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THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF
Volume 3, entries 3110–5205. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
Entry 4310
Sweep out chure house wit chure chamber lye; dat'll make yuh have customers an' make de policeman stay 'way from yuh house.
Entry 4311
chamber lye, yuh watah - take de chamber lye from de night when yuh'all would git up. An' take in de mawnin' when yuh sweep out de house, sweepin' out de do', when yuh git through, empty de watah, throw it undah de house. (What will that do?) Dat bring 'im in, dat brings in luck.
(Customers?)
Yes.
Entry 4312
[Here is a rite that may have been widespread and fairly common at one time, but I found few examples of it - the urine rite.] Take plain table salt an' each time dey go out, she kin throw it behin' dem. An' some people will jis' urinate behin' dem people. Ah've know dat tuh make em move.
(The salt itself will make them move?)
Jis' plain table salt, dat's it.
(If that person urinates behind them, that'll make them move?)
Dat'll make dem move.
(Well, how would they urinate behind them?)
Dey watch fo' dem, or some people will hold it fo' jis' dat length of time. If somebody goes out an' dat dey jis' hate 'em an' don't want 'em, yuh know, dey jis' squat behin' dem an' jis' do dat, an' den take de broom an' sweep it right straight out behin' dem.
Entry 4313
It'll bring peace. Yuh put salt, three spoonsfulla salt, an chamber lye. Den if yuh want 'im tuh lak yuh, yuh take an' throw it. Talk to it an' jis' throw it in de path dat chew walks from yuh house. Throw it an' he will always be approachin' de do' tuh speak tuh yuh.
(That chamber lye, what will that do then, if you put it in this path?)
If yuh wants 'im tuh lak yuh, he'll lak yuh an' won' have no harm ag'inst yuh.
(That will make the man come back and like you?)
Yes.
Entry 4314
In de mawnin' befo' yo' speak tuh anybody, take yuh chamber lye an throw it out in front an' jis' keep it all saturated roun' yore house.
(What will that do then?) Well, dat will make customahs come tuh yuh.
Entry 4315
Grand Duke[?] or Green Pastures[?] or [?].
(Grand?)
[Informant could not name the oil.]
Grand - Green Grand - or - yeah, yuh take dat an' yuh put it in a bottle. Yuh set three bottles, jis' like yuh git one a dem cake flavor bottles. Yuh have tuh take three of dem. Yuh ketches 'er urine, see. Yuh ketches some of de filth, some of de filth what - jis' like if she goes in de night. de night. Well yuh take a spoon an' take some of de filth an' put it in one bottle, den yuh put some of de urinate in anothah bottle, den yuh takes 'er name. But yuh go an' git chew some of dis parchment papah which ain't no papah, but it's lambskin, but it's very thin. Yo' take dat lamb's skin, well, yo' pays 32c a foot fo' it [a good profit for hoodoo drug stores and mail- order houses during the Great Depression from a cheap quality of parchment paper]. Well, yuh cut yuh a piece jis' de length of 'er name, an' yuh take it aftah yuh've taken an' put dat urinate in one bottle an' de othah stuff, dat filth, in anothah bottle. An' yuh take some corn an' yuh takes 'er name an' yuh write it.
(You take some what?)
Yuh takes 'er name an' write it on dis parchment paper.
(You said corn?)
Yes.
(What kind of corn?)
Jis' common or'nary corn, jis' like if it be fo' chicken'feedin'.
(Oh, an ear of corn.)
Yeah, a roastin' ear of corn.
(I see. All right.)
Den yuh take dat an' yuh write dat name three times an' put it in each one of dose bottles.
(On a piece of paper you do that?)
Yes, parchment papah which it would be dis lamb's skin, see. Den yuh take it an' put it right at de cornah [center later] of de mattress.
(Now, wait a minute, what did you do with that corn?)
Yuh put it in dat urinate.
(Oh, all right.)
Yuh mix it in each one of de bottles, de urinate an' dat filth, an' den yuh put 'er name down in dere wit it, see. Den yuh take dat bottle an' yuh fix a little package, jis' like a little small package, two down an' one on top, any way yuh could git it in dat mattress, but put it where she won't nevah turn it ovah. An' yuh an' her would git along jis' like two children in de house dere.
(Make a package of those two bottles?)
Two bottles. Yuh see, yuh have two down an' one up on top of dem.
(Oh, you use three of those bottles?)
Yes, two of dem bottles.
(Two down and the third one on top?)
On top.
(All lying flat?)
Lay 'em down anywhere in de centah [formerly corner] of de mattress, an' yuh an' 'er will git along like two children in de house.
(What do you put that corn in there for?)
Well, dat's tuh strengthen it.
(What? Oh! that's to strengthen it.)
Yes, her urinate - long as de urinate dere, well, she nevah would leave from around dere. She will always be dere, be kind. But den, don't nevah stop up neither one of de bottles tight, yuh undahstan', becuz if yuh'd stop up debottle tight, dat would stop 'er urine from comin' down, see. Jis' take somepin like a papah stoppah, yuh know, jis' to ketch a little air, yuh know, jis' - an' yuh put it down, screw it down, she couldn't nevah go nowhere. Yuh an' 'er jis' at peace, jis' like two children.
Entry 4316
She kin take 'is urinate an' In de Name of de Father, de Son an' de Holy Ghost, an' she kin take it an' put it in a bottle an' stop it up real tight, an' bury it undah de do'step, an' when he go he have tuh come back.
Entry 4317
Yo' take chamber lye, salt an' red peppah an' car- ries it roun' yore house three nights. Dat takes care de buildin', whut chew [have] in dere - keep any- body from puttin' anythin' roun' dere tuh harm yuh.
Entry 4318
Well, a man kin take a woman's chamber lye an' he kin put it in a bot- tle, put a little sugah in it. See, about a spoonful of sugah in about three teaspoonful of chamber lye. Den he take dat bottle an' he turn it down where she have tuh walk ovah, go in an' out. Dat's tuh make her come undah his command.
Entry 4319
Well, now, say fo' instan' [for an instance] if a woman has a husban' or a man dat is hard tuh handle, an' say dat he chases aroun' wit othah women an' she wants tuh take pos- session of 'im. She scrape de dead skin from de bottom of 'er foot an' she git a pint bottle or a half-pint bottle - howevah, an' she'll fill it full of his.
(Of what?)
