Browse:BUSHES - GOIN' TO DE BUSHES (Volume 3, entries 3706)
BUSHES - GOIN' TO DE BUSHES
Volume 3, entries 3706. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → SEXUAL IMPOTENCE → CURES FOR SEXUAL IMPOTENCE. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
Entry 3706
He kin use his wlfe in a way dat she won't have othah men.
(How does he do that?)
How does he do it? Uses wlt de tongue. Dey call it goin' to de bushes. He goes down when he go to goin' down. She won't have anothah man. [That next-to-last sentence means: He goes down to the bushes, resorts to cunnilingus, when he begins to lose his nature. My informant, though marked professional and excellent is mistaken. Cunnilingus is neither a sign of ap- proaching impotence nor a mark of impotence.]
(Why?)
Well, DE HEAT FROM 'IS BREATH DRAWS DE LIFE FROM DE OTHAH MAN AWAY FROM 'ER. [To breathe, to heat, to suck, and to lick - these can be magic actions; but in this rite I see only intention or wishing. Protection against the other man, like all similar devices, is nonsense. As a matter of fact, all rites in HOODOO are wishful thinking - a dangerous mental activity.]