Subject:Earwax
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Entry 570
Yo' kin take a earwax an' if a girl is got de bad disease an' yo' don't Want to ask her if she have it an' yo' don't know it an' she wanta turn a trick wit chew, well, yo' go an' git in de bed wit her an' take yore finger an' put it in yore ear lak dat [demonstrates] an' jes' take dat wax an' tech her; an' if she got it, she comin' out from undah yo', she cain't stay dere. Dat earwax will eat her up. [To turn a trick is known everywhere.] An' if yo' in a house an' yo' mistrustin' if anyone in dat house is got de bad disease an' yo' in dere an' yo' think dey got it, yo' jes' take a piece of red peppah, if it's in de fall of de yeah, an' throw a little piece on de fiah, an' yo' see 'em leave outa dere. Dey goin' outa dere - cain't stay in dere.
Entry 3174
[This belief is found everywhere, despite the few examples here. See elsewhere in HOODOO.] If yo' go tuh have a intahco'se wit a girl, if dere's anythin' wrong Wit her, yo' take yore han' right ovah heah, 'fore yo' start anythin' wit er, she up an' gone.
(What do you put on her?)
De wax out chure ear, take it an' put it on dere an' she's gone.
(She can't stand that.)
Entry 3423
Yo' git de wax outa de cat's ear an' git de wax outa de dog's ear an cut jes' a little piece of hair off de dog's tail an' den de half way of his back, an' den de back his neck [hair from 3 places], an' put it in dey shoes. Dey put in de woman's shoe. (What happens then?) Dey git stuck to 'em lak doge. Yah, de' [dey] put dat in dere shoe, de woman's shoe. (They don't get any hair from the cat then?) Git de cat hair an' de dog halr togethah.
Entry 11347
Yo' has dis earwax an' yo's fixin' tuh have a' interco'se wit a woman, if she wuz subject tuh any disease. All right, yo'll take de wax out de ear jes' befo' yo' have her, an' jes' lak yo' make de pass in, tetch it wit dat ear- wax on yore finger. If dere anythin' dere, she can't stay dere. She'll jump clean from undah yo'.
Entry 12414
Wherevah yo' put chure fingahs on dat match yo' carry dat match an put chure watah [urine] on dat. Pee on de match an' yo' take dat match an' take an' set up three mo' matches around dat. See, set up three mo' matches around dat.[The urine match is in the center of a triangle of matches.] An' den yo' take that match dat yo' got, yo' take an' git a lil' of de wax out of yore ear an' smeah on de end of dis match. See. An' den yo' take dat match an' strike one dose othah matches yo' got round dere, an' put it on dis match an' let it burn. Den de end of their fingah will eetch off, come to de place where it eat right off.
(You do that with a match from somebody that you don't like?)
Yes, dat's right. De end of dey fingah eat off. Come a sore on it.