A pint bottle of urine. She must have de slop jar, she must have dat perfec'- ly clean. She must see dat don' anybody urinate in dis jar but him. Now when she take dis bottle wit a screw top, an' she'll po' it two-thirds full of dis urine. Now she'll put de scrapin' from de bottom of 'er foot in dere an' she'll set dis bottle back in a dark place where dat nobody will see it. An' each mawn in' she'll make de screw on dat top fo' nine mawnin's, an' wit de last time she screw it, it wants tuh be tight where she cain't screw it no mo', yo' undahstan'. Den she keeps dat bottle back an' dat's supposed tuh make dis fellah jis' de same as a baby, easy tuh handle. Whatevah she says goes.
Entry 4320
Yuh kin take it - yuh git hole dove [hold of] a person's urine. Now, tuh git hold of a person's urine, yuh walk up tuh a person dat yuh like an' yuh wan' 'em. If it's a woman an' yuh wan' 'em, yuh git a holt of 'er urine an' yuh puts it in a bottle. If de bottle is full, po' half it out. When yuh po' de half out, don't po' it in one place; po' it an' try tuh scattah it, yuh see. Scattah it an' den yuh urine on top of 'er urine [in the bottle]. Yuh stop dat up in dat bottle as tight as yuh kin. Bury it - aftah yuh tighten it, yuh bury it. An' when yuh bury dis, be sure yuh got it buried where no heat can't git tuh it atall. Keep it dere. An' don' let it git no air, an' yuh want all de east [= yeast = fermenting power] dat dere is tuh it. Now - an' evah day aftah yuh bear [bury] it, de third day aftah yuh bear dis, yuh go back an' yuh screw up on [unscrew] de top jis' a very little, see. Den yuh covah it back up. Yuh goin' tuh meet dis woman, see. When yuh meet 'er, she goin' tuh pass yuh, but she goin' tuh have a kin'a funny fellin' den. Huh min will be wondahin' back tuh yuh grajly [gradually]. De nex' day, yuh go an' yuh unscrew it ag'in a little bit. Yuh goin' tuh meet dat woman ag'in. If yuh don't meet 'er dat day, yuh'll meet 'er dat night; an' if yuh don' see 'uh, she's goin tuh ast somebody fuh yuh, see. An' yuh jis' keep on lettin' - unscrewin' dat bottle an' lettin' air outa it like dat. De air'll come out when yuh unscrew it. Yuh don' have tuh unscrew it all de way - jis' a little, see. An' she'll come back. But befo' she come tuh yuh, she's goin' tuh come wit some kind'a jealousy towards yuh 'bout somebody else, see. Well, yuh gonna try tuh explain yuhself, yuh undahstan', tuh 'er. But she's comin' back tuh yuh. But she's comin' in a funny way tuh yuh, yuh undahstan'. Well, yuh know what it's all about, but [because] yuh got it fixed dataway. Well, prob'ly it may be de las' day. Well, de las' day yuh go, yuh take dat stoppah off dat bottle altuhgethah; an' de nex' night, if she don' come home da nex' mawnin', she be home sure da' nex' night. Now, when she come home, yuh take dat bottle an' dump it right in dat same hole where yuh have it buried. Jis' dump dat urine right in dat hole, an' lay de bottle down flat in dere, an' covah it up an' let it stay dere. An' yuh won't have no mo' trouble wit 'er, an' she won't leave no mo'. [Informant starts out with a rite to catch any woman but truns it into one bringing a woman back home.]
Entry 4321
Ah've heered dat. Ah've hear 'em tell if he me mean or somepin othah - lak if he do somepin tuh 'im an she git mad, well she tell 'im, say, "Well, dat's all right. Ah'll fix 'im up fo' dat." An' so, well de nex' time he go dere an' have a 'nection [connection], take off 'is clothes an' do somepin lak dat, dey [she] go git some of 'is urine. Dey [she] take dat an' take 'em [her] one dese big long bo'in's [augers] an' take an' bo' a hole intuh a tree, but bo' dat hole so fur into dat tree an' den take dat stuff.
(What do you call that stuff?)
Ureenes.
(You mean the passage?)
[My word passage is too indefinite. Informant is talking about urine.]
Yes. An' dey take dat stuff an' dey bo' a hole intuh a tree. Well, yuh take dat passage an' yuh take it an' stop it up in a tree. An' take an' stop it up in a tree, an' aftah yuh do dat, git chew a stick an' make it big 'nuff tuh git in dat hole, an' nail [peg] it up an' wedge it up in dere. Dey say dat when yuh wedge it up in dere lak dat, dey said it takes effect on yuh. Dey say yuh can't do nuthin till yuh go tuh see some doctor an' he take it [the spell] off. Say dat will stop dem right den.
Entry 4322
Ah've heard talk of 'em bo'in' a hole in a tree. Says, if yuh wanted tuh kill someone, yuh git de urinate from 'em, an' bo' yuh a hole in a tree, an' cut yuh a wedge an' wedge it in dere. Yuh see, put de stuff in an' wedge it in tight. Say dat will kill 'em.
Entry 4323
Tell yuh one thing whut ah've seen done wit mah own eyes. Ah seen 'em take a person's urine, yuh know, an' make a roun'hole in dat tree, an' take an' fill it up [with urine], an' put a stäb in it an' stäb it up, an' dat kill people goin' an' comin'.
The informant describes actions they claim to have seen and alleges a killing effect. No actual death or causal effect is independently verified.
Entry 4324
Ah heard of people's boin' a hole in a tree an' gittin' some of dere urine or some yore come [man's semen] - sompin lak dat - an' put dat in dere an' dat person would love 'em. Stop it up in a tree.
Entry 4325
Yuh could take a person's urine an' bo' a hole in de 'simmon tree, an' when yo' bo' it in dere, bo' a hole an' put it in dere an' stop it up, an' dey can't do anythin'.
(It must be a persimmon tree?)
A persimmon tree or any kin'a hard tree.
Entry 4326
[The following rites are only a few of the many examples of HOODOO of pegging or wedging urine, excrement, hair and other objects into a hole made in a tree.] Well, dey kin stop it [up] - take some of yuh chamber lye. It's a lot of people doin' dese things, but dey don't undahstan' it; but de person dat really knows de way tuh do it, it really taken effect. Dey kin take a augah, a bran'-new augah an' [pauses, hesitant].
(I understand.)
Take a bran'-new augah an' go tuh a pine tree, or a gum tree, or a oak tree, an' bo' it wit de augah up like dat [demonstrates].
