Browse:CAUSES OF SEXUAL IMPOTENCE (Volume 3, entries 3110–3699)/Part 4
CAUSES OF SEXUAL IMPOTENCE
Volume 3, entries 3110–3699. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → SEXUAL IMPOTENCE. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 3350
[If he's] runnin' aroun', she kin cut 'is nature off. Well, yo' take up - if yo' wanta keep 'im home, all yo' gotta do, she fool wit 'im. If anybody go home an' fool wit mah ole lady - see. She kin take whut chew call, wit de rag she use, yo' know. Git one of 'er dishrags an' jes' take it an' dry me off wit it, yo' see. Den when she take dishrag an' dry me off, she jes' keep it dere [hidden somewhere] an' when ah go out yondah tuh fool wit de othah woman, ah jes' be as greasy as dat dishrag yo' know [and] limbah yo' know. An' dere's nuthin ah kin do dere. Fo' whut need of me gwine den, ah can't do nuthin. An' ah'll soon stop. When ah go to bothah wit 'er, be jes' lak dat [probably demonstrated by hold- ing up a straightened forefinger], but when ah go tuh see dis woman out yonder, ah'll be, yo' know - all limber [like a dishrag].
[To cure himself:]
Ah'll fish roun' dere an' fin' dat dishrag.
Entry 3351
She do dat wit a dishrag. Whenevah dat chew has a connection wit 'er, she'll take a dishrag an' dry yo' wit it, den she'll put dat dishrag away. If she use dat dishrag to dry yo' wit it an' den put dat dishrag away, why yo' can't have no nature nowhere but right where dat dishrag is - jes' in de house where dat dishrag is. Outside dat house yo' can't fool wit no one.
Entry 3352
See, if a woman wanta take a man's measure; she'll git a dishrag an' she'll wipe herself wit it an' den she'll wipe dis fellah, an' den she'll take it an' put it in 'er mattress an' keep it dere, an' see, evah time he have any dealin's wit anothah woman 'stead of he stayin' hard, he'll fall.
Entry 3353
If he's runnin' aroun', how she kin make him stay home, she kin do him dis way. She kin do him so dat he - dere two or three Ways of doin' it. He might go out but he come right back. He might done try tuh run aroun', he might be in min', but he can't have no connection wit none othah woman, an' she knows dat. She kin take him, whenevah dey havin' dere lunch, dere tea or coffee, DON'T USE NO MILK, let 'im drink tea or drink coffee. Kin take him ag'in, lak if he's runnin' out, an' she goin' tuh break 'im up of it, she kin fix 'im where he can't have connection or no intahco'se wit no woman but: 'er. DAT'S A DIRTY TRICK TUH DO. She go tuh work, undahstan', when she's wipin' 'er - git 'er a dishrag whut she wash 'er dishes wit. An' she use it lak dat fo' tuh dry off wit when he has connection wit 'er. An' jes' ketch 'imself, she says, "Ah'll wash yo'." She's got 'er dishrag an' wash yo'self. Yo' don't know if it ain't a dishrag [the man does not know it is a dishrag], it jes' lak anythin'. Now YO' KIN GO, MAH FREN', tuh any othah house an' yo' kin have a sweetheart anywheres yo' want tuh, an' yo' kin [be] AMBITIOUS GREATLY FO' HER, an' yo' go tuh bed, an' yo' all right, an' yo' jes' crawl right ovah her jes' lak a man do do, yo' 'come [become] jes' lak dat, dat dishrag. Yo' say, "Wait a minute, ah'll be all right." [He never be all right.]
Entry 3354
Dey'll take when a man have connection wit 'er. She'll take a dishrag. Quite natural he'll come back if she ain't a lady, so to state. Yo' know he'll come back, an' she'll ketch dat in dat dishrag, an' she put it up ovah de do. Ah wuz livin' in Richmond, Va., an' dat wuz where ah heard dat one. Well, ah got up dere - ah wuz stayin' wit mah auntie. Well, ah couldn't have nuthin tuh do wit a girl tuh save mah live. Well, ah tole mah auntie about it an' she said, "Somepin or othah fixed yo'." An' ah said, "Dere's a woman at Clinton [N. Car.] kin tell me." Well, ah come all de way from Richmond, Va., back tuh Clinton - about 30 an' some miles - an' a man [doctor] workin', tole me, said, "Yo' go back to yore bro- thah's house," said, "don't chew walk in," said, "yo' go tuh de front do' an' feel up ovah dat do' an' yo'll find a dishrag."
Entry 3355
Lak yore husban', he goin' off wit some udder [other] wimmins, an' if she wanta have him, wants 'im stopped - yo' see, he go roun' wit 'em but he cain't do whut he wants to. Yo' take an' use dis rag aftah yo'all make connec- tion togethah an' yo' take an' put it up ovah de do' an' he walks undah dat rag dere, den if he goes to any wimmin, he cain't do a thing.
(With this dishrag.)
Entry 3356
Sompin about usin' a dishcloth, see. Jes' lak a man messin' aroun', yo' kin take a dishrag an' wipe him wit it an' put it up ovah de do' an' dat'll make him fall.
Entry 3357
Fix 'im so's he cain't bothah wit nobody else. If he bothahs wit 'er, she'll git a dishrag an' wipe herself off wit it good all up in heah. She stow it ovah de do' an' he can't run aroun' wit nobody else.
Entry 3358
Yo' know, jes' lak if a woman got a hus- ban' an' he runnin' aroun' an' won't stay at home. She can't keep 'im home, worried wit 'im all de time. Jes' lak when dey have intahco'se yo' know togethah, she take an' use de dishrag instead of a towel, or sompin. She use dat an' take it an' bury it undah de step aftah she use it, an' den dat holds 'im home.
intercourse as the stated context preceding dishrag use. No specific sexual act beyond the source term, bodily-fluid identity or personally performed event is inferred. These are attributed source occurrences; outcomes remain unverified. The source says to use the dishrag instead of a towel. Towel is a rejected alternative; the subsequent use and burial refer to the dishrag. The comparison continues across the two linked pages.
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Entry 3359
If a woman leave a man an' yo' wanta git her back, well it ain't but one way ah know to do dat, but chew have to have dealin's wit 'er. See, if yo' have dealin's wit 'er an' de rag yo' vipe wit - let it be a dishrag. See, an' yo' take dis dish- rag den an' come back an' bury it undah yore back do'steps an' she'll fin'lly come back. It Wouldn't be ovah a day or two befo she'll be back.
