Subject:Urinate
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Entry 3812
Go an' git a bran'-new brick dat has nevah been used, an' yo' put it in yore fire an' git it red-hot. While dat brick is heatin', he make him a pep- pah tea wid dese pod peppahs. Git nine pods an' make a peppah tea of it, an' he po' 'bout a ten-cent drink of likkah into dis an' drink it hot. Well, when he drink it hot, he urin- ate on dat brick - take it out an' urinate on dat brick, an' dat'll bring it back. Dat's one way. (That will restore his nature, his courage that has been tied up by some woman.) Yes.
Entry 3816
Take a bran'-new knife an' po' - make urinate [urinate] down dat knife- blade evah mawnin' fo' nine mawnin's an' wash 'isself wit whut chew call dis stuff dey use in prison. (Saltpeter?) Saltpetah. Take dat an' wash it [his tool] an' throw it to de sundown. Take dat an' wash it an' throw it to de sundown. If he done wash 'isself off an' throw it de way de sun goes down, he kin git ovah [cure] it dataway - git along to where he kin handle anybody he want to.
(That will take off this spell that took his nature away.)
Dat'll take off dat.
(He did that before sunrise did you say?)
[He did not give the time, that is what I wanted to learn.]
Aftah sun risin' an' jes' as de sun liable to set, see yo' put it in dere den, den it [ailment] will go away den. Yo' have to do dat fo' nine evenin's an' po' dat watah down dat knife fo' nine mawnin's.
(You urinate down the knife in the morning, and you throw it away at night?)
Yeah, yo' washes wit dat saltpetah in de aftahnoon. [For the general reader may I add:. The peter part of saltpeter, being one of the many names for the penis, has magic value in this impotence cure; so also has the magic salt portion of saltpeter.]
Entry 3993
Dey tell me yo' take an' pee in yore han's an' rub yore han's, see; an' put chure han's on de dice. Go an' pee in yore han's an' leave yore han's back; walk on, see. An' den yo' kin very well put chure han's between yore laig an' yo' snatch up right quick, an' yo' reach back ag'in - three times, see, an' shoot.
(How do you mean reach back 3 times?)
Reach back heah three times [demonstrates].
(You draw your hand three times between your legs.)
An' roll de dice in yore han's lak dis, see; an' chunk 'em out. Yo'll come lucky an' yo'll win.
(That is to give you luck in gambling.)
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 3995
Ah have tried it workin' on mah han's in dealin' wit de cards an' ah have been prosperous. (You found it lucky?) Absolutely.
(You mean peeing on your hands?)
Yeah. (Well, now that's something I asked and you thought you didn't know.)
Entry 3997
The same old gentlemen what I just spoke to you about [a root doctor near Columbus, Miss.], his method of bringing a person to you mediately [was] by taking your urinate. Take a bran'-new piece of red flannen, urinate on it and rub it through your hands, sit down and write a letter to the person to come at once. They will do so.
Entry 4071
An' if yuh don' wanta work it lak dat, yuh kin take a man's sock, if he's jis' as cruel, jis' so cruel yuh an' 'im can't hardly live togethah, yuh kin take his sock an' put it in - pick up one de bricks out de hearth an' yuh puts it in dis hole. Well, yuh goes dere an' yuh takes an' uri- nate on it, yuh know whut dat is - on it fo' nine mawnin's. An' dat'll make him jis' as nice tuh yuh as he kin be. He won' fight chew any mo' an' he'll jis' take ca' [care] of 'is wife or woman, jis' lak a man should. Yuh has tuh let it stay dere now fo' nine mawnin's, an' aftah yuh do dat, why yuh know dat chew got 'im.
Entry 4076
Git de feathah from a black chicken, if yo' a man thirsty fo' a woman, in love wit 'er. Yo' take dat feathah from a black chicken an' yo' manage tuh git some of 'er ministra- tion. Now, de way ah've heard dis: if yo' kin git some of 'er ministration, an' yo' put dat wit dat feathah in dere. Den yo' take dat feathah an' put it in a bottle an' yo' put yo'self some spirits of tur- pentine in dere. Yo' put some dis othah stuff [urine? semen?]. Put some quinine in dere. An' den yo' take dat piece [hatband] or de bow, eithah one, outa yore hat, an' put it in dere. Let dat stay right dere nine days. [Auto horn.] Aftah nine days yo' bury dat thin' right somewhere 'bout de no'th cornah of yore chim- ley in de groun'. Den yo' go out dere an' yo' make watah on dat dere fo' nine days. Yo' pee on dat fo' nine days. Den dat dere - dat draws 'er 'fection to yo'.