(THE AUGER BORES DOWN INTO THE TREE AT AN ANGLE.)
Yeah.
(All right.)
Yeah, an' aftah dey bo' dat hole, dey gotta - an' bo' dat hole deep enough, dey kin take some of yuh chamber lye an' place it - an' dump it.
(Dump it into that hole.)
Into dat hole. Yes?) [= continue.] An' cuz yuh tuh stop urinatin'. An' de doctah operate on yuh an' yuh die. But dere's a diff'ren' ways dey kin do dat.
(I see.)
Entry 4327
An' den people kin take dat chamber lye an' go tuh a tree, de fo'k of a tree an' where it can't be seen, an' dig a hole down in dat tree. An' have it [urine] in a bottle an' stop it up, an' turn it wit its haid down [into the hole] lak dat [demon- strates]. An' whoevah [whose urine] it is it.will stop 'is watah, [keep him] from urinatin', an' yo' know, cuz 'em [him] tuh have a complaint dat nobody kin cure. An' he die unless it's moved [by a doctor able to see and kill the effects of the spell or cunjure].
Entry 4328
Dey git hold of dere chamber lye an' po' it intuh - bore a hole intuh a stump, or somepin lak dat, an' po' it in dere an' stop it up so it will pene- trate down through dat stump. It gits no air. Dey say dat will intahfere wit de bladdah an' check yuh watah so much, so dat de doctah kin har'ly start it ag'in.
Entry 4329
Yuh kin take a woman's watah, tuh run 'is wife 'way from de othah man. An' yuh kin take dat watah an' put it intuh de dirt, if it not already on de dirt. Take it an' put it in de dirt an' make a kinda mud-like outa it, see. Yuh take de watah intuh de dirt an' yuh kin bo' a hole intuh dat tree, an' put it in dere an' stop it up In de Name of de Fathah, [and the Son] an' de Holy Ghost, an' make yuh wish de way dat chew want it tuh work. It will work.
(Any kind of way?)
Yes sir.
Entry 4330
Ah heard dat yuh could take a person's urinate an' stop it up in a bottle airtight, an' go an' bo' a hole in a maple tree an' put dat bottle in dere. Stick it in wit de stoppah in dere tuhwards de tree, until it gits tuh de heart of dat tree. An' den go den an' saw off a piece of hick'ry. Yuh know hick'ry's hard. An' when yuh do dat, why yuh take an' jam it in dat hole. Wedge it in dere airtight so de air can't git tuh it. An' dat will bust dere bladdah. Ah heard dat.
Entry 4331
Take dat chamber lye - yuh could take it an' put it in a bottle an' stop it up, an' put it in a tree, an' take dis fertilizah [manure of any kind] an' put it in dere an' dey'll soon die.
Entry 4332
Bury yuh hair down in a bottle an' dey kin turn aroun', dey kin go. Jis' like yuh live off in de country-like - yuh understand, off at de edge of town, say. Well, dey take it atop - right up chere [demonstrates], de mole of yuh haid. Dat's de part right chere dey wants - see, dat's de mole of yuh haid [demonstrates]. Dey kin take dis an' take a - jis' about three stran' of it, dey wants. An' take dat an' stop it up in a little small bottle, an' put up some holy water an' a little urinate an' things up in it. Yuh own urinate now. Kin take yuh own urinate an' po' it up in dere. Jis' like yuh git up in de mawnin' an' leave yuh wife. Well [she] go on aftah de chambah [you used] an' [get the] thing [urine] herself. An' she pour dat out dere herself, see. An' [she] kin go, jis' like dey got a ole tree. She kin dig a hollah right down side of de tree an' bury dat [threefold mixture] an' I guarantee when dat thing rotten out, yuh'll die.
Entry 4333
Tells me dey stop it [urine] up in a bottle an' goes tuh de no'th side of a tree, an' take a augah an' bore a hole in dat. An' stop it - stop de bottle up wit a stoppah, an' den trim yuh a peg an' drive it in dere, in dat hole, an' yuh can't make watah, can't make watah until yuh let it out [of the bottle].
(They fix up [cunjure] your water in that bottle.
Entry 4334
Dey will take yuh urinate an' put it intuh a glass about dat high [dem- onstrates]. An' ah kin take dat an' ah kin take it tuh de no'th side of a green tree an' bore a hole in it, an' pour it in dere an' stop it up. Den yuh watah will nevah pass no mo' until yuh take it out of de tree - until yuh po' dat out. An' it'll fin'ly have yuh goin' tuh de doctah tuh draw de watah from yuh, see. [Presumably this hole is bored slanting downwards, other- wise urine could not be poured into hole.]
Entry 4335
Take a person dat wan's tuh hur' chah [wants to hurt you]. Dey'll take - jis' lak yuh go out an' urinate. A person take yuh urinate an' go tuh a tree - go tuh de no'th side of a tree an' yuh'll bo' a hole in dere, an' put it in dere. An' aftah dey put it in dere, dey'll put a peg in dere. An' fo' nine mawnin's go dere an' tap dat peg one time, an' de ninth mawn- in' regardless tuh how a person look, when dey fuss [first] start, yuh git tuh de place yuh think yuh constipated [usually called waterbound]. De doctors can't do yuh no good. An' de ninth mawnin' when dey tap dat peg, dat's de day de per- son die.
(You mean where a person makes his water on the ground? Pick that up or what?)
No, jis' take his urinate.
[I am trying to solve the problem: bladder or bowels?]
(The liquid out of a pot or something? You mean the urine? You don't mean the action?) Jis' yuh watah. Anything out de [whatever informant calls it].
Entry 4336
Now, if ah don't want 'im, ah'm gonna turn 'im loose an' let 'im go. Now, if de woman [that had this man] done did me so bad, know what ah'll do? Ah'll try tuh git one of mah frien's tuh git some of 'er urinate tuh stop it [up] tuh try tuh kill 'er, if ah wan' tuh kill 'er. Ah don' wan'a walk up an' kill 'er; but kill 'er, yuh know, through hoodoo. Take her urinate an' put it in a bottle. Ah'll go tuh a peach tree, a tree what bears peaches, on de sunset side dat is. Put it dere when it saps. An' as it goes up, dat'll make her have cramps all in de stomic an' she'll wan' tuh urinate. She'll jis' do a drop. Well, she'll go tuh de doctah. She'll see de doctah [M.D.] an' de doctah will say somepin ail 'er bladdah. Hit's not dat, hit's me done tied er up wit 'er urinate.
