Subject:Excrement/Human excrement
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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 7334
A man kin git in a chase an' a dog behin' 'im lak dat, an' he kin take his own an' stop 'em. Got a chance to git fur enough, he'll up an' take a dump. Jis' git up an' wipe his feets in it an' he ain't gotta run.
(The same as the cow manure, only he will use his own.)
Ah know about 'is own but ah jes' heard about dat othah. [Brunswick, Ga., 1174), 1983:7.]
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 4407
About a person's stool, yuh kin take dat an' bo' a hole in a tree, well, yuh might say three or fo' inches deep in a tree, an' stop it up yo' know, an'dat'll run 'em crazy prob'ly kill 'em.
Entry 4413
Go out tuh de fo'ks of de road an' take yuh stool, yuh know, an' bo' a hole in a tree, an' put it in dat hole an' stop it up. An' go dere an' tap dat peg about nine mawnin's, ah think dey say it is, an' dat'll run yuh crazy an' kill yuh.
Entry 4420
Dey say yuh could take a person's bowels aftah dey moves fresh, an' take a nail an' drive it in de north corner of de tree. An' jis' drive it one inch [lick] evah mawnin' fo' nine mawnin's. Dey drive dat nail an' de las' mawnin' dey say yuh will pass out [die].
Entry 4428
If yuh wuz tuh be goin' 'long 'side of de road an' stop an' do a fob, if a person wanted tuh kill yuh or sompin othah like dat, well he'd take 8ome of yuh dung an' bo' a hole in a tree, an' he drive dat peg in dere. Hit it evah mawnin' fo' nine mawnin's. Well, den yuh bowels would lock. WOULDN'T BE ANY DOCTOR IN DE WORL' COULD OPEN DEM BOWELS.
Entry 4435
Jis' lak a person - if yuh wanta git rid of a person, well yuh take dere bowels an' - yuh know whut dey use. An' go tuh de west side of a tree an' bo' a hole in it. See, take a augah an' bo' a hole in dis tree, an' take dere manure an' put it in dere, an' stop it up an' dat'll lock dere bowels. An' when dey bowels do move, it'll move through de mouth an' evently [eventually] dey'll die. It'll kill 'em.
Entry 4442
Ah seen dis happen right down heah. If yuh's mad wit a person, if yuh kin git some of dere, yuh know, de manure, take dat an' go an' wheresomevah yuh find a green tree at, an' take a augah an' bo' holes in it an' cuts it out, an' stop it up wit it, an' drive dat peg in de tree. When he git dere tuh have a action he can't. Yuh kin let 'im have one, if yuh wanta; if yuh don't, yuh kin let 'im die. Ah know dat's true.
Entry 4446
Yuh take a young tree an' yuh bo' a hole in dat, an' yuh take a per- son's passage an' put it in dere, an' dis peg whut yuh put in dere, yuh gradually nail [peg] in dere, an' in nine days force it up. Dat will kill 'em - cause 'em tuh be constipated, dere bowels are locked.
Entry 4448
Well, ah experienced once a woman got a li'le chile's stools an' buried it in a tree, an' dat locked 'er bowels an' 'sposed tuh kill 'er.
(How did she bury that in that tree?)
In a hole in a hollah tree, an' stopped it up in dis hollah tree.
(And that killed the child, locked it's bowels?)
Yes.
Entry 4449
Well, dey kin lock yuh bowels one way. Dey kin take - go tuh de lav'- tory where yuh use an' git some of yuh, yuh know, an' stop it up in a hollah tree, an' as long as dey let it stay stopped up, yuh bowels won't move.
(I see.)
Entry 4451
Lockin' de bowels. Fo' instance lak yuh would take a person's passage an' go intuh de swamp, an' taken a augah an' bo'en a hole intuh a tree, an' put- ten it in dere an' shutten de hole up airtight. Whensoevah de sap is up. Den, whensomevah de sap go down, it close up ag'in, yuh undahstan'. Den 'is bowels is locked until it taken out. Dat locks 'is bowels.
(You put this into the tree when the sap is up?)
Yes, wit an auger, airtight.