Entry 3360
Dey tell me dat whenevah him an' 'is wife, yo' see, would have an in- tahco'se, dey tell me dat she could take a dishrag, yo' see, an' aftah she git through yo' see, wipe him down wit it an' evah- thin', yo' see. An' take it yo' know an' put it up yo' know ovah de do' in a private place, where it can't be seen dat way. An' dey tell me he can't have nobody but 'er.
Entry 3361
Ah've heard now - not dat ah know. Say when a man runnin' aftah a woman an' if yo' wanted tuh break 'im up from it, say git chew a snail or adish- rag, ary [either] one, an' rub dis snail on de dish- rag an' when he have connection wit 'er, gib 'im dat rag - steal de dishrag - an have him wipe, straighten hisself down wit it dat way. Wipe himself aftah he git through wit 'er. An' dey say he can't have no connection wit nobody but 'er.
Entry 3362
She takes de dishrag - he fast asleep, fast asleep. Jes' take dat an' jes' wipe it down 'im an' call his name. Wipe it down, don't wipe it up, cuz hit'll come up. Yes, wipe it down, an' it'll be jes' lak de dishrag.
Entry 3363
Yo' could use eithah a bran'-new pocket han'cheff or eithah de dishrag, lak ah tole yo', tuh keep 'im from foolin' wit any othah woman, see. Yo' kin take an' wipe him down wit a bran'-new pocket han'cheff, an' take fo' nails an' nail it down undah de flo' undah yore rug, an' dat'll keep 'im. He couldn't raise a heart fo' othah women. Ah know yo' kin do dat.
Entry 3364
Yo' kin go buy a new pocket han'kech'ef an' yo' kin wash de dishes wit it once, an' take an' strip 'im down [when wiping him]. [Strip here means to deprive of equipment or power.] Don' strip 'im up. Evah whut way yo' wanta do it, git it [foot track] toward yo' - git 'is tracks an' toenails, an' put dem in a cloth an' sew it up an' keep it. An' he git tuh de place hewouldn't Wanta go nowhere. He stay home dere an' nevah treat chew bettah den he evah have treated joo.
Entry 3365
Dere's things she could do to make him love her. She could take a dishrag, she could pet 'im up to have intahco'se wit 'er. Take a dishrag an wipe him down an' bury one undah de do'steps an' put de other one undah de mattress or on de springs, an' he couldn't have no feelin' fo' no one but 'er. He'd have to love her cuz he couldn't git a passion fo' nobody but 'er, as long as she kept dat dishrag buried.
(Did she use one or two?)
She use two - yessuh, she uses two. She buries one undah de front do'steps an' uses de othah undah de mattress.
Entry 3366
Yo' wanta learn how a man can't have no nature fo' a woman outside de woman dat he goin' wit dere? All right, jes' lak yo' have connection wit each othah. Dey take dat dishrag an' use it, see. All right, dey don' let dat dishrag git dry. Dey keep dat dishrag moistahin' [moistering] becuz she an' 'im done used it, see, an' he can't use it wit no othah woman. Yo' undahstan'?
(That's all she has to do, just keep that rag moist - damp.)
When it git dry, keep it damp right off.
(What does she dampen it with?)
Jes' dishwatah.
[Informant now gives a cure:]
He might feel suspicion. Well, now, if he fin' de dishrag - he goin' look fo' things if he a sensible man, undahstan'. All right, he might say, "Ah believe yo' done sompin tuh me." All right, he goin' look fo' - see, he can't raise, can't do nuthin, see. An' he goin' look fo' dat dishrag, see, 'cuz he figures, sometimes he knows a lots about it, see. All right, well, he finds dat dishrag. Undahstan'? If he fin' dat dishrag, take an' hang it out an' let it dry, an' den he's all right ag'in. But he gotta fin' dat.
Entry 3367
Or eithah yo' could take a simple thing as a dishrag. Yo' could wipe him wit dat dishrag an' put it undah de side of de mattress, on de side dat chew sleep on. An' keep it wet, see. Whut ah mean, evah time it dries, yo' damp it ag'in - jes' wipe him right down ag'in. An' long as yo' do dat he'll nevah raise a heart for anothah woman, until yo' take dat dishrag from undah dere.
(But you must wet it with him?)
Yeah, when yo' wit 'im evah time.
Entry 3368
If a woman don't want a man to run aroun' wit nobody but 'er, it's a certain, it's a thing, true fact dat she kin do. She kin use a cloth, yo' know dishrag, an' any two-time [two-timing] dat he wants, to go to work an' start wit anyone else, he'll fail evah time. She take dat dishrag an' put right back where she got it from [in the kitchen] an' when she git through washin' all de dishes, she puts it back in dere an' git it wet ag'in tuh bring it back an' use it ag'in. An' dat keep him perfec'ly in de attitude dat she want 'im. An' he can't go wit no one but 'er. An' de man kin do de woman de same way.
Entry 3369
Git a dishrag. Take a dishrag if a man go messin' wit anyone. His wife wipe wit dat dishrag an' put it where it'll git dry. He'll go to de doctor
[M.D.or hoodoo?] den.
The informant names a dishrag and describes its use. The predicted doctor visit is unverified, and the editor leaves the kind of doctor unresolved.
Entry 3370
She take a dishrag, a dishrag dat chew wash dishes wit an' she dried it good, an' she took an' put it undah 'er pillah at night. An' at night when he went wit 'er, she take an', yo' know, wipe wit it an' she take an' throw it right out de bed. An' evah time she mess wit 'im she use dat dishrag, an' it stop 'im where he couldn't be wit no one else but 'er.
Entry 3371
Well, ah tell yuh firs' how dey do dat. Dey take a man when dey have intahco'se wit a woman, de clot' dey use. Dey take dat clot', de woman take de clot', yo' know. When yo' git through wit de clot', she don't wanna use it. Den she take dat clot' or towel, an' she put undahneat' de pillah, aftah usin' it - aftah yo' git t'rough wit it an' git up. She take an' cut dat stain out of it dat yo' havin' intahco'se wit 'er. Den she take dat clot' an' she fold it up, an' she put it in a dishrag what she wash de dishes wit an' she put dat tuhgethah. Take dat an' wrop it up good an' den put it somewhere keerful in de boae. An' yo' is all right when yo' come tuh her, to be wit 'er; but wit anybody else yore nachure wouldn't rise. But enytime yo'd come to be wit 'er, yore nachure oald be all right.
Entry 3372
She would take a cloth or sompin lak dat an' she would take his nature, see. Some of de hair so dat he couldn't mess wit othah ooen. She'd take a white plain cloth an' she would place it into de bottom of a trunk an' she'd place dat - well, he's lost 'is nature, see. She'd place it dere.