Entry 4337
Take dere chamber lye an' make dem stay wit yuh or love yuh or be roun' yuh. Or yuh kin take dat chamber lye - well, ah know dey done mah brothah-in-law lak dat one time. Dey took 'is chamber lye an' put it in a bottle, an' den put it up in a tree above his haid, an' had 'im hangin' up dere all de time. Said dat'd keep 'im sick an' stop 'is watah jis' lak he had gravels or sompin lak dat.
Entry 4338
Take de persimmon an' dogwood an' boil it an' make a tea outa it. Place chamber lye an' sulphur tuh it an' gives Dentine paste - Dentine tooth- paste. An' dey say yuh kin go anywhere yuh wanta an' yuh gain luck. (Where do you keep all this stuff?) Well, yuh jis' take it an' keep it jis' where- somevah yuh wan' tuh. Yuh have it fixed an' set lak yuh want it tuh set. See, always jis' take a little part of it. Yuh dress it lak yuh wan'a tuh yore own bouse [dress your house with it in any way you want to]. An' when yuh git ready tuh go [away from home], why yuh take yuh luck an' fix [dress] yuh han's wit yuh luck, an' den yuh go.
Entry 4339
Some persons cork it in tight bottles an' concrete de top [= cement, tighten top with sealing wax, etc.] an' turn it down, an' let it stay in de groun' so many days, an' yo' will [begin] tuh weakenin' from de bottle. An' if yo' don't find 'at bottle an' let dat urinate out, yo'll fin'lly swell up as wit dropsy an' die.
Entry 4340
Well, dey will go tuh work an' put dat in a bottle, an' dey will fasten dat up wit a cork, see. (Your chamber lye.) Yes, an' jis' de road yuh travel, notice - dey will notice de road yuh travel reg'lah [regularly] an' dey will beah [bury] dat right dere, see; an' dey will knock [keep] yuh wandahin' all de time.
Entry 4341
Dey take yuh urine an' dey put it in a bottle. Aftah dey put dat urine in a bottle, dey'll stop it up wit a rubbah cork [rubber cork is unusual]. Yuh'll stop dat bottle up wit a rubbah cork an' care [carry] it tuh de Mississippi, tuh de rivah yuh know - tuh any rivah where dere's runnin watah, so it only runnin' watah - an' throw it in dere. Dat'll stop yuh from urinatin'.
Entry 4342
Here's the way I have heard it. You get a hold of a bottle and you fill it with their urine and stop it up, and throw it overboard and that will float. And as long as that is stopped up, anything you tell them to do they will go ahead and do it.
Entry 4343
Take dat chamber lye an' stop it up an' throw it in runnin' watah, in de rivah. It will run 'im away, run yuh crazy if yuh have it stopped up. If yuh don' evah git [recover] dat [bottle] why yuh'll always be crazy. [THE GENERAL READER MAY ASK: HOW CAN YOU RECOVER A BOTTLE FLOATING DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, OR A BOTTLE PERHAPS NOW DRIFTING ABOUT THE GULF OF MEXICO? REMEMBER, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE IN MAGIC. TO RECOVER A BOTTLE ON THE MISSIS- SIPPI, See 921, P.339; FOR A RIVER ON THE ATLANTIC COAST, See THE BRILLIANT WORK OF A DOCTOR IN RICHMOND, VA., 922, P.340; AND FOR GOOD MEASURE, See THE CLEVER DOCTOR OF WAYCROSS, GA., 920, p.338.]
Entry 4344
Dey take yuh chamber lye an' bottle it in a tight bottle, an' throw it in watah an' dat will cause yo' tuh die.
Entry 4345
If yuh wanta hurt anybody wit chamber lye, yuh kin take an' git some of dere chamber lye an' put it in a bottle, an' stop it up tight an' throw it in de rivah anywhere. An' dey will lingah, dey will hardly make watah - wouldn't make watah long. Dey be jis' swole up, take de dropsy.
Entry 4346
Well, yuh kin take - which ah've heard - take de urine of a person an' stop it in a bottle an' put it in de rivah. But choo don't - yuh tie de bottle, yuh tie de head of de bot- tle wit a string, jis' let dat stay in de watah. But choo don' let it float on wit de rivah, jis' let it stay on de watah. An' tie it on de bank somewhere an' let it stay tuh a hidden place where nobody will evah find it. As long as dat - evah time de woman or man will git ready tuh urinate, dey have a hard time doin' it.
Entry 4347
Tuh work in [on] yuh mind, cause yuh tuh lose yuh mind or somepin like dat, why dey could git hold of yuh - well, if dey git hold of yuh urine or any- thin' of dat kind, why dey will put it into a bottle. An' dey carry it tuh runnin' watah an' dey throw it in dere. An' by washin' it dataway, why it takes yuh mind from yuh, cause yuh tuh become mindless.
(Do they throw that any special way or just throw it in?)
Yeah, dey claim dey throw it towards de east.
Entry 4348
Dey take yuh watah, yuh see. Dey stop it up in a bottle. An' aftah dey stop it up, dey take it an' lay it up ovah a doah, wheah [where] yuh walk undah it so many mawnin's. Ah think it's nine mawn- in's. After nine mawnin's, yuh see, yuh don't move it no mo'. It stay zackly wheah it's at. An' dey say take an' care [it] down tuh de rivah an' throw it ovahbo'd. Dat'll stop yuh from makin' watah.
Entry 4349
Well, jis' lak if yuh wants tuh harm a person, yuh see, lak dat, or yuh wanta git dat yuh might got 'em down undah yore feet tuh a certain point. An' yuh take dat hair an' yuh put it in a bot- tle, but chew put in it chamber lye an' salt. An' den yuh stop dat bottle tight, an' den yo' kin bury dat bottle or chunk it in runnin' watah - eithah one of dem things. Dat's whut de story ah got. Well, each one of 'em will harm yuh.
Entry 4350
Take a bottle wit dey urine, of anyone, in dere. Yuh kin put dey names jis' de same in de bottle an' yuh'll go tuh de rivah. An' yuh'll say bad words an' yuh'll curse an' yuh'll throw dat ovah de lef' shouldah. Well, yuh see dey goin' crazy.
