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FOOD AND DRINK - URINE IN
Volume 3, entries 4077–4132. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → URINE. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
Entry 4077
[Urine in food or drink is a widespread belief in hoodoo and witch- craft. Examples of it have already been given in HOODOO - see 2663-2364, p.661 and elsewhere. Here in the following rites the eater or drinker has been tricked; he does not know what he has eaten or drunk. Occasionally in HOODOO a person will purposely drink his own or another person's urine; a practice lin- gering on as a deviation (uralangnia) among a few persons. Superstitions similar to these urine ones will also be found regarding menstrual blood.1 Yo' kin take yore chamber lye. Jes' lak if ah wants tuh go wit a woman, or a woman wants me tuh go wit her, either one, see. Yo' kin take yore chamber lye an' put it in some watah, or either put it into sompin tuh eat, an' dat'll run yo' fool about her - all to- gethah a fool, yo' jes' wandah away [live in a dreamland] an' yo' jis' lose out on de world.
Entry 4078
A woman kin take chamber lye an' feed a man on it an' do 'im any way in de worl' she wanta. She have him he'pless [helpless]. He cain't do a thin'. She jis' have him gwinin' [going = running around in circles] all de time.
Entry 4079
Yo' kin take chamber lye an', yo' know, if yo' kin git a chance tuh cook fer 'im an' put it in 'is food, well he'll come back [if he has left home].
Entry 4080
Yo' could put it in a person's food.
(This chamber lye?)
Yes. Yuh could put it in de person's food, an' if yuh fuss or quarrel a lot, if yuh think he gon'a leave yuh, why it will make him humble an' make him stay wit yuh. Yuh could even stop 'im, if he wuz a man dat liked tuh go a lot an he's goin' wit othah wimmin. Why IT WOULD TAKE HIS MIN' OFFA DOSE WIMMIN an make him stay at home.
Entry 4081
Well, dat de same thin', aftah yo' git 'er tuh yo'. Well, aftah yo' git 'er tuh yo', aftah she gits tuh yo' an' gits a-goin' wit chew, aftah 'er love is come tuhwards yo' - tuh keep 'er is tuh take some of yuh urinate an' feed it in 'er food. Drops some in dere.
Entry 4082
[They] say dat she kin take, if she wanted tuh make him really love her, or he love her, dat he kin go take some of 'is, or she kin take some of 'er watah, anythin' lak dat, an' put it in somepin tuh eat an' cook it fo' him, yuh know, an' let 'im eat dat.
Entry 4083
An' den yuh kin feed 'im chamber lye. Dat'll make him crazy about chew. Intuh somepin tuh eat.
Entry 4084
Dey could use yuh chamber lye.
(All right, how could you do that?)
Dey tell me if yuh take de chamber lye an' mix it intuh whut chew eat - dey tell me a woomin kin take dat an' sprinkle a little of de chamber lye intuh whut chew eat an' let chew eat dat. Dat'll keep yuh from runnin' aftah othah wimmins.
Entry 4085
Dey says yo' kin take dat chamber lye an' if de woman's fond-a drink- in', anythin' lak dat, if yuh cain't git 'er tuh.yuh an' she's strayed away from yuh. Take it an' put it an' give it tuh some of yuh close fren's, an' let 'er git it an' drink it - de chamber lye. Says dat's whut dat's good fo'. Dat will make 'er 'tenshun [attention] go back tuh yuh.
Entry 4086
Yo' take a peach or banana, or lak if yore husban' lak bananas an cream, yo' know, lak dat fo' breakwus [breakfast]. Well yo' take dis banana, peaches - I won' say peaches becuz I haven't used dat, I use bananas. An' pee in a pan at night an let dese bananas soak in 'em ovahnight, an' de nex mawnin' use dem in corn flakes or cream. Dat's fo' love.
(Would he taste that?)
No, sir. Yo' cain't taste it at all.
(You mean the sugar kills the taste?)
Yes.
Entry 4087
DAT [URINE] ONE DE GREATES' THIN'S IN DE WORLD.