Entry 3373
Dey take yore hair an' dis - yo' know whut ah mean - an' yo' wrap it up in a dishrag or any kinda cloth an' yo' bury it undah de do'step which he travel through an' from, an' he cain't have anything tuh do wit any othah person but dat pahtic'lah one.
Entry 3374
If he have connection wit anothah woman an' she know it, she kin take de dishrag an' wipe 'im an' put it up ovah dere [informant points to high piece of fur- niture] in a can, lak dat. Jes' since she put it up ovah yore haid. Don't have tuh be undah lock nowhere.
Entry 3375
[The following margin titles could also have been indexed later under subsubdivision KNOTS AND TYING, but they logically belong here.] Yo' say, now, to influence a person - yo' wouldn't want dis person to leave, or dis person would go away an' yo' want dis person to come back. Say, now fo instance, yo' were mah husban' an' have decided prob'bly dat yo' didn't want me. I say, "Well, yo' an' I come back home an' stay - anything. Yo' prob'bly say, "No, I don't want chew." Well, now, ah go to a neighbor's house unaware - when de neighbor steps out. I go in de neighbor's house and steal 'er dishrag. I let dis dishrag dry. Well, den when yo' come back ag'in, if yo' do come back - well, yo' said yo' don't want me or anything. Well, sup- pose I ask yo' to do me a favor. Yo' come in an' I let chew be wit me, yo' see.
(The last time. I understand.)
Well, now, I use dis towel [dishrag as a towel].
(On yourself or on him?)
[I evidently was not too keen about being the guinea pig!]
On mahself aftah yo' do what chew do. But ah don't do anythin'. Well, I take dis an' even wet it an' let it dry, an' den I take dis an' bring it ovah lak dis [demonstrates]. I tie a knot in dis an' ah pull dis tuh me, yo' see [demon- strates].
(YOU TIE THE KNOT TOWARD YOU.)
Yes, an' den ah say, "Now, ah want chew to stay wit me always, an' should ah be no mo' service to yo', no one evah will." Ah twist dis. Ah tear a place in ah pillah an' ah put dis in de pillah, an' ah sew dat up. An' ah put dat on de side dat yo' sleep on when yo' are dere, if yo' are not dere. It is a positive fact dat yo' will nevah be able to be yoreself.
(With any other woman.)
Not wit - whenevah yo' start, yo' might have a desire, but jes' at dat pah- tic'lah time when yo' get to [approach] dat person, yo' will fail. BUT DAT IS NO JOKE. (I've heard about the dishrag, but you are telling me something that is a different version of it.)
Entry 3376
Take de dishrag when yo' mess togethah, only de woman mustn't dis- charge. Gen'ally de men do all dat. Den yo' take dat dishrag an' yo' clean 'i off wit it. An' take de hair out de top of 'is haid an tie it togethah, an' put it up 'tween de mattress an' put one knot in it in de cornah, an' put it right in de middle of de mattress. An' he stays dere, he won't go. (You said the hair from the top of his head and the hair from down below, and you put it in the dishrag - tie it up in the dishrag. Then you put one knot in the dishrag.) Dat's right.
Entry 3377
Well, jes' lak yo' has a husban' an' yo' don' wan' 'im tuh make no co'se [intercourse] wit no othah woman, yo' go somewhere an' yo' steal a dish- rag - doesn't use yore own dishrag, yo' steal some othah woman's dishrag. An' why latah in de night when yo' wit 'i, make lak [pretend] yo' also wit 'im an' yore not. See, yo' git yores an' not his'n. Well, yo' take yo' a piece of money an' tie it up in a rag an' yo' wipe 'im off wit dat same dishrag. Well, ah would tote it an' ah wouldn't throw it away. An' he couldn't have no othah woman den but chew [me].
(You say he doesn't wipe with that rag at all?)
No sir. Yo' wipe him, see. Yo' don't wipe yores atall. He won't undahstan' whut chure doin', see. Yo' don't make connection wit 'i - may pertend yo' do's. (And you put a piece of money in that rag and TIE IT UP IN A CORNER. WHY DO YOU PUT THAT MONEY IN THAT RAG?) Yes - well, de rag will keep him down. See, dat's money, an' dat makes yo' git de money.
Entry 3378
Take a string an' measure 'im when, yo' know, de full length. She'll measure 'im wit dat string, wit 'er undahskirt string. If she have a undahskirt on, she'll have a string on dat. She'll take dat undahskirt string an' she'll measure his length. She take it an' tie it in a hard knot to dat same length. Tie it right in a hard knot an' tie it to her waist, an' at night she take dat string an' break it off. She go to her table an' she git a dishrag, an' she take dat dishrag an' wipe it down by dat string. Pull de string through dat dishrag three times an' roll de string up an' throw it behind de door - or hang it up ovah de door. Throw it behin' dere an' dat will tie him up. He nevah kin have any truckin'. (Now she takes this string from her underclothes and she gets his measure. Then she ties one knot in it. And what piece does she bring out of that, then?) De same end - jes' see [demonstrates] lak he's [his] length heah, she tie it right dere. She tie de knot in dat string to jes' de length of 'i. Yes, she break dat off.
(It's his length then that she pulls through the dishrag?)
Pull through de dishrag.
Entry 3379
Dey tell me dey ties three knots in a string an' wear dat. Dey tell me dat will hold somebody.
(What do they do with the string?)
Dey take an' put three knots in it an' gits a dishrag an' tie it roun' dere wit dat. (What will that do?) Dat will hold a man an' keep 'im from runnin' aroun'. (They just take a string and a dishrag. That's all? She doesn't use it on him or anything?) No, jes' wear it.
Entry 3380
Or eithah take a dishrag aftah yo' use it washin' dishes wit it. Yo' kin take dat dishrag an' wipe a man wit it an' fold it up an' put it ovah yore do', or eithah put it in de bottom of yore shoe an' wear it. Well, he can't raise no heart fo' no one. (Which do you tie?) Jes' tie de dishrag in nine knots, or eithah yo' could fold it an' wear it in de bottom of yore shoe, or eithah up ovah de do'.
Entry 3381
(TELL ME THE ONE ABOUT THE DISHRAG, THAT MY BOY [Sorry! No disreSPect.]
