Browse:KNOTS 2 AND 3 AND 5 (Volume 5, entries 10372–10374)
KNOTS 2 AND 3 AND 5
Volume 5, entries 10372–10374. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → SEX AND IMPOTENCE REAPPEAR. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
Entry 10372
Measure man, tie a knot in each end of string, and put under her steps. She may put salt and pepper with it [Petersburg, 418:2].
Entry 10373
Woman ties clothing, on which semen falls, into 3 knots, dampens with witch hazel, and puts in mattress [Wilmington, 133:4].
Entry 10374
She kin take the measure of his snapper, tie five knots in it and wear around her waist; then he won't have, if he can't git that off, courage for an- other woman.
The informant describes taking the measure of his 'snapper'; the later claimed effect remains conditional on 'if he can't git that off'.