Browse:CONDENSED RITES (Volume 5, entries 10281–10400)
CONDENSED RITES
Volume 5, entries 10281–10400. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → SEX AND IMPOTENCE REAPPEAR. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
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].
Entry 10321
Woman puts man's semen in small bottle, keeps in small red bag, ties string to and wears around waist [Richmond, 278:1].
Entry 10322
[Wipe with homespun, stop tight in bottle with Hearts Cologne; throw into back yard, or bury under steps, or hide in room [Wilmington, 178:3].
Entry 10323
Wipe man with cotton, put in bottle, add whiskey [to feed the spirit, see ALCOHOL FOR THE SPIRIT, p.32, v.1], bury or hide it [Richmond, 329:9].
Entry 10324
Instead of bottle, towel wiped is screwed up airtight in jar [Wilming- ton, 177:1].
This is a short printed account; a verbatim transcript is not established.
Entry 10325
Measure man, wear string in shoe 9 days, then tie around right ankle [a remedy of the great George Jackson of the Eastern Shore, see Pp.912-915, v.1. Some of the material about him collected on Eastern Shore of Maryland, some from relative in Baltimore].
Entry 10326
Measure man, wear the string on right leg for 9 days, then permanently on left, or visa versa [Richmond, 373:1].
Entry 10327
Measures the man and keeps the string [Hampton, by Ediphone].
The brief printed account and its recording notation do not establish a verbatim transcript.
Entry 10328
Measure man with string and wear around leg [Norfolk, 475:8].
This is a short printed account; a verbatim transcript is not established.
Entry 10329
"The string [used in measuring] is worn as a garter" [Mt. Vernon, eastern shore of Maryland, by hand].
The wearing statement is printed as a quotation; the measuring explanation is editorial.
Entry 10330
Measure the man and wear the string around her left ankle [Fredericks- burg, by Ediphone].
The brief printed account and recording notation do not establish a verbatim transcript.
Entry 10331
Measure man with string and wear about her body [waist probably meant].
[Elizabeth City, 400:7.]
The source says about her body; waist is the editor’s qualified suggestion.
Entry 10332
Measure the man and tack the measure at the foot of the door [Freder- icksburg, by Ediphone].
The printed instruction locates the measure at the foot of a door. The Ediphone reference is provenance notation; no recording or completed action is established here.
Entry 10333
Woman measures man with a new piece of cloth or string [Washington, D. C., 829:5].
The account names a new piece of cloth or string as alternatives for measuring. It does not establish joint use, a cloth subtype or an observed measurement.
Entry 10334
Measure a man and make a wish to hold him [Fredericksburg, by Ediphone].
Entry 10335
Woman measures a man with a string, the length and circumference, and threading a needle with this string works it into her garter [Richmond, 280:2].
Entry 10336
Sometimes a woman wipes a man with a dishrag and throws it away. [The reason for this is given in the belief that follows this one.] [Richmond, 335:2.]
Entry 10337
The purpose of wiping a man with a dishrag and throwing it away, as in the preceding rite, is so that his semen will go down into the ground and keep him down [unable to have an erection] for other women.
[Wilmington, 178:11.]
Entry 10339
A man's impotence can be cured if he steals a dishrag, wipes himself, throws it back across right shoulder and does not look back [Norfolk, 476:3].
Entry 10340
Man steals someone's dishrag, wipes himself, throws it away, does not look back. This will cure his impotence [Richmond, 341:2].
Entry 10341
If a woman herself is tied up, she must steal a dishrag, wipe herself 9 times to her, do this 9 times [9 times on each of 9 days?], walk out and throw dishrag over left shoulder. [Presumably she must not look back or see the rag or rags again.] [Mobile, 938:4.]
Entry 10342
"Take a dishcloth every morning for 9 mornings and you get up before sunrise and you wipe yourself every morning around wit dis dishcloth and throw it up towards de sunrise 9 times every morning for 9 mornings an' den yo' lose de [impotence spell]." [Washington, D. C., 807:2.]
Entry 10343
Rub man with dishrag, throw over shoulder into river, can't have any- body but you.
Entry 10344
Wipe man with dishrag and bury. [Wilmington, 253:2 and Richmond, 291:7.]
Entry 10345
After intercourse a woman wipes herself with dishcloth, stops it up in a bottle, and buries it under the doorsill [Richmond, 284:3].
The short account begins 'After intercourse' before describing wiping and burial; the temporal relation remains a reported account.
Entry 10346
If a man steals a dishrag from another house, wipes himself, then returns dishrag to place from which it was stolen, he will cure his impotence [Wilmington, 130:8].
Entry 10347
Man may wash himself with dishrag from the house of the woman who put the spell on him to cure his impotence for other women [Norfolk, 530:13].
Entry 10348
To find out who has tricked him, man borrows dishrag of woman he is visiting to wash himself with a solution of saltpeter and gunpowder, and makes the woman do likewise, to see whether she, or his wife or some other woman put the impotence spell upon him [Norfolk, 445:1].
Entry 10349
If a woman herself is tied up, a man must wipe her with a dishrag [Mobile, 963:2].
Entry 10350
Let a woman steal a dishrag and wipe a man with it. [This is a double-edge rite: she can do this to cure his impotence or to make him impotent for other women.] [Wilmington, 195:5.]
Entry 10351
Wipe man with dishrag, wear in shoe or on waist or hide in room.
[Elizabeth City, 407:5.]
Entry 10352
After intercourse woman wipes herself with her dishrag and hangs it up over door through which man enters, leaves it there until he visits her again, repeats rite each time, so that he will always be potent with her [Wilmington, 217:9].
Entry 10353
Penis captivus caused by rubbing person with dog semen or juice, which must be taken when two dogs are hung together or just separated. [Petersburg, 425:2; Newport News, 496:7; and from slut only Elizabeth City, 407:6].
The short account names dogs and cites three sources; a bracketed note restricts 'from slut only' to the Elizabeth City citation.
Entry 10354
Semen from dog or young bull [rare] on woman's privates [Fredericks- burg, by Ediphone].
Entry 10355
Wipe bitch with rag after dog leaves her, rub man down with it uhile naking wish [Richmond, 359:8, by Humpadee].
Entry 10356
Woman takes new piece of cloth, wipes both dogs; woman does this, but she must not "discharge" [whatever that means here] but let man "discharge"; sews rag [this new cloth] up in pillow, he can't have anyone but her [Norfolk, 457:2].
The short account says both dogs are wiped with a cloth. It expressly leaves the meaning of 'discharge' uncertain.
Entry 10357
"To tie" or 'to line man, takes the fluid when 2 dogs come apart, wife wipes down with it [Norfolk, 487:1].
The short account associates fluid with '2 dogs come apart' in a reported tie/line account; its clipped wording remains unchanged.
Entry 10358
Wipe slut when she becomes loose from dog, wipe woman with this rag or handkerchief, bury it; she's no good until cloth is taken up and washed.
[Wilmington, 172:5.]
Entry 10359
Man cuts off tip end of she dog's pussy [clitoris] and rubs it on his drawers or on woman; if she goes with another man, they get stuck [Richmond, 384:3].
The account names drawers or the woman as alternative contact targets. Its conditional sticking claim is not an established effect, and bracketed explanations are editorial.
Entry 10360
If man and woman stuck, cut a black dog, rub some of the blood between them [then in a parenthesis I have: (slap it on three times? recheck). What that means is quite clear; use 3 times]. [Charleston, S. Car., 629:6.]