SAID YOU TOLD HIM. Begin right at the beginning and tell the whole story now. About the dishrag.) About de dishrag, now. If yo' wanta keep - say yore husban' home from bein' wit any othah woman, or anythin' lak dat, why yo' supposed to, while he's asleep, yo' take de dishcloth an', yo' know, have it a little damp - not too wet, jes' kinda damp- an' yo' supposed to wipe him wit dat. Yo' see, yo' wipe 'im down dere wit it. Den yo' take it an' yo' double it up - fold it up. Yo' has a cord string an' yo' wrap it nine times, yo' know de long way down. Ah show yo' [demonstrates]. Jes' fold it up lak dis, an' yo' carry de string roun' dat nine times, see. An' den aftah carryin' it dis nine times, yo' take it an' yo' tie nine knots in de end of it. An' when yo' take it, dn yo carry it out. Yo' know, carry it out de do' when yo' goin' out an' bury it at de side - lak if yo' goin' out, lak dat gate, yo' bury dere. Well, when he goes out, why he ain't no good no mo' in dis house, but whenevah he came back on de inside to yo' why he's all right. But when he go out, why dere nuthin 'tall to it.
Entry 3382
When he runnin' aroun' - well, it tain't but one thing fo' tuh do fo' him, an' ah hate tuh tell yo' dat. Ah'm goin' tell yo' dat now, an' den ah'm goin' leave yo'. Yo' know whut dat is? (No.) Have intahco'se wit 'im wit a dishrag. An' aftah de intahco'se is made wit de dishrag an' yo' wipe 'im wit dat dishrag, place it into de bed, LIKE YO' LIVE IN A HOTEL, an' TAKE A SAFETY RAZOR BLADE AN' SPLIT DAT BED, DAT MAT- TRESS OPEN, an' make him lay right on dat dishrag, an' his will nevah git stiff fo' nobody else but 'er.
(Well, isn't there any way that he can get rid of that?)
No. [This was the end of her information. She is marked not much. My answer no to her opening question is an honest one. I did not know what she was going to tell.]
Entry 3383
Kin use a dishrag on him to stop 'im from dat.
(How would she do that?)
She'd take dat dishrag an' have intahco'se wit 'im, an' wipe him off wit dat dishrag. Take de dishrag an' put it in de mattress at home, an' he'll have to stay dere, too.
Entry 3384
An' yo' couldn't fool wit nobody else but dem. Well, dey take de rule an' dey measure it an' jes' how long it is. Dey call de inches, an' as dey call de inches, dey measure it 'cross. [To measure with a rule is rare.] After dey measure it 'cross, why dey take de rule an' double it up. After dey done dat, why dey will go to work - dat's when yo' 'sleep, now - dey will go to work an' git a dishrag, yo' undahstan', an' wipe yo' private wit it, see. Dey wipe yo' private wit it, why dey'll take dat dishrag an' put it in a cornah or some part of de house where yo' can't git holt of it, see. Aftah dey's done dat, why yo' jes' couldn't git no heart fo' nobody else but 'er.
(What will they do with that rule, then?)
Dat rule, dey don't do nuthin wit de rule, jis' measure yore dick an' dey'll close rule back up, see. [My informant, marked good, thinks magically. This rite, like many others, contains a number of magic actions: measuring (magic of limitation); length and Width (makes a cross), crossing up according to operator's desire or wish; closing the rule after measuring [[this is like opening and closing a pocketknife in some rites]] (magic of enclosing); double (magic encircling), cornering the dishrag
(cessation of movement); etc.]
Entry 3385
Dey takes de dishcloth, yo' know whut dey use in de kitchen, an' when dey fools wit one anothah on de bed, she'll wipe wit dat yo' see - she wipes 'im off wit dat. He'll have no feelin' for nobody else. (What does she do with that dishcloth then?) Dat dishcloth? Why she weahs it awhile roun' 'er waist, yo' know right 'fore her place dere yo' know, an' den fer three- fo' days yo' know. Den she quits. De only way yo' kin rid of dat, yo' has to steal yo' someone else's dishrag an' wipe yo'self wit it. Dat's de only way yo'll git rid of it. If yo' don', yo' cain't have no feelin' fo' nobody but 'er.
Entry 3386
Take a dishrag an' evah time he mess wit 'er, why she wipe wit dat dishrag an' take an' ball it up, an' put it right back undah de mattress. Do it fer nine times an' ah cain't mess wit no woman on de outside atall. But ah kin mess wit 'er but no one else.
Entry 3387
Den again, if a woman got chew so dat yo' can't have nobody else an' don't want chew tuh have nobody else, yo' go tuh somebody's house an' steal a dishrag; dat, if it mean ah can't have nobody else, if ah can't have no one but one woman. Ah would go to a person house an' steal a dish- rag, where dey be washin' dishes [the rag must be damp], an' ah'd take dat dishrag, an' wash mahself off good for nine mawnin's. Dat will make mah courage come back to me.
Entry 3388
Jis' like if I come here to dis lady's house an' steal 'er dishcloth, an' take it back home an' wash dat dishcloth out so dey won't be no fat on it [to] make the man suspicious]. Den, yo' see, use it ovahnight on 'im. Yo' got to use it for nine nights, or use it nine times - it's all right. Den take it an' put it into a pan of grease an' fry it. Take de cloth an' ball it up an' put it into a can where it'll stay hot - yo' know, not let it git cold - an' go an' bury dat can. An' he cain't leave dat house to save his life. A man ain't gon'a leave home. An' when he do go, he can't have nopleasure.
Entry 3389
Gits her a bran'-new piece of cloth an' she use dat nine times fo' a dishrag. She use dat nine times wit 'im, an' she take dat piece of cloth an she put it in her bosom, an' she wear it all de time. Now, when she wear it he can't do nuthin.
(She doesn't actually use it as a dishrag?)
No.
(Just for wiping?)
Yeah, jes' fo' a dishrag.
Entry 3390
He kin take de dishrag whut she nuse [use], an' if he's smart enough tuh git 'er monthlies cloth an' put it [both see later] ovah de do' - ovah 'er back do' - an' evah time she go out dat do' will bring 'is nature back tuh 'im. Aftah nine mawnin's he count tuh 26 - fo' nine mawnin's - soon as he git outa bed 'fore he speak tuh anybody. Fo' nine mawnin's he'll count tuh 26, an' aftah dem nine mawnin's, he take dis back down, an' throw it ovah 'is left shouldah an' walk away an' don't look back, an' IT WILL RESTORE HIS BACK TUH 'IM, an' she can't do anythin' tuh it no mo' - no mo'.
(What does he put over the door, now?)
De dishrag, yeah, dat she use in de kitchen, an' 'er monthlies cloth, tied togethah. Put it ovah.
(The door as [where] she walks out?)
Where she gotta go out dat do'.