Entry 4452
Jis' like ah foretole yuh, [like ah told you before], jis' like a per- son go himself intuh de toilet - yuh know, prob'ly a whole lot'a time if yuh stay In de country, yuh go in de woods an' do yuh business, why somebody watches yuh an' dey got any animosity fo yuh, why dey go dere an' git it. An' dey'll take a augah an' dey'll bo' a hole intuh a stump or a tree if it ain't sawed off yuh undahstan'. An' aftah dey done bo'd de hole, dey'll take dat stuff an' put it into dat hole an' dey will stop it up. Yuh'll have locked bowels de balance of yuh days, yuh will nevah have no free action no mo'.
(Then that will kill you.)
Tie yuh up, yes sir.
Entry 4460
De hickory tree, yuh kin take a person's yuh know, when dey bowels move, an' yuh got a grudge ag'inst 'em, yuh kin take some of dere stuff an' put it in a tree on de no'th side, an' bo' a hole an' peg it an' put it in dere. Dat'll stop 'em up. Yuh gotta put it in a hickory tree 'way up, where nobody kin evah, yuh know, discovah it.
Entry 7335
If a fellah wus to kill somebody an' try to git away an' dey had de hounds chase 'em, ah know dey could throw 'em off de track so dey wouldn't ketch 'em. He could take off 'is shoes an' use de passage from 'is bowels, an' leave it in 'is shoes an' de hounds wouldn't bothah 'im no mo'.
(In both shoes?)
Yes, in both shoes.
Entry 4411
Now, jes' lak our bowels move, see. Well dey stop dat up in a bottle. Take a auger an' bo' a hole in dere - little round bottle. (Bore a hole in what?) In de tree. Put some of whut pass through from mah bowels in dis lit- tle bottle, an' put it in de tree, an' den nail [peg] a stoppah in dat. Well, dat will tie mah entrails up an' ah can't have no [more action].
Entry 13
It's jes' lak [like] if ah'm runnin' a place of business an' ah has some enemies - yo' know yo' has enemies ever'where yo' go. If yo' large 'nuff to bother 'bout yo'll have enemies. Ah kin have some enemies an' ah kin be runnin' a place of business - jes' sellin' fish san'wishes an' all dat kinda junk. Well, a lot'a people would hate me on dis - yo' see, ah'm makin' mo' money den dey can an' dey'll hate me. Well, all right. Dey'll go, prob'bly uptown an' tell a false' on me an' have me put in jail. Yo' see, ah done lock up an' ah'm got'a pay out a bunch of money den an' come out if ah got it or prob'bly make time on it. Well, whensomevah ah git out - well, ah may go back to mah business agin. Well, now heah dey come agin after me. Understan' - heah dey come agin after me. Well, now, I kin go tuh de graveyard zactly twelve a'clock at night. Now, ah'm goin' to mah peoples - where dey's buried. An' after ah git dere ah walks five feet into de graveyard. Then - if' yo'll 'low [allow] ma ah'll show yo' axely [actually] whut ah mean [his voice turned from me while he demonstrates]. Ah walks dis way [he walks]. Now, heah's de gate chere. Well, ah walks [he walks] five feet from de gate an' when ah git inside [that near] de gate ah turns round [he turns] an' backs up five feet [he backs up] till ah git inside de ceme- tery. Ah wheel round right quick an' de first grave ah'll put mah eyes on, ah'll go to dat grave an' ah makes me a big round ring at de head of dat grave. [He acts out everything.] An' after ah make me a big round ring at de head of dat grave [as a protection against spirits], ah take me a solid fifty-cent piece an' put it jes' as fur down in dat grave as ah kin git it. An' after ah put it down dere mah hand would come up wit all de dirt-cover ovah dere [the dirt sticking to the half dollar]. Den ah takes a eatin' fo'k [table fork] an' ah sticks it in dat grave. Well, ah went to mah mother [her grave] to control her mind of might to dash dese peoples' mind from me an' keep dem from botherin' me, but