Subject:Disinfection
Entries
Entry 6808
(Suppose I have come to you about taking a spell off?)
Well, ah nuse [use] dis salt, peppah, sage an' stuff - salt, sugah, sage, alum an' saltpetah. Ah got dat ovah in a box, see. An' ah take some new string, nuthin have been worn, an' ah tie dem, an' whatsomevah ah Want chew tuh do [demon- strates]. (Just tie a knot.) Yeah, tie a knot, an' den ah take dat, dis stuff an' sprin- kle it ovah dere, see. An' den if dis spell [is] on me [you], see. An' whosomevah put it on yo', if yo' know dere names, yo' jis' call dere name an' tell 'em yo' want 'em to take dis spell offa yo'. Well, if dey don't, yo' wish bad luck onto dem, see. An' yo' burn dis stuff. An' den YO' STRIP BUCK NECKED [NAKED] AN' DEN TAKE DIS BLANKET AN' PUT IT: OVAH YORE HAID. AN' DIS SMOKE, YO' CAIN'T HAR'LY [HARDLY] STAND IT. If dere's anything in yo' in any way, shape, form or fashion, it'll come out, see. [The preceding term suck necked [[naked]] may be its only use in Hoodoo.] An' den yo' take a li'le whiskey glass an' yo' boil dis heah gourd tea - yo know gourds - an' yo' boil dis gourd tea an' yo' take three glasses of dis gourd tea evah day. An' dat'll take de spell off yo'.
(Especially if they have something inside of you.)
Entry 10025
Jis' say fo' instance yo' kidnap yuh black cat. Yo'll have tuh kidnap 'im. Yo'll take dat cat an' skin 'em. Yo' kill [stun?] 'im an' skin 'im 'live, jis' lak yo' would a rabbit or anything else. Well, yo' take dat cat an' yo' cook it. Yo' boil dat meat, jis' cook it so it'll fall tuh pieces. An' yo'll git dat bone. Yo' have tuh take it den an' yo' sterilize it. Yo' scrape it, scrape dat bone an' git it white, white-lak.
(How do you know that you have got the right bone?)
Well, it's a certain bone intuh 'is [left?] hip.
Entry 1383
Git chew a box of [Red] Devil Lye an' bury one at chure step, one at each corner yore house or either at each corner of yore yard where yo' comes in an' go out, an' bluestone an' brimstone, but open de top of it an' put de brim- stone an' bluestone an' de red peppah on de top. Yo' see, dat's good tuh keep 'em away, kill out all de germs an' everything an' take care of de home. It will destroy all dat wus dere.
Entry 1584
Well, yo' - jes' lak yo' had germs in dis room heah, an' yo' wants tuh git shet of de germs, yo' take some tobacco an' put it into a pan or something an' set 'em afire, a slow fiah, an' let 'em smoke yo' see, but it will kill ever'thing in de world. If yo' ain't got no tobacco, take some ole shoes an' tear 'em up an' put 'em on top of sulphur - it kills. [Tobacco usually appears in compounds - No. 1551, p.491, and Index.]
Entry 3321
Yo' take dis Lysol, dat whut woman douches [with].
(From the drug store, Lysol?)
Yes. De woman - now if a woman fix it up, she put a teaspoonful of it in a quart of watah an' douchin' wit it. Well, yo' [a man, if you can obtain this water] kin take dat watah an' carry it to a herb man. Well, he kin fix it so she can't fool wit nobody but chew. [Lysol is a trademark name for a solution of cresols in soap used as a disinfectant and antiseptic.]