Entry 3391
Whut could yo' do wit a greasy dishrag. Well, if yo' got a man an' yo' don't want 'im tuh care fo' anybody else, yo' kin take a greasy dishrag an' let 'im drink off an' yo' don't. Take dat greasy dishrag an' wipe him fo' nine times wit it an' den fold it in nine different Ways tuh yo', fold it all de time tuh yo'. Den yo' put it up ovah anywhere dat he's gotta walk in an' out undah. Dat'l keep 'im from goin' wit othah women.
Entry 3392
If a man is runnin' aroun' an' 'is wife wanta stop 'i, she gits is Washrag or Washcloth - de man's, not hers. Den she puts wit dis, de nex' time she have anything to do wit 'im, she put dat wit 'i whut dey wipe wit, wit dis washcloth, an' bury it underneat' de steps. Fo' nine mawnin's she will evah mawnin', when she use her bucket - she won't go to de lav- atory - she'll use a nightglass an' po' it on dere nine mawnin's. He can't have anything to do wit no othah woman but 'is wife. Finally, he'll find out dat he can't. He'll come back home an' be satisfied an' stay dere fo' nine mawnin's.
Entry 3393
Well, ah tell yo', it's very simple - it's nuthin very much to do. If yore husban' - if a woman's husban' have anothah woman an' she kin jis' fix 'i, he can't bothah no woman but 'er, cuz a ole lady tole me dat years ago when ah were quite young. An' she said, "Any time yo' wants yore husban' tuh stop goin' wit othah women an' stay home more, '' she say, "yo' take yore dishrag." Yo' know yore dishrag'll git right greasy, if yo' don't change 'em offten. An' she said, "Yo' take yore dishrag." She said, "Don't wash it, leave it git right greasy - whut yo' wash dishes wit." An' she say, "Any time he have - always carry dis dishrag to bed." She said, "Don't leave it in yore kitchen any more, " she said, "but yo' carry it to bed an keep it by yore bed where he won't see it." An' she say, "An' when he have a connection wit yo', " she say, "yo' always use it yoreself an' bring [wipe] it to yo'. Yo' dry 'im yoreself. An', " she say, "when yo' dry 'im, bring it to yo
(Oh! bring it out to you?)
Uh-hmm, bring it to yo' dat way. "An', ' she sayed, '"den if yo' have a towel or somepin, give it to 'im an' let 'im take to 'imself, " she said, "but yo' always do dat [wiping] first." An' she sayed, "He can't bothah no othah woman but choo." Well, I know dat by experience becuz when I married my second husban' he wuz awfully - yo' know, he wuz much older dan me an' he quite natchly he had othah womens befo' he evah met me. But he got where it seemed dat he got so careless, he wouldn't stay home like he ought to, an' ah loved 'im dearly. An' he would go away an' stay an' stay. An' one night ah wuz cryin' an' all dis come to me, as dis ole lady tole me dat, when ah had my first husban' an' ah wuz in my teens. An' ah did dat thing. An' so finally, he [second husband] wuz named John Jen- kins. An' finally John commen' [commense] tuh stayin' home. Sometimes ah said, "Why don't yo' go on out" - jis' tryin' 'im, yo' know. Ah say, "Yo' don't nevah stay home, " ah said, "Ah'm surprised at yo' bein' home." He said, "Well, ah don't care to go out any more much an' ah thought ah'd try to: stay here at home." He say, "Ah want to stay here an' watch yo'." Ah said, "Well, stay here an' watch me den." We jis' pass it off dat way. An' finally one night he tole me, he say, "Ulah." I say, "Huh?" He say, "Yo' always aftah me 'bout othah wimmins." He say, "Yo' all ought not to bothah me 'bout othah wimmins." He say, "Ah used to would run aroun' bad, ' he said, "but ah tell yo', '' he says, "here of late, " he says, "ah got where, "' he say, "ah want to tell yo' de truth." He say, "Ah've tried, '' he said, "but ah can't bothah no woman in de world but yo'.' He say, "Ah have tried - all my old friends ah used to be roun' wit, ah can't do anythin' to dem.' He say, "But when ah git to yo', " he said, "ah'm all right." Ah said, "Well, maybe dat's de way God intends it." An' ah know fer myself an' ah'll nevah forgit dat. Co'se ah ain't got no husban', no friends, nuthin now, but ah won't forgit dat.
(What did you do with the dishrag then?)
Take de dishrag aftah yo' use it wit 'im fer nine times an' bury it undah de do'step.
(And after that, then he's no good?)
Ain't no good. He's no good. [Why? See informant's remarkable story about his biting her, 888, p.319.]
Entry 3394
Dey kin use a dishrag on a sweetie, jis' lak if a sweetie's runnin' aroun'. Well, an' she ketch 'l 'sleep, yo' see. Yo' know jis' lak some men do sleep real fast. [The preceding fast = deep or sound; but to sleep fast is still an unusual expression in my experience - to go to sleep fast or quickly, yes.] Well, yo' take dat dishrag an' git at de end of dereself an' bath it up. Jis' lak dis hisself, lak dis [her] fingah, well yo' go to de end which is de haid of it, see, an' bath it up to his stomach. Bath it up nine times. An' den yo' hang it up in de cornah of yore house an' don' use it, see. An' dat rag'111 jis' dry up an' he cain't have no intahco'se wit nobody - no one.
Entry 3395
Ah've tried dat mahsel', ah've 'sperience dat. Go tuh anybody's house, ah don' care who 'tis, an' take dere dishrag whut dey wash dere dishes dt, an take it nine times. Jes' take it lak dis an' rub it right up lak dat nine times. Don' rub it down, take an' rub it up nine times an' put it [dishrag] right back in dat same place. [I need not say, except to the dirty-minded, that informant when demonstrating was holding an imaginary dishrag in one hand and using it on his other hand.] (After you do that, you take the dishrag and bring it back to the house where you stole it?) Jes' where yo' pick it up at, take it an' put it right back in dat same place. Ah've did dat.
(That will bring back the fellow's courage.)
Entry 3396
Well, if he lose 'is nature an' cain't nevah git up no heart or nuthin lak dat, well, yo' slip aroun' tuh yore sistah's house [anyone's house], an' slip in de kitchen an' git [steal] a dishrag an' wipe 'is prick down fo' nine mawnin's straight. It'll come back.
