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Entry 3994
( Git up soon in de mawnin', pee in yore han', an' if yo' gotta do [some- thing?], put dat stool in yore han' an' rub it [in your hand], go 'head an' go tuh de bossman, an' he'll give yo' a job. [My something? shows a lacuna of 10 periods left by transcriber for a colloquial expression meaning excrement, which I also did not fill in years ago. The word stool in the text indicates what the omission was. For- tunately there is at least one, if not two rites in HooDoO using excrement in the hand when asking for a job! Most amazing of all, we have one of the finest things in HOODOO, the incredible excrement rite of love - see 822, p.284f.]
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 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 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 4400
Take a lizard. Ah've heard 'em say yo' take a lizard an' tuh split 'im open on 'is back. An' when yo' split 'im on 'is back, take an' hang 'im up where de sun will rise on 'im. An' when de sun rise on 'im, see, when de sun is goin' up, yo' hang'im wit 'is tail up an' 'is haid down; an' dey tell me dat will turn dey bowels up so dey can't be unlocked.
(Well, how do you know what person you are working on?)
Well, yo' take an' yo' git some of dere action, an' yo' put it in dere. Put it on dis lizard, inside of 'im, de fo'wards side nex' to de sun, wit cayenne peppah on it. Yo' know, cayenne peppah draws too, it draws up, an' three drops of turpentine. An' den when yo' git dat bone, den yo' hang it up dere. An' dat lizard will dry up to nuthin but jes' dat skin. An' as long as he's hangin' up dere, why dey can't have an action. Dat's whut ah heard on dat.
Entry 4401
Jes' lak if yo' pull off yore shoes at night an' a person wanted tuh hurt chew or somepin othah lak dat. An' if he could git some of yore dung, yo' know, an' smeah [smear] it on yore shoes, an' put some salt an' red peppah in it an' fix it So yo' couldn't walk, yore feet would swell up. YO' HAVE SOMEPIN LAK DE RHEU- MATISM, CALLED DE DROPSY OR SOMEPIN OTHAH lak dat.
Entry 4402
[The tree-hole rites of this margin title are only a part of the total number to be found in the present section and elsewhere in the text of HOODOO.] If yuh wanta put a spell on a person or make 'em lingah in misery an' suffah foa long time, yuh could take some of dere pass an' bo' a hole in de tree an' stop it up an' dat would cuz 'em tuh suffah deyselves away. Ah heard dat chew could do dat.
Entry 4425
Yuh kin take dis person's or individual's where he go an' do his job - this, ah [mean], yuh lgc, manure.
(Manure?)
Manure, yuh umadahstan', where he done go an' do his job, see. All right. Yuh gits jis' enough of dat tuh, yuh know, do what yuh want wit it. An' den yuh takes dis needle. (Just one?) Jis' one needle, an' yuh brings dis an' yuh hangs it up high jis' about - if he six feet, yuh hang it seven feet an' stick dis needle in it. An' as yuh stick dat needle in it, an' dat's seven fet above 'im, dat's a feet above hi - he's six, yuh make it seven. An' den as yuh do dat, why let it stay dere nine days. An' aftah nine days, de individual will be mentally unbalanced.
(What did you put that stuff in?)
Yuh stop it up in a bottle. An' den yuh wrap a papah or rag, anything aroun' it, an' den yuh stick it up about a feet highah dan he is.
(Hang it anywhere?)
Hang it on a tree - hang it up on a tree, a limb of a tree.
Entry 4438
Well now, ah learnt dat de passin' of a man's bowels, dey tell me dey do somepin wit it. Yuh want tuh know whut dey kin do. Dey'll take dat up an' dey'll put it in a bottle an' dey'll stop it up tight, airtight. An' dey'll carry it somewhere, an' git dem a augah, see, an' bo' a hole at de root of a tree. One dese li'le small bottle an' git chew a good augah an' bo' a hole in de tree. An' den yuh put dat in dere an' put a peg in dere. HE'LL NEVAH [wake] NO MO' TILL HE HEAR DE FIRST TRUMPET.