(Tell me one thing you can do with it and why you do it.)
Yo' kin put a little bit in de cookin' an' control 'im - put it in de cookin'. An' yo' kin put some in yore bathwatah. Dat makes 'im stay home.
(Some of that urine - chamber lye?)
Yes. Make him stick tuh yo' an' he won't leave yo'. Mix it up yo' know.
Entry 4088
An' jes' lak yore man will take a bath, yo' take dat watah whut he take a bath in an' take a little of yore pee, an' take it an' put it in 'is coffee; if he drinks coffee or tea, eithah one. He'll be crazy 'bout chew.
Entry 4089
Take chamber lye, jis' a little of it, an' mix it up wit flour [usually in bread]. Women did dat in ordah tuh give tuh dere husban's. An' dey say dat dat will make dem care fo' dem an' hold 'em. In othah words it gives dem powah ovah dem an' dey kin deman' any- thin' outa dem dat dey want.
Entry 4090
Well, people say yo' kin use chamber lye. Take dat an' take an' make it up in bread, an' have a man do jis' lak - have him undah yore coamand, if it's yore frien' or yore husban'.
Entry 4091
Take yo' pee an' do it up in bread an' feed 'im on dat; say dat will make him stay home.
Entry 4092
If a woman wants tuh make a man come undah her control, why dat's whut she use. Take it an' feed ' it intuh de food; make his food, lak she make bread.
(This chamber lye.)
Entry 4093
Take yore chamber lye an' make it up in bread, an' give it tuh a man or woman, anyone, tuh make 'em love yuh - do mos' anythin' yuh wan' 'em tuh do.
Entry 4094
If a fellah loved a gurl, he would take his chamber lye. She be jes' walkin' along [and you see her] an' HAVE YO' SOME CANDY. CHOCOLATE CANDY. WHY YO' KIN JIS' TAKE IT OUT - TAKE IT OUT AN' PEE ON DAT CANDY SEE AN' LET IT DRY OFF, AN' CARRY IT AN' GIVE IT TUH 'ER AN' LET 'ER EAT IT. Well, dat makes 'er love strongah fo' him. She love him.
Entry 4095
Onest ah wuz co'tin' [courting] a girl an' she didn't seem [to] like me so very well. So ah went an' got me some candy an' wet on dat a little bit, yuh know, care'd [carried] it tuh 'er an' give it tuh 'er, an' she fell in love wit me shuh [sure] 'nough.
Wet on dat remains the printed wording; no particular fluid or verified affection outcome is established.
Entry 4096
She'll go tuh de sto' an' git a piece of candy, an' take dat candy an' rub it down dere, see; an' care [carry] dat candy an' give it tuh 'i. An' evah time he eat dat candy, why he'll love her mo' an' mo'.
Entry 4097
Dey take chamber lye an' put it in food. Dey put chamber lye in a man's coffee. When a woman want a man tuh go crazy 'bout 'er, she kin jis' put chamber lye an' take it an' put it, yuh know, a little in 'is coffee or in 'is food or somepin an' he'll go stone crazy
[about her].
Entry 4098
Yuh kin take hit - take de chamber lye an' put it in 'is coffee or eithah sompin tuh eat, an' it will make him love yuh an' give yuh money.
Entry 4099
Whut ah heard women say - ah don' know but ah heard women say dey take dey chamber lye an' put it in dere husban' tea or coffee, an' dey say dat will make 'em love 'em an' make 'em stay at home.
Entry 4100
Ah've heard women say, if dey Want tuh git nex' tuh a man, dey put it in somepin tuh drink lak tea or coffee.
(This chamber lye?)
De chamber lye an' git de good will of dat man an' make him follah aftah dem.
Entry 4101
Lak if mah man has turn 'is back on me, ah take some of dat chamber lye an' ah put it in 'is coffee an' he drink it. Well, den he'll do anyvay ah say, an' he go wit nobody else.