Entry 3397
It's a ole story. Ah reckon so many [times] yo' heahs about dat. So many people do's it. Well, de only thing ah've heard dat a wumman take, use a greasy dishrag, an' she would take dat dishrag aftah she'ud [she would] be wit 'im an' use it. Co'se she'd soak it in cold watah an' make her wishes on de wumman dat she had trouble 'bout, fo' nine mawnin's, an' she use it on 'im den de ninth day, see. Aftah she use it eight mawnin's, de ninth mawnin' she must have some connection wit 'im, see. An' den she use, an' den she would take it an' de nature from de othah wumman, an' den she use on 'im, an' use it on herself. Well, dat bring 'is nature to her. Ah've reckon yo' heard it dat way. (First she takes the dishrag and she put it in cold water and makes her wishes on it for eight days. The ninth day she takes that rag and uses it on him.) Use it on 'im an' den she uses it on 'erself, an' makes 'er wishes dat he wouldn't have anythin' wit no othah wumman but 'er. See. An' she takes dat rag an' den she buries it, see. Jes' as long as dat rag stay buried, why he wouldn't want nobody else.
Entry 3398
Well, de way a woman use dat, she comes in contact wit 'er husband, she uses de dishrag, yo' know, an' he won't have any feelin's fo' no one but 'er. (What does she do with that dishrag, then?) When 'im an' 'er gits through she wipes wit it an puts it 'way, yo' know, an' sticks it umdabneat' 'is pillah where he kin lie his haid on it evah night. He'd nevah have no mo feelin's fo' no othah woman but 'er.
Entry 3399
Mah husban' wuz mistreated me fo' an- othah woman an' ah didn't want 'in to have dis woman. Ah wet mah dishrag an' ah washed my whole self wlt it an' ah wipe 'is plate out wit it an' let 'im eat out of it. He ain't goin' wit nobody but me.
Entry 3400
Jes' lak if a person is mean an' cruel - a man is mean an' cruel tuh 'is wife or sweetheart or sompin lak dat. When yo' cook fo' 'im, take her [your] urine an' put it in 'is food, if yo' want 'im tuh still love yo'. Jes' take her [your] ministratin' an' put it into meals - put dat into meals. An' take de dishrag an' wipe his plate out wit it. An' dat'll make him come undahneat' cha.
(That urine in his food is supposed to make him be kind?)
Yes sir.
Entry 3401
A woman use a dishpan - a new dishpan an' a dishrag. Evah time she feed 'er ole man, why she rub dat dishrag in 'tween 'er laigs an' wipe his plate wit it an' 'is cups whut he use, to keep 'im.
Entry 3402
I don't want 'im to have nobody but me. An' I will have dealings wit 'im at night. [I do] not come, but I take dat piece, aftah I git up an' wipe wlt it, an' jis' cut dem pieces out an' put 'em into mah shoes an' wear it.
(In both shoes?)
Both mah shoes.
Entry 3403
[Snail and impotence is quite a collection of material in itself - see later. The present snail rite I have decided to include here.] I've heard of people takin' snails. Take dat snail an' mash ' up fine. Yo' git a dishrag out de kitchen, I've heard, take an' wrap 'im up in dat dishrag. An' when yo' fool wid a woman yo' wipe her wid dat an' bury dat, an' she no good. Den if she happen to fool wid anudah [another] man on yo', she's gonna git hung jis' lak de dog.
Entry 3404
[To steal a dishrag is a common rite that will be found elsewhere in the text.] Now, when yo' have a intahco'se wit her, why yo' take a dishrag - steal some- one's dishrag, see. An' den when yo' an' 'er gits through havin' intahco'se, why yo' wipe her wit it an' take it an' throw it away - jes' bury it right off where dere can't nuthin git to it. An' dere can't nuthin git to it [the woman]. An' dere can't no man have her but chew.
Entry 3405
She kin take a dishrag an' jes' wipe it [him] three times. He won't have no use fo' nobody but 'er. (What would she do with that dishrag then?) She jes' keep dat dishrag an' stick it in 'er pillah an' sew it up in dere. She won't let 'im see it, though.
Entry 3406
A woman can take a dishrag from a man's house she loves, wash it out and bury it in the ground. Let it stay for three weeks [21 days or 3x7 days]. Then go back and dig it up and wear it around her neck, and this man won't have anything to do with any other woman except her. That's how she can keep him.
Entry 3407
It wuz man an' wife had a fuss, dey said, an' 'is wife, she wuz a woman dat liked to run aroun' a lot yo' undahstan' wit othah men. An' he went to a fortunetellah an' see whut - yo' know, how he could stop her from runnin' aroun' wit so many men. So she tole him, she said, "Yo' steal a dishrag. Steal one from someone else, not 'is own - jes' like yo' steal anythin' else. So he steals a dishrag. An' she tole 'im, she said, "At night when yo' go to bed wit 'er, befo' yo' intahco'se wit 'er yo'self, " she say, "yo' play wit 'er an' take a part of de rag - jis' tear it off - an' rub it aroun' in dere, an' den put it in a bottle an' stop it up wit some of 'er watah, not yore own. She said, "Dat night when yo' go to her, ' she said, "don't use [put] yore watah in dere [chamberpot] - yo see, don't mix it [yours with hers]. An' den take hern [her water] an' put it in a bottle wit diz [this] rag. Yo' stop it up an' put it in de rivah. No othah man could have a chance to have intahco'se wit 'er. Soon as he git to de place, he'll jis' drop right down."
Entry 3408
Ah don't know how true dis is but ah heard whut wimmins tole me, dat if a woman got a husban' an' don't want 'im tuh be wit no one but 'er - jes' lak he goin' [a] bit [little] wit 'er. Well, she gits a dishrag an' she will wipe 'i wit dat dishrag an' throw it out undah de bushes where de dew an' evahthin' kin fall on it. He stay limbah all de time. Why he couldn't be wit no woman but 'er. Well, den durin' de time dat it wuz out dere, if de sun happen to strike it an' dry it off, why he wuz jes' as good fo' anybody else as he wuz fo' her.
Entry 3409
Wal, she kin take a dishrag dat she usin' in de kitchen an' let 'im an' 'er have connection togethah an' use it an' take it directly undah de eaves of de house where it rains, an' he won't have feelin' fer nobody else but 'er. She buries dis undah de eaves of de house right whare de rain drips.
Entry 3410
Yo' take an' go in dere an' take dere dishrag. Take dey dishrag an' use it on yoreself an' de man's self an' take it an' throw it in runnin' watah.
(What will that do?)
Well, dat will separate 'em. Dat's whut ah heard. (Separate a man and his wife?) Separate dem. (That is, some other woman that would want to separate a man and his wife, she Would take their dishrag - go to the house and get their dishrag. Then she would use it on this man and herself when they were together, and throw it into running Water. That would separate a man and his wife?) That's right.
