, she take de bow out yore cap. Well, she take dis bow outa yore cap an' when she mess wit chew, she take de germs from yo' an' herself, an' she'll roll dis bow up in it. She roll dis bow up in dat. An' den she'll take dis bow an' she put somepin, anything sweet, jes' amy thing dat's sweet on dere. An' she'll take dis bow an' she'll pee on dis boo every morning for seven mornings. She'll pee on dis bow for seven momings. An' den she'll take dis bow after she do dat, pee on seven mornings, take de gerns from yo' an' her germs an' put on heah. An' she'll roll dis in sulphur. Sulphur always. Ah don't know whut sulphur is but most all womenfolks use sulpbur in ever'thin'. Well, she take de sulphur an' she put it on dere an' she take dis heah bow, after she take it out, an' she'll put it in some close place where yo' transfer back an' forward all de time. An' [does] dat in order - she put [it] dere, dat's for yo' to stay close, wanta be round her. Yo' don't feel satisfied, yo' wanta be round her all de time. "Co'se it don't have nuthin to do wit your nature but chew don't wanta mess wit nobody else but her. Dat's de story ah heard about dat. [Bow of cap, any bow, sometimes considered a cross, a sacred symbol. See many beliefs about bow of cap.]
Entry 10281
Take nine wood lices, little ole white looking things, an' yo' kin take an' parch 'em an' rub 'em in de seat of yore [his] britches an' he won't evah mess wit nobody else.
Entry 10282
If yo' wanta rule a woman or rule a man, yo' git a he an' a she earth- worm. An' yo' kin take dem two worms an' put 'em somewhere an' dry 'em up. An' when dey git dried up, den yo' git chew some olive oil an' mix it up. Rub it up into powders. An' mix dat worm up with it an' rub dat cross dey stomach, dat person down in dey lower parts, an' dat'll keep 'em. Dey cain't use anyone else 'cusin' [excusing] yo'. [Mem- phis, Tenn., (1524), 2722:4.] [Here I am listing short or reduced statements of beliefs, all original, to indicate how widespread impotence folklore was and probably still is. For this same reason, ubiquity, I shall include in a following section, CHANNEL DE WORLD, a few long lists of references with only a descriptive word or two attached. This present subsection will use margin titles similar to those in volume 3, pages 2341-2509, so that our separate collections can be compared. The original condensed rites will be found in the original manuscripts at the end of this subsection.]
Entry 10283
"I hear'd my mother say lots of times, you know, settin' around - see a man runnin' to a girl, couldn't git clear of a young girl - Well, I know she's got him measured." [Princess Anne, 36:2.]
The narrator reports a saying that the girl has got the man measured. No measuring procedure, identified speaker or actual measurement is established.
Entry 10284
"One of the parties stuck together must be killed." [Norfolk, 466:3 and material in volume 3. According to reports, See volume 3, surgeons at hospitals almost always killed the woman to save the man. If I am not mistaken, one woman was actually saved!]
The quoted statement asserts that one party must be killed. This is a reported assertion, not an established necessity or event; the hospital commentary is editorial.
Entry 10285
The easiest remedy for a man who has been measured: Man gets the string woman used in measuring. [Norfolk, 459:4.]
Entry 10286
Get a red-skin onion, rub juice on penis until burns; let dry, do not wipe. [Since onion is a witch deterrent, the cause of impotence here was witch- craft. Shape and color of this vegetable also added to its magic power.] [Richmond, 341:1.]
Entry 10287
[The identity of man's nature is quite evident and has been known for centuries; but what is a woman's nature? Remember, I am writ- ing about nature as it was believed back in the 1930's and evidently long before that date. In a few cases her menstural blood was her nature, but normally it Was surely thought to be something she ejaculated at the time of orgasm. In other words, woman did the same thing as a man. Ovalation was unknown to folklore. This belief in woman's nature was common and can be found in many of these impotent beliefs.]
Entry 10288
Use piece of man's underclothes to wipe him and wear it around your waist [Wilmington, 160:2].
The short account names a piece of a man's underclothes; no result or performed event is established.