dose [his people] are daid. Now, dose folks are daid - like dey say hants an' spirit an' all like dat. Well, dey come to form - to skel'ton, see. Well, now heah about three yeahs ago ah had a sister - she came down heah an' dere peoples in dis town will tell yo' dis very day, white and colored. Well, dey 'rest her two-three time of drunk'. She could take jis' dat much of whiskey [demonstrates] an' jes' go to her haid, an' she start to call anything come ovah her. Well, now, she was fixed, dey tell me in Jacksonville ~ now, dat's whut she tole me some other [person] did to her. [Alcoholism is usually caused by someone putting a spell on you - see Drinking-spell in Index.] An' ah could go an' git her sometime two an' three a'clock in de morning - bring her back. An' ah have went round to diff'rent people I knowed dat give 'er dat stuff an' tell 'em don't let her have none. Well, she got to find dis stuff but hit don't be until de change of de moon. When dat moon come to be a quarterfull, den dat's de time she commence goin' on, commence goin' on. Well, now, when dat moon done vanish 'way an' gone, she jes' as good, jes' as pleasant an' happy as she kin be. Well, she wus told to go to de graveyard - she lives in Jacksonville - an' when she git to de graveyard - now, our mother's daid - our mother died of witch- craft - whut chew call roots. She died of dat an' ah kin splain it tuh yo' how, whut caused her to die [he explains this later]. An' dey tole her to go to de graveyard an' after she got to de graveyard, tuh Walk five feet inside the graveyard an' wheel round right quick, an' de first grave she saw, she take a solid fifty-cent piece an' push it jis' as fur down in de grave as she kin git it an' take her han's out, an' in takin' her han's out befo' her han' git to de top, git jis' a lettle bit dat dirt - see, root [dig] fo' it [with the coin]. Well, now, dere's nuthin' dey put wit dat dirt. An jis' stick dat eatin' fo'k in dere an' leave it, chew see. Dat eatin' fo'k yo' wanta leave. Well, now, she got de dirt - dat's whut chew call buying dirt from de daid. [We shall meet many examples of the spirit of the dead being paid off with coins, but here the fork - silver-plated or steel, is both payment and protective device.]
(What did she do with that dirt then?)
She jis' take it an' put it on her an' tote it, jes' tote it - she didn't put anything in de worl' wit it. [Usually, this graveyard dirt would be wrapped in a piece of paper and worn sewed up in a very small cloth bag and called a hand or toby or mojo - these of great variety and purpose - many examples of them being given later.]
(How was your mother hurt did you say?)
Now, mah mother - dat wus in 1919 in Tallahasse, Florida. We lived in 362 Caldwell [?] Avenue. Well, during dat den de street wus name No'th McCommins [?] Avenue. Mah mother she wus poisoned with whut ah may call dung - it's a bottle of your dung. Jes' lak if ah go to de bathroom right dere an' use de - well, her stuff was taken an' it was placed into a bottle. An' after it was placed into dis bottle, jes' nuthin' but hit - an' it wus a cork stopper wus placed in de top of dis bottle, whut chew call to stop it up airtight dat no air in de worl' couldn't git in it, an' it wus buried to de no'th corner of our house. Mah mother lived an' suffered - lived an' suffered fo' [four] yeahs. But we tried doctors from Thomasville, Florida - Dr. McClintook supposed to be as good a doctor as evah walked out - a medical doctor de horsepital - we tried him. We tried all other doctors an' none couldn't do her no good. Mah grandmother went to a place you call Quincy, Florida - out in de country to a fellah by de name of Mr. McClain. She went dere to him.
(White or colored?)