(So this woman would get the other woman's husband?)
Dat's right.
Entry 3411
An' a woman take a man, if he mess wit anothah woman, an' she take a dishrag tuh wipe him wit it. If she want it tuh last always, take an' soak it in sugah, den wipe him wit it. Den yo' put it in a quart jar an' throw it in runnin' watah. Well, it jes' work fo' about thirty days. Jes' take de dishrag an' put it in a bottle up ovah 'is haid, yo' know, where no one won't git to it. It lasts thirty days.
(Where do they usually put it over his head?)
Jes' lak yo'd go out dis do' an' lak yo' comin' in from work, yo' come in dat do' - go back an' come in dat do'. He cain't mess wit no othah woman. Ah know dat's tuh be true. (You put that over the door, but if you soak that dishrag in sugar before you use it on him, then throw this into running water it will last all the time.) Yes. [Fayetteville, N. Car. (1504), 2571:11.]
Entry 3412
Well, ah hate tuh explain de thing so.
(Well, I hear all those things.)
Well, jes' lak yo' say, take a dishrag an' yo' use it, yo' undahstan'. An' den take it an' - take de dishrag an' use it wit yo' until yo' git a-plenty on it, yo' undahstan'. An' take a cord string an' wrap it up very tight an' carry it an' bury it in de dreen of de house [or] where de watah drops from a well. An' not so, put it up ovah de do'sill somewhere up high. An' yo' couldn't have 'nection wit nobody but 'er.
Entry 3413
She kin [take] her a dishrag an' aftah 'er an' 'im have a 'co'se, she wipe 'im off wit dat dishrag. An' she'll take a small piece of dat dishrag an' wipe herself wit it, an' wrap it up in a piece of white rag, a little small white rag, an' jis' tie it right aroun' 'er waist. Den she have him undah 'er control.
Entry 3414
Yo' kin ketch a houn' see when she's in heat - a bitch at least, when she is in heat, an' raise up 'er right hind laig an' cut it. (Cut it?) Yeah, an' git some blood from it, see an' put it in a cup. Put it in some of 'er coffee or tea, anything she drinks. Let 'er drink it an' if a man go to her, she'll get stuck an' can't nobody get 'em loose until yo' come back an' give her anothah drink of dat stuff. [For like cures like. see p.349.1 DE DOCTOR [M.D.[ KIN GIT 'EM LOOSE BY KILLING ONE OF 'EM, BUT CHEW KIN GIT 'EM LOOSE AN' SAVE BOTH OF 'EM.
(WELL! HOW CAN YOU DO THAT?)
JES' GIVE 'EM A DRINK OF DAT - FROM DAT CUP WHAT YO' KET' DE BITCH'S BLOOD WHEN SHE'S IN HEAT. Yo' know a bitch runnin' roun', an' yo' raise her right hind laig an' slit it. Jis' cut a gash enough to git some blood an' put dat blood in dere. Put a drop of blood in 'er cup of coffee or tea or somepin an' she drink it see, an' if a man go to her, why he gona stick.
(He'll get stuck.)
An' den when yo' come back [from finding a bitch] - evahbody roun' dere yo' know, doin' somepin fer 'em, see - no soonah yo' come back an' yo' walk in, an' picks up a dose of somepin [coffee or tea] an' put [in it] a drop of dat blood an' give it to her, an' she'll git back all right.
Entry 3415
(They do what?) Take dem to de doctor [M.D.] an' if de doctor don' git 'em apart, go right back an' git some of de dog's, some dog blood, an' grease de man back right in de centah, an' he'll come loose right immediately.
(You grease the man's back you say?)
In de centah wit de same dog blood - de same dog dat dey got de livah from [in another rite]. Dey kin git 'im right loose right immediately. [I stopped recording machine, but informant soon continued with a time state- ment I had to recover.] (And you say if the doctor [M.D.] doesn't get them apart, or you don't get them apart, they will come apart in?) In nine days.
Entry 3416
Jes' lak if yo' wanted to tie a woman an' a man togethah. Jes' lak if a woman wus goin' wit chure husban', or he wus goin' wit 'er. Jes' lak hen yo's dog be matin', yo' kin take yore pocketknife an' cut dat dog enough tuh bleed. Ah mean jes' in a piece of cloth or sompin. An' aftah it bleed on dis cloth, yo' take it an' carry it home wit yo' an' put it undah yore mattress, an' dey'll be tied togethah. Jes' fold it up in two ways - jes' lak heah mah han'kchuff now. Aftah yo' git de blood on dat - YO' DON'T MIND ME STANDIN' UP? Aftah yo' 股商 git de blood on dere, jes' fold it lak dis[demonstrates]. (Wait a minute! You fold one half to the middle and then the other half. You fold one half to the middle and the other opposite half to the middle. Then you fold it lengthwise to the middle, each side.) Den yo' put it right undah yore mattress where [the side] yo' sleep at.
(Nine folds.)
[Only one way can I understand nine folds. Surely the design here is 9 squares, a tick-tack-toe diagram, several examples of which appear in HOODOO. The handkerchief is folded twice, the two folds overlapping evenly, creating 3 equal and horizontal oblongs. These are turned vertically and folded twice, again both folds overlapping evenly, creating a stack of 9 squares. Instead of saying You fold one half to the middle, I should have said You fold one half toward the middle.] (Well, don't you do anything else with that blood first before you put it under your mattress?) No, jes' take dat blood on dis han'kschuff, lak ah got mah han'kschuff in mah han', an' put undah de mattress. In three days time dey'll git tied up.
(You don't put the blood on them or anything?)
No.
(Which dog do you get the blood from, the male or the female dog?)
De male dog.
Entry 3417
Git de blood from a dog an' de sickness of a woman an' mix dose two things togethah. Put 'em in a little bottle an' take dat bottle an' stop it up tight. Lay it down in a little groove lak dat an' put sand over it, an' dat will take her nature away from all men, any man. She can't have nuth- in to do wit anyone. (Do you take that from any kind of a dog, that blood? Any time?) Any kind of a dog, any time.
Entry 3418
Git a ole slut dog. Yo' heah 'em talkin' about mens an' womens being stick tuh one 'nothah an' couldn't git 'em loose. Well, dey jes' take dese ole slut dog dat run about, yo' know, de muss [usually mess] dey have at de time dey are proudin' - see whut ah mean, tuh mate wit de othah dogs. Well, yo' kin jes' cut dat little tip off down dere, cut dat off. An' well, go in where she makin' sandwiches or sompin lak dat an' give it tuh her. See, if yo' think she goin' out an' can't stop, an' yo' wanted tuh ketch dat man an' dat woman tuhgethah, yo'll shoo [sure] git 'em - she'll stay dere. [The word prouding is quite common in hoodoo; it merely means swollen. Years ago I used to hear the word proud in connection with a wound - the flesh of the sore had begun to proud. One dictionary calls its use to describe certain female animals obsolete except for dialect.