Entry 4351
Dey kin take his shoe an' take some dis same chamber lye an' po' it in de bottom of dey [his] shoe an' go tuh runnin' watah an' po' it in dere - any runnin' watah. Jis' throw it right in dere [the shoe], till yo' go to dat runnin' watah. Dat'll run a person 'way, too. (Suppose you want to run me away. You get one of my shoes, either one. And then what would you do?) Jis' take some yuh chamber lye.
(You get your chamber lye and put it in my shoe?)
[My question misleads me and informant.]
Put it in de shoe, eithah one of 'em. Jis' po' enough dat chew kin po' out into de watah. Not tuh run ovah, jis' de back part of de heel [of] de shoe. An' go po' it into de runnin' watah. Now, dat keeps yuh travelin', yuh don' stay one place anywheres.
(What do you do with the shoe? Bring it back home?)
Bring it on back. Yuh [the author as guinea pig] put de shoe right back on yuh. Yuh won't know whut happen. (All you do is pour my chamber lye into running water. But you have to pour it out of my shoe.) Othahwise, ah want tuh run yuh 'way. Ah'm ti'ed of yuh, don' want chew no mo'. Ah go tuh work when yo' go tuh sleep an' ah take one of yore shoes an' take some of mah [surely the man's] chamber lye an' go out dere tuh de ditch an' po some out it, an' come on back an' set dat shoe down, say, "Go on, So-an'-so, ah don't ca' a thing 'bout chew."
(You pour it into running water?)
Dat's right.
Entry 4352
Den dey kin take de chamber lye ag'in an' put it in a bottle an' stop it up tight an' name it. De person whosomevah de chamber lye is, name it. Call 'em dat name an' stop it up in dere an' carry it tuh watah dat's runnin' on, an' yo'll throw it in dere. (How do you throw it?) Jis' take it an' jis' walk tuh de creek wit it. Don't look at it. Walk tuh de creek an' jis', 'Yuh devil yuh go!" An' cast it away. Den walk on back but don't look back at it. An' dat stop 'em. Dat harms 'em, see. Dat will check 'em yuh see.
(How?)
As long as dat bottle stop up tuhgethah, cain't make no watah.
Entry 4353
Put it in a bottle an' stop it up, an' throw it in runnin' watah an' if yuh don' git it, yuh'll soon pass away. (Put this person's chamber lye in it?) Yessuh, stop it up an' seven broken needles, an' throw it in runnin' watah. Or eithah bury it up undah de back steps where dey live at. Bury it up undah where dey go in de mo.st. Yo' put it up undah dere wit de neck down.
(What will that do to them then?)
Dat will kill 'em, dat git rid of 'em.
Entry 4354
Oh! a person kin do a lot wit dat.
(Well, what for example? One thing.)
One thing, yuh kin take dat.
(This chamber lye.)
Put it in a bottle, put some lodestone in it, steel dust, nine pins an' nine needles. Turn it upside down in yuh home. Dat would make a man stay. Yuh kin take it an' do dat wit it. If yuh want tuh harm 'em, yo' take dere pee an' stop it up in bottle wit a new stopper an' bury it: Bury it where dere's no watah, an' when dat bottle busts, dey will die. But if yuh jis' wants 'em, have dem beggered an' be wit yuh, put it undah de hydrant [considered run- ning water] where it's cool, dat watah, an' dat bottle will nevah - nevah bust, cuz de watah, it won't sour. It'll keep it cool. But yuh see, dat stuff, well hit gits strong in a bottle somewhere up in a warm place. Yuh know yuhself it will bust. Well, when it busts, dat's de last of a person.
Entry 4355
Takes it from [demonstrates] de top an' de side an' here.
(The top and both sides, the hair.)
An' tells me dat dey puts it in a bottle wit red flannel, nine new needles an' pins.
(How many pins?)
Nine. An' git some of yuh urine, stops it up, turn it [bottle] bottom up- wards. Jis' as it dreeps [drips] out, jis' as yuh dwindle away. An' den when dey don't turn it bottom upwards dey throw it in de rivah. Drive yuh - Hoodoo - Conjuration - Witchcraft: Rdtvorl crazy. Dat's what dey say dat dey kin do wit it.
(If they turn it upside down?)
Yuh pines away, an' if it's throwed in de rivah in quick runnin' watah, yuh'll go crazy. [Washington, D.c., (628), 805:9.]
Entry 4356
Takes yuh chamber lye an' dey puts it in a bottle an' dey puts - git nine peas, nine black-eyed peas, an' nine nails, eight-penny nails about dat long [demonstrates] an' a needle, one sewin' needle. An' po' dat [urine] in dere [the bottle], an' a piece of fat meat an' throw dat in dere, an' nine straws. An' fo' dey put dat in dere, dey'll take it an' let it set up nine days. An' when it set up nine days dey'll go an' put it - dey'll take it an' put some mo' [things in]. Put black peppah an' salt an' vinegah in it an' three pods of red peppah. An' dey takes it [bottle] tuh de rivah an' throws it ovahbo'd ovah de right shoulder [using the left hand]. Dat'll run yuh crazy.
Entry 4357
Take dey chamber lye an' stop a person. (How do they do that?) Well, dey take it an' dey put it in a bottle an' dey bottle dat up fo' nine mawnin's. An' dey'll put peppah, salt, gunpowdah, war watah an' dey stop dat up fo' nine mawnin's. An' dat'll stop yuh from urinatin', see. Dat'll almos' run yuh crazy. Den dey throw it in de rivah.
Entry 4358
I've seen this experimented to get rid of a man. I mean to make him leave town. Get a little of his urine, be sure it's all his, put it in a bottle, get a cigar box, put it in that, and one of his socks, just one of his socks, in the box, let it be dirty, wrap that box up, wrap it just the same as a piece of paper, throw it in running water so it'll go down the stream, it will not sink, and he'll leave town. Both the bottle and sock in there.
Entry 4359
Dat's anothah dangerous piece. Dey take yuh chamber lye an' put it in a bottle an' cork 'em tight, an' t'row 'em in de rivah an' yuh commence tuh swell up - yuh neck [of your penis] will. Evah time when de tide go or come, yuh try tuh go [urinate] or somepin, it swell up. De tide got a lot tuh do wit dese t'in's. When de tide go down, yuh all right. Den when it comes back up, dat's [that swelling's] dere. An' yuh will always be interrogated [irritated], yuh nevah know how de nex' t'in' will fall. Dey kin take dat [urine] an' do dis wit it.
