Browse:KNOT ONE (Volume 5, entries 10363–10371)
KNOT ONE
Volume 5, entries 10363–10371. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → SEX AND IMPOTENCE REAPPEAR. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
Entry 10363
Woman, when man asleep, takes piece of string, measures him, ties it around her leg [making 1 knot in string] so that he will have no nature for any- one else. He can break spell only by getting the string. [Washington, D. C., 798:1.]
Entry 10364
Wipe man or self with handkerchief, tie [silver] dime up in, wear under arm. [Mobile, 979:10.]
The short account says 'wear under arm' after describing a handkerchief and dime; 'silver' is bracketed editorial wording.
Entry 10365
Measure man with string or rag, tie into knot and wear about waist.
[Fredericksburg, by Ediphone.]
Entry 10367
Woman wipes man with handkerchief, ties knot in middle, puts cologne on, carries [Wilmington, 99:6].
Entry 10368
Woman wipes man with handkerchief and ties it on her leg [Fredericks- burg, by Ediphone].
Entry 10369
Measure man with string, tie knot in it, bury under step [Richmond, 292:8].
Entry 10370
Wipe man with dishrag, tie rag in one hard knot, put under step or under bed [Wilmington, 254:5].
Entry 10371
Measure man with string, lengthen it by tying on another string, and tie round her leg [Newport News, 513:7].