Entry 4102
Ah've heard some of 'em say, yuh kin take yuh chamber lye. Dey take it an' git tuh some-a dem shoe, an' dey take dat an' sprinkle it down in dey shoes - yo' see, sompin lak dat. An' take it an' eithah po' it in coffee, slip it in some-a dems coffee, yuh know, an' make dem love yuh. An' den de women's take it an' make de mens bring 'em de money. See.
Entry 4103
Yuh kin go out if yuh wan'a woman tuh love yuh regardless tuh who she is. Yuh kin go an' take yuh urinate in a bottle, an' take dat an' po' it in somepin lak cream or anythin' - jis' enough dey won't tast'it [taste it] in it - an' yuh'll rule her dat way.
Entry 4104
If a man runnin' roun' wit a woman, if he's mah fren' or mah husban', ah'll take a little bit of mah chamber lye an' mix it all up, an' put jes' a little pinch of mah chamber lye an' wash de dishes wit it, fix de meals an' put a little drop of dis dragon's blood in it. Dat's how ah fix mine.
Entry 4105
If she wan'a hold a man she take a dishrag an' wash 'er ownself wit it, an' use it in de kitchen jis' lak she always [does]. He'll nevah cā'y 'is money from home. He'll bring it home jis' lak a chile. She cook 'im anythin' sweet, she'll put chamber lye or anythin' in dat, chew know, an' make him come home, bring 'is money in, see. Dat keep 'im 'umble [humble] undah 'er shoe. He'll always be lookin' up tuh 'er, yuh know. Yet he takin' cah [care] of 'er.
Entry 4106
Yuh kin take dat chamber lye an' if a woman wan's yuh tuh love her, or if yuh wan'a woman tuh love yuh an' lak dat now, dat's a simple thin'. Now, if yo' wan' de woman be settled down, yuh do dat, an' dey follah yuh from heel tuh heel. Ah'm gon'a tell yuh now, dey'll follah yuh from heel tuh heel. But yuh don wan' 'em follow yuh, but dey cain't he'p it follah yuh from heel tuh heel. Yuh go tuh work an' takes yuh a bottle of Coca-cola or anythin'-lak, an' take an' lay it out tuh yuhself. An' turn yuhself right dere tuh de east, where de sun rise in de east. Jis' lak ah'm settin' in [facing] de east right now. [To face the east or rising sun is a fairly common rite.] An' yuh take dat bottle an' po' out a li'le of it [or] yuh kin drink a li'le of it, yuh know. Jis' puts it [hold bottle] down, git it away from dere [you] at de top, an' yuh take an' take yuh penis, yuh undahstan', an' stan' tuh [facing] de east heah, an' hol' de bottle jis' lak dat an' shoot de pee in dere. An' when yuh do dat, say, "Dis is fo' us." All yuh got'a say, yuh standin' in de east yuh see, "Dis is fo' us." All right, yuh'll go back now. Yuh see, yuh stop it back up, shake it up. [For shaking bottled urine, see later margin title SHAKING BOTTLED URINE.] Go back, yuh undahstan', an' de ole lady say, "Whut's dis? Heah's one. Dis kin' all right?" "Yes, yes dis kin' all right." "Well, let me open it." Well, ah open it an' give her. Pull off of it dere [remove cap] an' shake it up an' po' in - serve it, yuh know, an' dey drink it down. AN' MAH FREN', in three day's time, she be tellin' evahbody, "Why, ah'm jis' crazy 'bout mah ole man."
Entry 4107
An' den put eithah a man or a woman chamber lye in tea or coffee or whiskey or whichsomevah it is, jis' feeds it tuh 'em - a teaspoonful at de time evah mawnin'. An' take a man - an' cut chure fingahnails, an' cut chure toenails, an' soak yuh feet in warm watah. An' take a razor blade or somepin an' shave dat dead skin from undah de bottom of yuh feet, an' yuh could put it on a little pan an' parch it on de stove. Yuh kin put dat in sompin, tea or coffee, an' dat will hold 'em togethah. AH KNOWS ALL DEM THIN'S CUZ AH'VE TRIED 'EM.