Entry 4360
Take yuh chamber lye an' stop it up an' take it tuh runnin' watah. Stop dat bottle so she goin' float, it goin' part de way down anyways. Ketch dat tide goin' whichevah way yuh want dis person tuh go an' den put it ovah dere - drop it ovahbo'd an' turn an' walk from it. Don't look back at it an' make yuh wishes whatevah direction yuh want 'im tuh go. An' he's goin' wandah roun' an' leave dere. He come tuh not be any good aroun' 'is home - somepin of de kin'. He'll jis' drift away an' people won't know what happened tuh him.
Entry 4361
Well, if dey wan' 'im tuh go away, dey will take a lock of de right head - hair on de right side, two or three locks of it - right side of de head, an' put it in a bot- tle an' put some urine in it, an' throw it away in a stream dat goes - tuh a stream dat goes up [river], carry it up, so dey [he] will go. Well, it's jis' de opposite if dey wan' 'im tuh come back, dey take it [hair] off de left side an' throw it in a stream comin' in tuh 'em - vice aversy. [This is a tide- water stream, coming in and going out.]
Entry 4362
They take the underclothes and they can cut a piece out of the man from under his arm or from the tail of the shirt and wear it on a person. They sew that up in a piece of red flannel. They take that and satu- rate it, you know, with the same in- gredients, urine and Hearts Cologne. [This, of course, is a hand - pp.519-669.] They say then they can control 'em like that. Or they can take them and throw them away. They can carry them back in the woods and hang 'em up on the west side of a tree where the wind just blows and wears it all the time. They say whenever that blows and wears down from up there, why then the person will die. But chew got a new cord, like this wrappin' twine. You get that right off from the ball, right off from the cord where there's never any been pulled off, and fasten it on that tree or bush or what chew put it on. But you put it so the wind can blow it and the rain beat it. And whenever this cord rots, you see, and that blows away from where it's at, they say the person then'll soon die.
Entry 4363
[The wearing of urine (see p.503f.)and bathing or washing hands with it (see p.660f.) 1s fairly common and some of these rites are scattered throughout the text of HooDoO. Here follow a few more:] Ah heard mah grandmothah say dey could take a person's chamber lye an' stop it up an' cause 'em not tuh make watah. Jes' lak ah'd be goin' wit a man an' ah love him. Well, when he'd make his watah - yuh know ah wouldn't do it, but ah hear some people say dat chew could take it while it wuz hot an' wear it.
(Well, how would you wear it?)
Wear it in a sack aroun' yuh waist, near yuh, yuh know.
(Near your own privates?)
Yeah.
(And then what would that do?)
Make him love yuh. [Three widely separated periods following her yuh (see original transcription of MS) show that I stopped recording here, but restarted machine to add as a question the substance of what informant had said: that a menstrual cloth could be soaked with his urine.]
(You just soak this cloth that you wear?)
Uh-huh.
Entry 4364
Ah heard a woman kin go tuh de chamber [on] mawnin's an' git some of yuh chamber lye an' hers, an' mix it tuhgethah an' hur' choo wit it [only in the sense of keeping the man's love; hurt here meaning tricking]. Take it an' tie it up in sumpin an' wear it. It won' hur' choo unless she burn it.
Entry 4365
Tuh influence de boss - well, yuh supposed tuh use some Hearts Perfume on yuh. Use some Hearts Perfume goin' down [the body] - put some on yuh han's an' put [rub] it ovah yuh don' chew see. An' dere is. a love powdah, dey call it, dat chew use tuh influence. Now dey say dat de Cashmere Boquet Powdah is a very good powdah. But chew use dat Hearts Perfuome an' a little chamber lye tuhgethah. See, put dat tuhgethah an' sprinkle it all ovah yuh an' dey say dat's very lucky.
(If you are going down to get a job.)
Entry 4366
If de person know de man name - yuh goes an' know de man name. Yuh care [carry] a li'le bottle, dis cologne bottle, an' yuh call 'is name an' stop 'im up - jes' bottle up de man [see 38, p.24f.] in yuh fob pocket. An' den yuh [go] talk tuh 'im an' he say he ain't got no job. All right, chew go back home an' fer de nex' nine mawnin's - an' yuh got 'is name all right - yuh take a cord an' tie it aroun' yuh waist an' double it nine times. Make yuh chamber lye on it an' put it in de bottle. An' go back [to the boss] an' call 'is name ag'in, stop 'im up, an' den he'll give yuh a job.
(I see, you get the spirit of his voice in this bottle.)
[An old comment of mine in pencil about this rite reads Use with care. This rite is quite all right, except I failed to understand the word double when first checking transcription with the cylinder. Thinking that the waist measure was increased 9 times, I wondered how such a long string could be squeezed into one of those tiny bottles of perfume then sold for lOc at the Five-and-Ten-Cents Store. At the time of recording I probably knew the meaning of double because I do not ask a question about it, but I must not rule out knowledge coming from later experience. Here is what happens. The man wraps a piece of ordinary pack- age-wrapping string about his waist, ties a knot, and cuts off the two unneeded ends. He now has a loop or circle of string, say about 30 inches in circumfer- ence, which he pushes down over his thighs and off his body. This string he stretches out into a straight line of double string 15 inches long and at a right angle to his body; the knot being at one end, this end away from hi. This knot he now folds toward him until it coincides with the other end of the string. This once-folded string is now 4 parallel strings each 7 1/2 inches long. Turn- ing this shortened string 180°, so that the knot is again away from him, he a second time folds the knot to him, reducing the multiple strings to a 33/4 inches length. Remember, he is folding strings soaked with his urine. The strings are folded to him 9 times, at least theoretically. All this is not stated explicitly in the rite itself; it is implicit in this type of folding rite. No boss having his spirit triply captured - tied into a knot about applican'ts body, folded up towards applicant and in applicant's urine, and finally stopped up in a bottle - no boss could possibly resist such multiple magic.] [Charleston, S. Car., (519), 616:3.] [Human excrement rites are less numerous than those about urine. Numerically the ratio is perhaps 1 to 10. As a special feature, most of them concern trees - two-thirds to be exact. The best one, an unusual love story, will be found else- where in 822, p.284.]
Entry 4367
Well, ah've seen 'em. Yo' mean whut dey takes tuh lock a person up? Well, dey say yo' takes some of dat pass dey leave an' yo' fasten dat airtight, anywhere jes' so it airtight - jes' as tight as yo' kin git it. An' if yo' don' let dat catch no air atall, dey say dat'll lock yo' - say dat'll fasten yo' up. (You mean a person's water?) No, no, some of de othah. Yeah, some of dey passin'.