White - he wus white - went out dere tuh him. An' he tole mah grandmother, he said, "Ah been layin' heah lookin' at de condition of yore daughter." [He was a forseer or foreknower.] Dat's whut he tole mah grandmother. He said, "Ah been laying heah lookin' at de condition of yore daughter," he say, "fo' [for] munts an' munts an' she been sufferin' fo' othah people." He said, "De people dat's doin' her dis dirt is comin' in her house eve' other mawnin', bahrin' [borrowing] a match or bahrin' some salt or bahrin' some peppah an' stuff." He said, "Dat is to he'p [help] build dis stuff whut dey got in de ground." Now, he tole her, said, "Yo' go back home." She said - but now dis man wouldn't take no money out chure han' - he didn't take a dime - but chew owed him whut he charged to do. Yo' didn't pay him what- somevah he git fo' doin' yore 'mount of work. When he git done wit his - whut yo' want to have him tuh do - yo' goes back home. He given yo' a piece of some- thin' look like a five-dollar gold piece in a black cloth an' he got dis money by de air. Dat's de way he worked it, by de air - he re'lly did it hisself. [See in Index, Doctor, payment of.] Well, he tole mah grandmother - she go back to de house an' look up on de south corner of yore house, an' he say, "Yo'll find a quart bottle wit some dung in it." An' he say, "Yo' take dat quart bottle an' unstop it," an' he say, "po dat stuff out of it." He say, "When yo' po' it out of it," he say, "then yo' come back to me." Well, mah grandmother po'd it out an' mah mother then commence tuh - her bowels den commence movin'; her bowels wus locked den [before that], yo' see. Well, she went back to him an' he give her some kind of medicine - ah don't know whut it wus. But she give him somepin - she had a twenty-dollah bill dressed, mah grandmother did fo' mah mother. Now, dis man tole her, said, "Now, let her tote dis on her as long as she live, an' nobody won't hurt her no mo'." Well, leastways, she died from it - she lived 'bout a couple of months afterwards, after dis stuff was po' out de bottle, but she died. [How the twenty-dollar bill was dressed (prepared magically) by the doctor I do not know, but my skeptical nature refuses to believe he returned it to grandmother. One of many ways of dressing money for oneself will be found in margin-title Cast It Into Oblivion. The medicine given to grandmother could have been black draft or Epsom salts both commonly used by doctors in such situations. The woman had been dying - constipation was not the cause. For a similar hopeless case, a poignant one, see margin-title Doctor Assists Death.] (Well, how did the man get his money when you paid him - how did he get that money?) He tole mah aunt an' mah grandmother to - he give dem somepin look like a five-dollah gold piece an' [also] it was a black rag; seemed to me [when I saw it later] that it was a han'chief. He tole her, said, "Yo' take dis an' go back home an' leave dis on de table - dis five-dollah piece yo' see - on de table." Well, it looked like to me it was five dollahs, but he didn't tell her no five dollahs, but ah called it five-dollah gold piece. [The coin was a fake. I comment here while checking transcription with cylinder - "speaks very rapidly."] But he tole her, when she give it [his fee] to him, say, "Lay dis [piece] on de table an' spread dis black rag ovah it - jes' spread it [rag] ovah it [piece] an put chure money [fee] on top of dat an' tie it up, an' walk out chure room." He say, "Ah'll git it, don't chew worry," he say, "because mah working is de air, star an' de moon." He say, "Ah don't work jes' natch'al comin' to a person." He say, "Ah kin do mah work an' not even go to you. Yo' kin jes' only write me an' yo' got to tell me whut chew want done - jes'write me an'ah'll come to yuh [in the spirit]." Dat's whut he tole mah grandmother and aunt. But anyway de money didn't leave out de house an' he didn't come an' git it - but didn't nobody carry it to him. But when we went back in de room de next morning, de money wus gone, an' most all de three of us wus in de house - mah aunt, mah grandmother an' me, 'scusin' mah mother whut wus sick. He re'lly got dat money.