Entry 10289
A woman cuts the piece out of a man's underwear, sews it to some piece of hers, and wears it about her [Wilmington, 145:5].
The short account describes a woman cutting a piece from a man's underwear and joining it to a piece of hers.
Entry 10290
Wipes [man or self] with new piece of homespun, puts over kitchen door [Wilmington, 248:2].
Entry 10291
Woman wipes man with towel, buries under her doorstep where he must walk over, draws him back [Washington, D. C., 800:5].
Entry 10292
Woman wipes man with new piece of cloth, conceals it in north corner of house [Norfolk, 525:6].
Entry 10293
His discharge in a piece of flannel she wears round waist [Richmond, 288:1].
Entry 10294
Woman wipes man on her underskirt and lets semen stay there [Wilming- ton, 177:3].
The condensed account explicitly names semen left on an underskirt. The citation is editorial, and no observed act or original speaker is established.
Entry 10295
She cuts piece from front of underclothes and keeps in mattress.
[Richmond, 303:4.]
The short account says a piece is cut from the front of underclothes and kept in a mattress; no purpose or effect is supplied.
Entry 10296
Woman wipes man on her underclothes, cuts piece out, wraps up tight, and wears under her breast [Richmond, 340:6].
The short account describes cutting a piece after wiping, then wrapping and wearing it; it does not establish an effect.
Entry 10297
Let a woman use a piece of her underclothes to wipe man and then bury it under the doorstep or lay it over front door [Wilmington, 185:7].
This is a short printed account; a verbatim transcript is not established.
Entry 10298
A woman can use a new piece of homespun to wipe man and wear it around her waist [Wilmington, 222:5].
Entry 10299
Woman ties up man's semen in handkerchief with a penny and wears on leg [Richmond, 365:7].
Entry 10300
She wipes man and puts the rag in the mattress [Ocean City, by Edi- phone].
The brief printed account and its recording notation do not establish a verbatim transcript.
Entry 10301
Put semen on a piece of raw cotton, place behind chimney to keep warm [Snow Hill, 15:3].
Entry 10302
Wipe man with cloth, heat and dry near fire, put under head of the bed [Wilmington, 130:9].
Entry 10303
Woman wipes man, puts some [perfumed?] powders on this cloth, folds it, says a prayer, hides it on her side of the bed, makes a wish to keep him, and this holds him [Washington, D. C., 804:1].
The short account says a woman 'says a prayer'; its words are not supplied, and the claimed holding effect remains attributed.
Entry 10304
Man finally retaliates, wipes wife, carries this cloth folded tight, to make her impotent for other men [Wilmington, 148:1].
Entry 10305
Man carries woman's nature on small cloth in bag while away from home. When he gets ready to go with her, he dampens bag with witch hazel to restore her power [Wilmington, 133:5].
Entry 10306
Cork up man's semen in bottle [Old Point Comfort or Hampton by Ediphone].
Entry 10308
Sometimes a woman washes the man's semen from her clothes and bottles this water [Richmond 318:7].
Entry 10309
Wipe man, put in bottle, hide in dark place like a closet [Richmond, 318:16].
Entry 10314
Cork man's semen in bottle and wears in front of her underwear on left side [Fredericksburg, by Ediphone].
Entry 10315
Woman takes man's nature and hair in a bottle and hide it in bed or pillow [Richmond, 374:1].
Entry 10316
Man takes woman's nature and some of her hair, stops these up in bot- tle and buries [Wilmington, 220:2].
Entry 10317
[Woman keeps man's semen and some of his hair in a small bottle with needle and Hearts Cologne and wears on bosom [Wilmington, 177:7].
Entry 10318
Catch man's semen in handkerchief, roll tight, put in bottle, bury upside down [Richmond, 383:5].
Entry 10319
She can put some of his semen in a bottle with 9 new needles and bury the bottle neck-down or upside down [Richmond, 376:6].
Entry 10320
Woman puts man's semen in bottle with new needles and new pins, damp- ens every 9 days with gin, and wears. If this cloth becomes dry it will kill the man [Richmond, 302:11].