Entry 4368
Take where yo' go tuh de lav'tory. (The passage?) Yeah, an' put it in a ant's bed an' yo'll become very troublesome [troubled], an' dey say dat will make a person not be satisfied [he will be run- ning to and fro in all directions like the ants].
Entry 4369
If anybody tryin' tuh harm yuh, or jes' lak ah wanta harm anybody, well jes' lak yo' go tuh de lav'tory. Well, ah could go dere behin' yuh an' git some of yore urine [see later] an' put it in a bottle an' stop it up. Dat'll lock yuh bowels an' no doctor [M.D.] can't unlock dem.
(YOU MEAN MY URINATE OR MY PASSAGE?)
[TIME AND AGAIN I HAD TO ASK THIS QUESTION REGARDING URINE AND EXCREMENT.]
Yore passage.
Entry 4370
Ah heard dis, dat chew could take a person's bowels, aftah dey go to de toilet, an' put it in a quart jah [jar] or quart bottle or anything lak dat, an' stop it up real tight. Dat would lock dere bowels. Ah have heard dat.
(Where would you put that? Stop it up tight?)
Yo' bury it jes' as dough [though] yo' do de chamber lye - bury it.
The informant reports hearing about material described as a person's bowels after using the toilet. The alleged bodily effect is unverified.
Entry 4371
Ah heard talk of takin' de passage an' stoppin' it up in a bottle or a jar, an' buryin' it an' dat will stop yuh from havin' de action. Ah've seen dat done.
Entry 4372
Dey even done put it in bottles.
(This action?)
Yes, dey cork it up an' throw it in de runnin' watah, an' as fer as dat drift, why yuh mind would drift. Yuh become constipated, event'ly [eventually] suffah an' die.
Entry 4373
Someone, we didn't nevah find out who it wus, took some of 'er, yuh know, some of 'er action, yuh know, an' put it in a bottle an' stopped it so - sealed it so de air couldn't strike it. An' when - an' it stayed dere nine mawnin's an' in de ninth day she died. Dey didn't nevah found it, but dey found it aftah she died - aroun' de house. [THIS LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THOSE STORIES IN WHICH THE DOCTOR OR FOKTUNEIELLER, CALLED AFTER THE DEATH CONVENIENTLY FINDS THE CAUSE OF DEATH, A BURIED BOTTLE, BUT REFUSES TO NAME THE CULPRIT.]
Entry 4374
Well, ah heard dat chew go out tuh de fo'ks of a road an' yuh take a person's - dis is tuh kill 'em. See, yuh take whut de' [they] do back heah, dere passage, an' put it in a bottle an' yuh go roun' tuh de fo'ks of de road, an' yuh dig a hole up in dere an' yo' turn de stoppah dis way up in de hole, see [demonstrates]. An' yuh pass by dere fo' nine mawnin's, jes' walk by yuh see, an' jes' hit on it lak dat, see. Well, dat last mawnin' yuh hit on it, dey gotta go. Ah'm tellin' yuh whut ah know. Dey gotta go. Dey cain't stay heah. It will kill 'em - kills 'em daid.
(How do you put that bottle in that hole now?)
[When he was demonstrating before I did not interrupt.]
Well, yuh put it in dis way wit de stoppah goin' in [demonstrates].
(Down into the hole like that, upside down.)
No, yuh dig a hole roun' disaway [demonstrates] see, in de fo'ks lak dis, an' let it go straight lak dat tuh yo', an' push it up in dere yuh see, an' daub mud back on it. (You dig a hole like a little tunnel under there and you push that stopper away from you or toward you?) Yuh push it away from yuh, an' let de back part be disaway tuh de road all de time, see. An' yuh pass by dat fo' nine mawnin's.
Entry 4375
Well, yuh takes a person's urinate, yuh know, yuh wanta stop 'is bow- els. Yuh take it an' put it in a bottle.
(YOU MEAN HIS BOWELS OR HIS URINE?)
[A number of times in HOODOO urinate is used for excrement.]
Yessuh. Yuh take an' put it in a bottle, an' when yuh put it in dat bottle, jes' put it in dat bottle an' stop it up. Be sure tuh stop it tight enough, even tuh de odor - nuthin cain't git out of it. Yuh kin stan' dat bottle up, jes' right straight up lak dat. Stand it up in de ground wit de bottom of it up, an' de othah part be's down. But let it be kinda slantin' lak dat. Jes' lak east, no'th an' south, yuh know. Yuh kin dig a hole an' slant it. Well, yuh stop it up in dere an' bury it, an' covah it up perfectly good an' jes' pack de dirt down on it. An' 'is bowels won't move un- lessen somebody fin' dat. If nobody evah find it, he will always have locked bowels.
(WHAT DOES THE EAST, SOUTH AND WEST HAVE TO DO WITH IT?)
WELL, DAT DE PRACTICE OF USIN' A PERSON GOIN', JES' WHICHEVAH WAY DE WORL' RUNS, YUH UNDAHSTAN'. DERE'S FO' CORNAHS TUH DE WORL', YUH UNDAHSTAN'. YO' KNOW DERE'S FO' CORNAHS TUH DE WORL' [so the Bible says in Rev.7:1]. Well, jes' lak dey bury yuh or me. Well, yuh know dey don' bury 'em only no'th an' south - his haid be's NO'TH AN' SOUTH prakly [practically] all de time. Well, DAT'S DE WAY YUH USE [to bury] DE [person with] "BAD POX". Well, his bowels stop. Well, yuh know, quite natchal [natural] a person kin [not] live long wit locked bowels. (Are you going to bury this bottle north and south or east and west? Which way are you going to bury it?) Yo' goin' BURY DIS BOTTLE NO'TH AN' SOUTH. An' evah nine days uh [ah = I] goes back an' search fo' dat bottle an' see is it still dere. When yuh git dere, hit dat bottle an' drive it deepah. Always drive it, don' let it straighten up, jes' contin'ly [continually] let it lay de same lak dat. Well, dat locks 'is bowels. He won't have no action.
Entry 4376
(Tell me that again, I didn't understand how you did that?)
Ah say yuh take it an' put it in a bottle.
(This manure from a person?)
Yes sir, put it in a bottle an' stop it up, see. An' bury dat bottle de same way on de - yuh see [demonstrates] de mouth down, see. Dat will lock yuh bowels tight.
(I see.) Dey won't move.