Entry 822
I'll tell you whut happened to me. Now, I wus goin' with a gurl an' I liked 'er. It wus mah firs' wife. An' there's anothah fellow [by the name of John] liked 'er - he lived over in Baltimore aftah while an' he died over there. He left home shortly aftahward [the present story] - he liked her. He [John] goes to - there is an ole sign tha' choo kin go to a grave wahr [where] there's a preacher bur-ried an' de's a certain bone in that preacher, if you kin get it - I don't know whut it is, but I think it's a rib bone, maybe a short rib; but, a certain bone you kin get out of that preacher - an' a certain amount of dirt joo kin get. That clay, you kin git it somewahr by the head or the foot of someone's [grave]. But anyhow, you kin git a little bit of that dirt an' you work this trick. An' you could have this woman so that she can't - she won't notice the other man, she won't notice nuthin but choo. So he [John] did this. Well, I had a friend goin' with me, a great whiskey man, drinked all de time, staggerin' around. So he told me, he said - the girl got so she didn't notice me, I couldn't do anything with 'er at all, befo' that she didn't like nobody but me - he says, "There's somepin wrong" - she wus a cousin to him, too - he says, "there's somepin wrong about Henrietta." "Oh," I says, "I don't think so - jis' a kin'a way she's got." "No, no, helll Joe, there's somepin wrong, an' I'm gon'a find out." So by an' by [several days later] he come back to me an' says, "Well, I found out whut I want." I says, "Whut?" He says, "I wus to John's house the other day," he say, "an' I see'd [seen de] clay on his pants - ole overalls he wus wearin' last week." So he says, "I seen these ole pants." He says, "I seen this clay. You know wahr that come from?" I says, "No." "My GodI' he says, "that come out d'ole [the old] man Brodick's grave" - this is d'ole preacher, ole man Brodick. He says, "This come out of his grave." He says, "That scoungrel [scoundrel] has got somepin out of Brodick's grave." An' the other fellah [who enters the story for the first time] happened to come up at that time an' he stopped, talkin' with us. Both wus her cousins. He says, "Now, if I ain't too interestin'," he say, "I guess I ain't interferin' wit you fellah's business?" "No, indeed, whut we talkin' about." So we kept right on talkin'. He savs to me - he stood there with his haid down, an' when he did speak - he says, "Well, well I spect [expect] that may be so." He says, "I don't know. I don't think John would do you that way. Anyhow, he might. Anyhow," he say, "if he did do that," he says, "I'm gon'a tell you somepin to do, an' you'll know how to stop it." I says, "You will?" He says, "Yes." I says, "Well, I don't know wurther I'll do it or not, '' I say, "I ain't gon'a harm 'im." I says, "He ain't got no more sense than do that to git de gurl, he'll have to take 'er. I'm not gon'a harm 'im." "Oh! No, no," he says, "i' tain't gon'a do 'im no harm [if] you do whut I tell you." So he told me whut to do - a very peculiar thing. Now, he told me to go wahr I could find wahr somebody had made a passage - some human being, you see, passed some dung. He says, "Now, you want it to be maybe about a week or so old, two or three days old anyhow. You don't want a new pile, you want a ole un," he said, "an' you mess yourself all up, git it all on your feet, so you kin smell youself. An' if you ever ketch him aside of that gurl," he says, "don't you h'yessitate" - he say, "you knowed de time he's with 'er - he say, "you git jis' full of it." He say, "Even if you git it on some of your clothes, it don' make no difference," he say, "you kin git it off - jis' so she kin smell it - an' he could smell it - an' you could smell it. You walk right up side of her an' don' choo stop until you follow her an' him both right to de doah," he say, "an' if he's done anything like that" [put a spell on you], he says, 'he'll nevah go thah no more.'"
(What would you do, carry this stuff with you?)
No, that same night dat I knowed she wus out an' he wus to go home with her, why, fer me to git ahaid of 'em somewahr, you see, an' mess mahself up; an' then, when they come by, fer me to be already to break out. I did it. An' man! I wus smellin' turrible dat night. I didn't even like mah ownself. That's right. I thought it wus awful to be that way. But, I got aside of her an' I aimed to make out to stay aside of her. And before I got - oh, yes, I didn't git much further from here to Mr. [So-and-so's] garage [which we could see through the hotel window] before she begin to talk with me. Now, I nevah could git her to answer me - if I was aside of her, she wouldn't say nothin' to me.
(The other man was there, too?)
He was there, too.
(Did you follow them to the door?)
Right to the door. I nevah left. Soon as I got aside of her I nevah left no more. We walked about a mile - she lived about a mile, an' I walked -
(Did they smell you?)
Oh! They couldn't help it, choo know. Man! I wus in a furiosity! I wus furious! I wus in a furious shape! So I went on until I got from here to that garage, she commenced to talkin' with me, an' she talked all the way along. Ever' now an' then she'd answer me anything I ast her, all de way to her door. Now, he begin to git dumb. He begin to git so he wouldn't talk, he wouldn't have much to say. But yet he walked along with us. He didn't have much to say. When she got to the door he jis' said goodby.
(Do you think the dung affected him?)
I don't know whut it done. I nevah did know whut had happened. All I know, I did that.