Entry 4108
Den yuh kin take de hair an' put it in a bottle an' de fingahnails an' toenails an' chamber lye an' put dat in a person's food. Dat'll make 'em love yuh.
Entry 4109
Yo' takes de dead skin off de bottom of yuh feet an' put it in a halfa pint of whiskey an' takes one teaspoonful of pee an' po' it in. Dat'll make dem become tuh love yuh.
Teaspoonful denotes a quantity in this reported recipe. No utensil, calibrated modern volume or demonstrated effect is established.
Entry 4110
If a person want's yuh tuh love 'em, tell me yo' kin take yore chamber lye an' put it on some of 'is food an' dry it [urine] in it [food] by de fiah- place. An' give it tuh 'em an aftah dey eat 'em, dey min' [mind] an' all will be wit chuh.
(They dry this food next to the fireplace after they put the chamber lye in it?)
Yes.
Entry 4111
An' dey say if she kin git a man's watah, if she take dat watah right aftah de man's had action an' GOT 'IS BLOOD MIXED WIT IT[!!!] she kin handle 'i wit it. She kin mix 'er watah an' 'is watah tuhgethah an' give it tuh 'im tuh eat, an' she keep 'im from goin' hithah - from goin' anywhere 'cept comin' home. Mix 'em tuhgethah. Give it tuh 'im tuh drink in drinks.
Entry 4112
Jis' lak 'if ah workin' on a job. See, DERE'S A BOSS ON DIS JOB. Now, ah'll gO to WOrk - IF DIS BOSS DRINKS, SEE - AH'LL GO TO WORK AN' TAKE SOME OF MAH WATAH AN' PUT IT IN DAT BOTTLE AN' HE'LL COME TO LOVE ME, See. (He'll what?) He'll come to love me jis' lak he love his mothah. Take mah watah in de bottle an' he'll drink off it an' he'll come to love me. An' ah kin handle him jis' lak a baby - jis' lak yuh take a horse an' give him sugah.
Entry 4113
Den, they say that when you're workin' aroun' [doing housework], if you Want TO KEEP CHURE JOB, Why yo' kin, yo' know. Yo' kin TAKE A LITTLE chamber lye AN' PUT IT IN DE FOOD OR WHEN WASHIN' OF DE DISHES.
Entry 4114
(You have good luck you say with red onions. Well, now what did you say you put into that?) Yuh put yuh own chamber lye, an' yuh puts sulphur intuh it, an' yuh put love powdahs intuh it an' a li'le sugah - granulated sugah, a teaspoonful. Dat makes a nice salve. An' yuh gi' dat tuh 'im an' dey'll love yo'. (What do you do with that?) Yuh kin take dat an' gi' [give] dat tuh de person. Yuh gi' tuh 'em tuh eat.
Entry 4115
Heard of 'em takin' dere chamber lye an' also dere monthly. An' put it - about two drops of dey monthly an' a teaspoonful of dere chamber lye in a man's or a woman's food. Dat's, if it's a woman, she puts it intuh de man's food, her monthly. If it's a man, lak if de woman drinks or somepin lak dat, he puts some of 'is chamber lye intuh 'er whiskey or Coca-cola or somepin lak dat. An' dat's tuh keep 'em tuhgethah.
Entry 4116
Jes' lak if yuh want a man tuh be wid jah an' stay wid jah. He may be pullin' off wid some othah woman. Yuh take chamber lye an' a little bit of yuh minstratin' an' put it in whiskey or coffee, eithah one of dose thin's, an' jis' give it tuh 'em. An' he drink dat an' he jis' be so fool about chew, he'll have tuh be dere.
Entry 4117
Dey takes dat an' let it set nine days, fo' nine days, an' put it in de man's coffee an' make 'im love dem an' make him come back. (That's the chamber lye.)
Entry 4118
Well, yuh kin take a person'8 chamber lye. If yuh got a good girl an' she won' have yuh, yuh take nine drops of dat chamber lye an' put it in likkah an' give it tuh 'er. Yuh an' 'er will nevah break up. Yuh live wit 'er de balance of yuh life.