Entry 3419
Dere wus a man goin' wit a girl an' he couldn't do nuthin wit 'er. Well, she'd have connection wit othah men, an' he couldn't ketch 'er, an' he couldn't ketch 'er. Well, dis same John McKinna, he lived at Clinton [N. Car.], he said, "Ah'll tell yo' whut tuh do." An' he tole de man whut tuh do. Well, he take a dog when she wus proudin' an' he cut it off, an' he goes home an' he wipes 'is gal wit dis thing. Now, dis wus at Wilmington [N. Car.], an' he said de nex' time dis man an' dis woman have connection, dey'll git hung up jes' lak dis dog did. An' IT WUS A WHITE MAN HAVIN' CONNECTION WIT A COLORED WOMAN. An' ah did know 'er mah- self, ah wus stayin' dere [Wilmington] at dat time. An' de doctor [M.D.] had tuh git 'em apart, an' de only [thing] he did wuz tuh give de woman a black pill. He kill 'er tuh git 'em apart. Ah saw de woman mah ownself. [Doctor McKinna appears or will elsewhere in HOODOO.]
Entry 3420
Yes sir, ah heard about dat. Dey say dat when a dog is in heat, yo' take an' cut de end of a she dog'8 - de she dog, jes' dat tip-end of it. An' yo' take an' bake it till it git hard to a dust. An' den yo' take an' sprinkle it ovah a person feed, an' den he or she, or whoevah it 'tis have a connection wit anothah person, will hitch up lak a dog.
Entry 3421
In matin'-time wit dogs yo' kin git a piece of de hair out of a dog's chest an' neck up in here an' swinge [singe]. Burn dat hair real good an' burn it down to sompin - into a ashes. Jes' burn it slow but burn it into ashes where yo' kin jes' - whenevah it's rolled up, mashed up, it ain't paid much 'tention to. An' sprinkle it in a man's food, if he runnin' roun'. An' sprinkle it in 'is food or eithah in a woman's food, any individual's food, an' let 'em eat it.
(Then what happens if they eat it?)
Well, if dey eat [it] an' happen tuh start tuh runnin' roun' ag'in, well dey'll git tangled up jes' lak two dogs.
(Stuck.)
Entry 3422
Yo' kin take de hair from a dog or a cat when dey proudin' an' yo' singe it, burn it yo' know, parch it an' git it in dey food where dey kin eat it. an' when dey eat it, it will make 'em hitch up. An' a drop of dat blood, dat dog's blood - a drop of dat in dey food, yo' see. An' if dey runnin' aroun', de husban' or wife, an' yo' ketch 'em doin' dat, dey'll hitch up. Not till nine days dey come apart deyself.
(After nine days.)
Can't loose 'em. Stay dat way nine days.
Entry 3423
Yo' git de wax outa de cat's ear an' git de wax outa de dog's ear an cut jes' a little piece of hair off de dog's tail an' den de half way of his back, an' den de back his neck [hair from 3 places], an' put it in dey shoes. Dey put in de woman's shoe. (What happens then?) Dey git stuck to 'em lak doge. Yah, de' [dey] put dat in dere shoe, de woman's shoe. (They don't get any hair from the cat then?) Git de cat hair an' de dog halr togethah.
Entry 3424
De halr from a dog an de hair from a ket [cat] an' dey duap it into de food of a person. Dat will cuz a tyin' between a man an' a run-aroun' woman, but not at home.
(Cause what?)
Tie 'em up jes' lak a dog tie up.
Entry 3425
If yo' want two people tuh be tied up tuhgethah, jes' lak yo' know a man an' a woman goin' tuhgethah an' yo' want 'em tuh be brought tuh shame an' disgrace. Why then yo' git de [male] dog livah. Kill a dog an' git 'ls livah an' let - jes' [llke] ah wuz tuh cook livah fo' suppah. Well, now, ah put livah on yore plate, de dog livah on yore plate, but ah ain't goin' put it on mah plate, see. An' ah ain't goin' be wit chew. Ah'll play lak ah'm ministratin' an' can't be wit yo', see. [To be with him before the dressed liver performed its mission would break the spell; it could also be magically dangerous. Another example of the belief will be given later.] An' let dem use de dog livah an' yo' use de othah livah, yo' see. An' when dey go ahead an' be tuhgethah, dey'd git tied up lak a dog.
Entry 3426
Ah heard dem say yo' take a - jes' lak yo' klll a dog, or a dog git killed. Yo' take dat blood from dat dog an' fix it up in bread or sompin othah lak dat fo' yore husban', an' if he mess wit ary [any] othah woman, dey'll git fastened.
(You mean they get that from a dog that gets killed?)
Or, eithah yo' - de dog git kllled, if yo' ain't got de heart tuh do [it]. But dey say mostly it'll work bettah if yo' do it chureself. Split dat dog open an' git de livah. Cook it an' give it to yore husban', an' if dey'll have a intahco'se wit a woman, dey'll do jes' lak a dog do's. (You get that dog's blood and put it in some of his food.)
Entry 3427
Othah things about a dog, ah hear'n 'em say. Yo' could take a dog's livah if yo' wanta. Jes' lak if a woman's husban' goin' wit anothah one [woman] an' she [wife] wanted tuh ketch up wit 'im an' couldn't ketch up wit: 'im no way, an' she take dat dog livah an' cook it an' let dat man eat it. Well, when he go back to dat woman an' have connection wit 'er ag'in, dey git hang up.
Entry 3428
Well, yo' see de way dat's done, it's lak a man an' woman's havin' connection - white an' [or] colored, yo' know, togethah, an' de woman Want 'er husban' tuh stop. Why yo' git dat dog livah an' cook it, yo' know, an' den have her husban' eat it fo' suppah, yo' see. He eat an' den he go out, de firs' thing he git in 'is min', 'bout dat colored woman or whatevah woman he's wit, an' he go dere an' git wit dat woman, an' de doctor [M.D.] have tuh git 'em apart.
Entry 3429
Dat is to say, to tie up a person. If a man thought 'is wife wuz run- nin' aroun', he could kill a dog an' git 'ls livah an' feed de livah to his wife; an' den if de man come dere an' have intahco'se, he would git hung to her lak de dog.