(How long ago would that be?)
I'm sixty [in 1936] an' I don't guess I wus much over eighteen years old.
(Did it happen around here?)
Right over at Whitehaven, there over in Wicomico County. I lived there, born over there. [Princess Anne, Md., (133), 35:2.] [The preceding story is true - not a funny story. Was it a practical joke? Were the girl's cousins trying to help or hinder the romance? Did informant's rival belong to the conspiracy? Whatever the purpose, the conspirators devised it in terms of ancient witchcraft - human excrement (also urine) is a powerful protection against or cure for evil intent (see FACI 2ed. p.905, Nos.16488-16489 and others).] [I have preserved the name of the man who told this story; he also the teller of another remarkable story: "133 - Joe Dorman began with snake whistling - head of people expression - told story of old Indian - told story of dung - his first wife, never told her" - Nunbers Book 83-134. Snake whistling story perhaps lost. Head of people = group or crowd of people. For story of Indian, Marcellus Gates, see margin-title Zippy Tull.]
Entry 4426
Ah heard dat chew could take a person's bowel move' - take a person's bowel movement. Git some of dat, yo' see, yes, from 'is bowels. Ah take it up on a little piece of stick. or sompin, an' put it in a little cloth an' double it up. An' yo' bo' a hole in de tree an' yo' poke dat in dat tree, see, an' stop it up. In nine mawnin's he'd die of dat, 'cuz it check 'is bowels where he can't have a bowel movement.
Entry 4458
Whut ah hear about a hickory tree. Now, jis' lak ah don' lak yuh an' ah wanta stop yuh - yuh know, stop yuh. An' yuh go tuh a lav'tory an' ah go an' ah git some of yuh passage. Well, ah'll go an' bo' a hole in dis tree, an' ah'll put dat in dis hickory tree. Well, see, ah'll put dat plug back in dere an' fo' nine mawnin's ah'll go dere fo' evahy mawnin', until nine mawnin's an' ah'll hit it. Take a hammah, yuh know, an' knock dat furthah an' furthah. Well, de ninth mawnin', say yuh be tryin' tuh have a leave up until den. Well, AH'M GOIN' FIX IT SO YUH CAN'T HAVE NO MO' UNTIL YUH DAID.
Entry 11365
Turpentine and red pepper with excrement put in north side of tree to kill or burn victim's hind end.
Entry 11984
They mix your hair with human excrement, add salt and vinegar, and throw it into running water before sunup to run you crazy. [Washington, D. C., 822:3.]
Entry 4469
Yuh takes de manure of a person aftah dey have a action an' yuh go tuh a 'simmon tree an' bo' a hole in it, an' take de manure an' puts it in dis 'sim- mon tree. An' den yuh make yuh peg an' stop in dere. Dat usely [usually] locks dere bowels. (You have to go to a persimmon tree?) Yes, becuz a 'simmon tree yuh know is tight itself. Somehow or 'nothah it works - jis' on an' on.
Entry 4470
Now, it's lak yuh have action lak dat an' dey take a portion of it, an' walk off tuh dat tree out dere an' stop it up. Ah mean stop it up airtight - see, wit fat-lightah peg. Let it be fat-lightah [peg] jis' as fat as it kin be [abounding in pitchy heartwood as in the Georgia pine]. An' stop it up. Jis' drive it in dere tight. AN' YUH GONE. It jis' locks yuh bowels an' NOBODY CAN'T NEVAH UNLOCK DEM.
Entry 4450
Anywhere yo' see a mess - anywhere yo' be at an' yo' see where dey goes an' done dey [their] business, well yo' take dat an' yo' put it in a bottle. De top [cork in the bottle] wouldn't give it no air. Yo' go to de sap of [the] tree, [go] jis' befo' de sap goes up. Yo' turn dat bottle bottom upward in dat [hole]. Cut off a wood [peg] [and put] in dat tree [hole] tight as yo' could git it. Dey couldn't do anything [have a passage], an' when de sap of dat tree go up, dat'd blow dem up.
Human-waste retrieval follows the source's euphemistic 'mess' and 'business'; [have a passage] is editorial. The bodily effects remain unverified claims.