Entry 4119
If yuh want yuh wife tuh be crazy 'bout chuh, yuh take yuh nine drops of chamber lye. Put it intuh a bottle an' evah time dat choo go tuhgethah, or anythin', yuh drop one drop in dere, yuh know, in some tea or whiskey - whut- evah she drink. She'll be crazy 'bout choo.
Entry 4120
Jis' lak, now, yuh run aroun' a whole lot. Yuh know, jis' lak yuh an ah, yuh wife, wan' chew tuh stay home. Well, all she have tuh do is tuh jis' make yuh some bread up sep'rate, an put a little of 'er watah in it, about nine mawnin's, an' yuh'll stay home. Yuh won' go nowhere. Dat break yuh.
Entry 4121
If yuh in love wit a woman an' cain't undahstan' it, an' yuh do' know why yuh love her - sompin lak dat - she given yuh some of 'er chamber lye. An' den [to free yourself] yuh taken yuh chamber lye, say nine mawnin's in suc- cessful [succession], yuh walk aroun' de house an' come back in, an' take a swallah yuh chamber lye. Dat'll kill de love fuh a woman who have ovahpowahed yuh. Yuh've seen men dat women jis' drag aroun', do' cāh [care] anythin' 'bout 'em, but dey cain't hep' dey- self. Well dey - dat whut makin' 'em [dragl. De woman put some of dat stuff, her monthly yo' might call [it, but here it is urine] intuh 'is coffee, yuh see.
[To be on the safe side, I fortunately summarize the rite.]
(Well, if this woman has used this chamber lye in his food, he can kill that by using his own chamber lye against hers. HE HAS TO TAKE A SWALLOW EVERY MORN- ING FOR NINE MORNINGS.) Fo' nine mawnin's tuh kill hers.
Entry 4122
Walkin' aroun' de house, ah heard dat. If a woman got chew fixed in love, so deep in love dat chew can't - dat chew can't git 'er off yuh mind, J jis' walk aroun' de house once in de mawnin' fo' nine mawnin's an' takes a drink of yuh own chamber lye. Nine mawnin's walk aroun' de house an' dat'll kill dat. [As you will See, THIS RITE IS IDENTICAL WITH THE PRECEDING ONE, THOUGH THE FORMER HAS MORE DETAIL AND INTEREST. DESPITE THESE TWO PERSONS APPEARING 35 INFORMANTS APART, I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER THERE WAS ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN THEM. Occasionally, a doctor especially, almost anyone, man or woman, would send a scout ahead to learn about my work and to evaluate the safety and reward problem. The present coincidence may be such an example. MY COMMENT NG ON TBE ORIGINAL TRANSCRIPTION SHEET IN THE "MS" MEANS A NUMBER OF THINGS; HERE PROBABLY SOMEONE HAVING LITTLE TO REPORT.]
Entry 4123
A woman down in Caroline [Co., Va.] had a husband always running about and he went to West Virginia, and he wrote to her and she sent him some tobacco. She said she had a good chance to make him come home. She took of her rumning nature - that's water, urine, and washed that tobacco and sent it to him. And he chewed it and in three days he was back in the yard. She brought him back home. She told me so herself. [Fredericksburg, Va., by Ediphone.]
Entry 4124
If de woman - she wants a man to herself, an' dey [man] can't leave dey [her] home, why she gotta cook de meal. Well, wheresomevah dey cook de meal where de steam is on it, she kin jes' set down ovah it.
(Sets down over the food?)
Ovah de food, an' dat man ain't goin' leave dat house.
(She doesn't do anything in the food?)
No, dat's all - don't do nuthin in it. Whut ah'm tellin' yo' now, dey jes' set ovah it an' dat steam from her [does the work].