Entry 4377
Well, dat's jis' when yuh be at a place [where] a fellah kin git yuh passage. Yuh bury dat in de groun', but it would have tuh be strictly three feet undah de groun'. Put it in de bottle [and bury the bottle] upside down, wit yuh name on it. Evahthin' goes three times [name is written three times]. [Also] yuh say, Fathah, Son an' Holy Spirit. The rule of hoodooism is dat it must be three feet in de groun'.
Entry 4378
Yuh take yuh passage [excrement], yuh take dat an' stop it up in a bottle. Yuh kin take de hair offa end of a dog tail, a black dog, an' put it in dat bottle. An' squeeze dat lemon juice on it. An' it's no mo' tuh it. Yuh take dat bottle an' bury it. Yuh cain't make no passage no mo'.
Entry 4379
Yuh kin take anothah way an' lock 'is bowels. Take his stool an' yuh kin take an' sew it up in a piece of cloth - take some of it an' sew it up in a piece of cloth. An' yuh kin take it an' carry it off in some swamp. Take it down dere an' bury it. Bury hit down dere. Stomp [stamp] it down dere [demonstrates].
(Stomp it good with your foot.)
An' he locked.
(That will lock his bowels.)
An' dey won't be unlocked till yuh [or some other doctor] go dere an' move it.
Entry 4380
Yuh kin take a person's bowel stuff, take it an' burn it lak yuh do alum or sompin lak dat, an' take it an' stop it up, or bury it in a hidden place, an' dat'll stop 'em up.
(Stop up their bowels?) Yes, jis' de same as dey wuz locked.
Entry 4381
Dey kin lock yore bowels up when yuh go out in de woods, when yuh use - git some of dat an' tie it up an' burn it up. Dat'll lock 'em. Tie it up in a rag an' burn it up.
Entry 4382
Ah hear dem say dey could take it an' burn it. Dat will make yuh sore, stop yuh action - stop yuh bowels from movin'. Say it would lock yuh bowels an' dat would kill yuh.
Entry 4383
If dey go to a [outdoors] lav'tory - yuh know where yuh goes - yuh put kerosene on dat an' yuh go on [away]. An' dey say it will - an' bun 'a lak dat an' it will bring about piles.
(With this passage from the bowels.)
Entry 4384
[They take] some of yuh, yuh know, yuh actions. Ah heard dat dey could take it an' burn it, an' yuh take de piles.
Entry 4385
If yuh wanta do 'em harm, yuh take a person's actions, an' if yuh kin git 'em intuh somepin an' drive some gunpowdah, an' take two needles an' cross it an' burn it, an' dey say dat'll harm dat person. (In what way would it harm them, do you know?) No sir, ah only heard dat it would. It didn't lock dere bowels, but dey say it would do great hahm [harm], great hindrance. In othah words if dey had been - maybe dey had been in wit yuh some Way, yuh competitor - would cause 'em tuh lose out. In othah words dey become sick. Ah haven't heard whethah it would kill 'em or not. (You mean they would take their passage, that they made from their bowels, and do that with it?) Yes sir.
Entry 4386
Ah heard dat if - now jis' lak if yuh love a person an' dey mistreat yuh or sompin othah. Jis' lak ah may love yuh an' yuh don't love me. Dere man yuh know of dat kind, don't love 'em. Why - an' yuh love 'em an' do all yuh kin tuh git 'long wit 'em an' can't. Why yuh jes' takes most - well, any 'mount chew want of - well, food yo' know dat pass through dem. Yuh kin take dat. Yuh take dat an' yuh put it intuh a little rag, any kinda rag, or maybe a papah, anythin'. An' yuh take it down an' jis' lak yuh take up a brick outa yore chimley, an' yuh bury it undah dat brick an' let it stay undah dere fo' 'bout three days. Yuh take it out. Yuh take dat up den an' yuh burn it.
(What will that do then?)
Dat will bring 'im back.
(You burn his passage to bring him back?)
Yassuh.
Entry 4387
Well, yuh see, dey kin take de action of yuh an' put some wha' choc call Hot Foot Powdah.
(What do they call it? Hot Foot Powdah?)
Hot Foot Powdah.
(Where do they get that?)
Sen' off an' git it. An' take it an' mix it up wit de action an' put some cayenne peppah in dere an' git a stoppah. It's a kin' of a cork whut chew buy, a square block cork. An' take de fo' cornahs off dat square cork, yuh see. It's called de dragon cork. (Where do you get that?) Send off an' git it. An' take it wit dat action an' take dat powdah whut dey call Hot Foot Powdah, an' put five grains of whole grain black pepper in it. An' roll it up an' write dat individual's name, who dat action come from. An' roll dat up in de papah where dat name is wrote, an' burn it up. An' dose folks will have a bad 'tack [attack (of)] lock bowels an' kill 'em, dere wouldn't be nuthin unlock de bowels.
Entry 4388
Yes, yuh kin. Ah kin come right on tuh yuh house, yuh undahstan'. Jis' lak ah'm a frien' of yern, a pahtic'lah frien' of yern. Yuh figure ah'm yuh frien', but ah'm yuh enemy all de time, see, an' ah'm jealous of yuh [style of] livin'. Well, ah'll come dere an' yuh'll shit. Well, ah'll come dere an' ah'll wait on yuh an' anythin', an' say, "Well, ah know what ah'll do. Ah'll git rid of 'em." "'Cuz if yuh stop yuh bowels, dat'll kill yuh, yuh see. Dey is locked bowels. Well, yuh see, aftah yuh done go, aftah yuh slop [use the toilet] an' thin', yo' know, ah jis' git me a stick of somepin an' git me some of dat outa dat, yuh undahstan', an' take me some red peppah an' stuff an' stir dat up in dere an' burn it up, yuh see - make me a little grass [put dried grass] aroun' it an' burn it up. An' yuh won't go out, yuh see, de locked bowels will kill yuh.
Entry 4389
Well, dey go right dere an' take yuh urinate [= excrement here] an' take dat stuff an' dey got anythin' ag'inst yuh, take dat stuff, an' yuh git some red peppah an' care [carry] it or take part of it, care it on off, put it on a bark - see a bark, a piece of pine bark will burn up. An' yuh burn dat when yuh git all dat stuff down dere. An' yuh sprinkle some of dat peppah - take dat odor away from it. Take dat thin' an' keep it in a can an' run yuh stone crazy. [For the use of tin can, see margin can titles soon to follow.]