Entry 4440
De mess from yuh body, an' yuh take it an' yuh'll dig a hole an' yuh'll po' sulphur - dig a hole 'side of a tree an' put sulphur in dere an' burn dat mess. Well, dat will dry yuh up, goin' dry yuh up where yuh'll nevah have actions yuh undahstan'. Purtty soon dey give yuh medicine tuh have action an' dat will fin'ly [finally] kill yuh.
Entry 6270
Well, yo' take - jes' lak yo' want someone go blind, or ah want chew tuh go blind, see. Well, yo' take mah hair an' some of mah urinate an' a little of whut pass from mah bowels, an' yo' put it in de stove an' yo' brown it. Well now, yo' brown it an' git it up tuh a good powdah. An' jes' lak [I] pass yo', yo' see, an' yo' standin' at a place an' ah see yo' pass. Well, ah may pass an' ah'll see.yo' an' ah'll throw mah han' lak dat [demonstrates]. Well, yo' see, when ah throw mah han' - have it in mah han' - an' ah do dat wit it. Yore eyes is - [changes person] dis is in mah eyes an' ah'm goin' blind.
(Makes you go blind.)
Entry 6790
If a person bites yo' wit blue gums, yo' kin take a li'le of yore action, yore action an' put it on dere an' rub it in dere roun' good. (Rub it into the bite?) Yeah, an' go git chew some sulphuh an' burn it an' put it on dere, an' slip tuh 'is house. When yo' git dere, an' jis' lak yo' wanta a drink of watah, say, "Git me a glass of watah - git me some watah." An' carry a li'le dat burnt sulphuh wit chew an' - now, lak yo' wan' some watah. Rub it roun' intuh dat glass an' blow yore breath in it three times an' set it down nice, an' tell 'em tuh 'ave a drink of watah. He'll take a drink of watah an' he'll start tuh sufferin' wit de pyorrhea, los' [lostl de teeth outa his haid. (That burnt sulphur that you use in putting on your arm, that is out of the same batch of stuff?) Yes.
Entry 8321
She [his grandmother] say, "Put chure pichures up, son, don't let chure pichure hang around, if ah got holt of 'em" - she tell me about dis, say, "people kin take dat pichure an' run yo' crazy." Ah say, "Yeah?'" Ah wants tuh know it, yo' know. She say, "Dey kin take dis pichure an' run yo' crazy, boy. Yore pichure should be put up." [Informant now tells what he heard from his grandmother.] Dey take dis pichure heah an' dey go tuh de toilet, an' git some of dat stuff out of de toilet an' put on dis pichure. An' dey'll go way out in de woods some- where an' cut a little piece of bark off a tree, dat is hangin' down lak dis [demonstrates] yo' know, an' put dat pichure up dere. An' tack it up dere an' put dat bark back up dere. An' since dat tree is constantly growin', yo' know, an' dat pichure being wit dat stuff dere, why see, dat will constantly make dat thing go back ovah dere. Say it will run yo' crazy, dat pichure being in dat tree dere.
Entry 11324
Yo' kin go to a dogwood tree, yo' know, an git dis bark yo' know, an' do somepin to a person - a man eithah a woman. Yo' kin take somepin othah an' bo' a hole in dis tree. See, yo' take dis bark out an' bo' a hole in it [the wood part] an' git some of dat bark an' dat wood yo' understand out an' take an' mix it [bark and borings] up togethah, an' git some [of their] hair, an' den go back to dat place an' chunk [push] it [bark, borings and hair] back [in the hole] yo' undahstand. See, dat [hair] grow up in dere. An' take a - yo' know lak a person go to take a passage, yo' understan', take some of dat stuff [excrement] an' tie it up an' put it in dat hole. [Usually a hole with something in it is plugged up with a peg, perhaps not here.]
Entry 11363
It's just like if you go out and have a passage. You will take that and put it any place that will do, put it in a jar. Get nine needles and nine pins and nine tacks, and put them in there and stop that up, and it will cause you not to move your bowels. They won't move. They'll pass through your mouth and finally it will kill you.
Entry 11364
(To drive a person crazy what do you do?)
Well, it's to take some of his - whut yo' would call it some proper name, ah don't know.
(His passage?)
Yes sir, an' bo' a hole in a tree.... [Stopping passage up in tree is a common rite. I have reproduced this one here to indicate the limited vocabulary con- cerning vital parts and func- tions of the body.]