Entry 4125
Yeah, dat's right. Yo' take a dishpan, see yo' take a dishpan now, it's bran'-new - jis' git a bran'-new one. Yo' take a bran'-new dishpan. Yo' kin take dat dishpan - a woman will take dat dishpan up an' she'll take it an' set ovah it. See, she'll set ovah it jis' say, three times, an' de three time she set ovah it well, now anythin' - if she use dat dishpan fo' anythin' towards a man, 'tis no way fo' to keep 'im from bein' right dere to dat pan. He can't stay 'way. He might have a wife but when it come his time he gotta go by dere an' say sompin tuh her.
(Well now, what does she do when she sits over this dishpan?)
WHEN SHE SIT OVAH DAT DISHPAN SHE'LL EITHAH MAKE THREE DROPS OF WATAH - THREE DROPS OF WATAH EACH TIME. Well, now she'll take dat little watah, see an' put it into a little cake-flavor bottle. An' evah time she wants to see dat man or be wit 'im, or he stay off any length of time, she'll drop a little of dat watah into somepin, yo' see, an' he have to come on - he have to come home. [THIS 3 DROPS OF WATER 3 TIMES REMINDS ME OF MY REMARK ABOUT THAT FAMOUS EPI- SODE OF 1886, the old man who was advised to rid himself of that hag riding him every night by jumping up out of bed and urinating into a bottle before she could leave the room - good "trick", if you can do it (536, p.158)!]
Entry 4126
[Preceding rite is now simplified to 3 drops:] If he's mean or she's mean, yo' kin give dem three drops of chamber lye to make dem come ca'm [calm]. Put three drops of chamber lye in dey coffee or in dey milk tuh drink, or anythin' yo' want. Any time yo' fixin' dey coffee yo' kin do dat.
Entry 4127
A woman kin take her chamber lye an' put it in coffee fo' her man or fo' her hus- ban', de regular - dey says anyhow three times a week, an' in de new moon - wit de new moon assistance. Yo' always work in de moon becuz de moon governs de seasons. It controls from heaven to New York or any othah place, becuz where de moon is got dominion, why so in dis pow- ah it kin carry. So she takes dat an' she give him it in coffee say, three times a week, an' if she continue to do lak dat, HE'LL BECOME TO BE A COMPLETE SLAVE AN' SHE KIN DO HIM AS SHE PLEASE. He'll believe evahthin' she says is true an' evahbody else may be true, but what she says goes wit him. He don't believe whut nobody else says.
Entry 4128
If yo's wit a family of people an' dey has someone in heah dat didn't like yo' so well, an' dey drink watah, tea, or medicine, whatsomevah it is, well yo' take an' put [in] jis' a lit- tle chamber lye. Not too much, yo see, dat would make dem distrustin'. But yo' put jis' maybe a couple of tablespoonful in dere, an' yo' constantly do dat fo' 'bout fo' times. An' dey will come tuh love yo' an' nobody couldn't put dem against yo' in no kin'a way. An' it nevah would be broken except dey go tuh somebody an' take it off.
Entry 4129
Yo' kin take yore chambah watah an' put it in a little bit of watah. Jis' lak someone comin' to yore house dat chew think a lot of an' wants dem tuh love yo', yo' take dat an' put it in a little watah an' stir it up - not put enough in dere dat dey kin tell it. An' jis' keep doin' dat an' dey'll come to de place dat dey'll think a lot of yo'.
Entry 4130
Take a little yore urinate an' put it in some watah, sompin lak dat - glass of watah, somepin lak dat. An' dat will make 'er love yuh.
(I see, if she drinks that she will love you.)
Entry 4131
Now, dis chamber lye, dey kin take dat now - ah don't know dis from pers'nal experience but ah've heard of dis. If a person, say, might do dat, take it an' sprinkle it on a person's food, he would follow 'em from heah tuh Europe barefooted jis' tuh git a chance tuh be in 'is company.
Entry 4132
Ah've heard it tuh say, if someone is sellin' whiskey, why dey go tuh work an' mix a certain portion of chamber lye wit it an' give it tuh mens, so dat dey come back an' buy dere whiskey.