Entry 4106
Yuh kin take dat chamber lye an' if a woman wan's yuh tuh love her, or if yuh wan'a woman tuh love yuh an' lak dat now, dat's a simple thin'. Now, if yo' wan' de woman be settled down, yuh do dat, an' dey follah yuh from heel tuh heel. Ah'm gon'a tell yuh now, dey'll follah yuh from heel tuh heel. But yuh don wan' 'em follow yuh, but dey cain't he'p it follah yuh from heel tuh heel. Yuh go tuh work an' takes yuh a bottle of Coca-cola or anythin'-lak, an' take an' lay it out tuh yuhself. An' turn yuhself right dere tuh de east, where de sun rise in de east. Jis' lak ah'm settin' in [facing] de east right now. [To face the east or rising sun is a fairly common rite.] An' yuh take dat bottle an' po' out a li'le of it [or] yuh kin drink a li'le of it, yuh know. Jis' puts it [hold bottle] down, git it away from dere [you] at de top, an' yuh take an' take yuh penis, yuh undahstan', an' stan' tuh [facing] de east heah, an' hol' de bottle jis' lak dat an' shoot de pee in dere. An' when yuh do dat, say, "Dis is fo' us." All yuh got'a say, yuh standin' in de east yuh see, "Dis is fo' us." All right, yuh'll go back now. Yuh see, yuh stop it back up, shake it up. [For shaking bottled urine, see later margin title SHAKING BOTTLED URINE.] Go back, yuh undahstan', an' de ole lady say, "Whut's dis? Heah's one. Dis kin' all right?" "Yes, yes dis kin' all right." "Well, let me open it." Well, ah open it an' give her. Pull off of it dere [remove cap] an' shake it up an' po' in - serve it, yuh know, an' dey drink it down. AN' MAH FREN', in three day's time, she be tellin' evahbody, "Why, ah'm jis' crazy 'bout mah ole man."
Entry 4139
Well, yo' kin go tuh de fo'ks of de road. Prob'ly dere may be somebody or some woman dat chew want. Yo'll learn 'er name. Yo' kin go tuh de fo'ks of de road an' git chew on one of dese old speckled tarrapins. (What? Speckled what?) Turtle, land turtle. Dat's right. Yo' ketch 'im an' if yo' kin git 'is haid out enough tuh git chew a string aroun' it, git chew a string aroun' it an' make yo' a small bridle an' put intuh it. Well now, yo' got'a keep 'im down dere by dese fo'ks of de road. Evah mawnin' yo' go tuh de fo'ks of de road an' take a leak on 'im evah mawnin', an' make yore wish dere what yo' wants tuh happen. Take his haid an' stretch out. Yo' tame him. Dat'll tame him so by dat string yo' got aroun' 'is neck. Make yore wish fo' dis woman an' she more den apt tuh meet chah somewhere on de road on yore way. She cain't git aroun' yo'. [An old footnote of mine says, "This was told straightforwardly, informant generally good and reliable, symbolism seems authentic."]
Entry 4145
Dey watah yo' know where dey pee on de groun'. Say yo' kin take a man's watah lak dat or a woman's - eithah side. Yo' kin take dere watah lak dat an' take up dat dirt down dere an' put it in a little ball, bag or somepin. Den yo' wear it on yo' an' evah night, well fo' 'bout nine maw- nin's dey say yo' pee on it yo' know. Take yore pee an' pee on dat sand in dat bag of de man's. Say dat will make 'em stay wit yo'. Dey jis' cain't leave yo'. Yo' wear it fo' a length of time den yo' take it off. Den yo' go back an' git it an' wear it ag'in.
Entry 4212
If yuh got a boy in New York - if ah wuz a woman - see, an' yuh want him back heah. She take his shirttail, if yuh kin git hold of a piece of 'is shirt, see, yuh cut de shirttail off an' put it in de bottle an' urinate on it fo' nine mawnin's. Fo' nine mawnin's do dat. An' he'll come back home.
(Then what do you do with that bottle?)
Dat bottle? Use de bottle tuh put de thin's - see, de shirttail in.
(After you do all that, what do you do with the bottle?)
Well, ah bring de bottle back an' rinse it out an' keep it fo' de nex' time.
(Thought you said you buried that bottle?)
[This must have been said before recording began.]
Yeah, ah bury de bottle.
Entry 4693
(A woman does what?) She take dat bow, yuh know, an' she'll tie it in a piece of flannel, yuh undahstan', an' she'll take it an' she'll urinate on it, an' take it an' tie it aroun' 'er waist, an' she kin keep it right straight up an' down 'er navel-like. Dat would keep - don't keer where yuh go or whut yuh do, yuh min' will be back dere on 'er all de time. See?
Entry 4695
Take dat little bow an' make anyone love yuh. Yuh could take dat an' put it in de toe of a sock an' take a dime an' put it in dere. An' yuh fold it dis way [demonstrates]. Yuh jis' fold it dat way an' den yuh fold de toe dat way, comin' in de house, an' den bury it up undah yore do'step, yuh undahstan', an' den take a leak on it evah mawnin'. An' ah guarantee dey won't leave yuh.
Entry 4696
Take dat li'le bow in de back of a man's hat an' take an' put sulphur on it an' wear it [in a bag - see later] nex' tuh yuh - right tuh yore heart. An' dey say dat will bring 'i back tuh yuh, make him love yuh. An' den yuh take an' urinate on it fo' nine mawnin's an' put it back in dat - have a little bag ah reckon about de size of dis box [box of matches I had on interviewing table]. Put it in dere fo' nine mawnin's.
(After you put that sulphur on there.)
Yuh put de sulphur on dere an' yuh let it stay lak tonight. Well, de nex' mawnin' yuh start [to urinate on bow] fo' nine mawnin's, evah mawnin', an' den put it back in dat bag. An' den dat will make him love yuh.
Entry 4827
Dis is yore room [the rented room in which I was interviewingl: Well, if ah wus tuh pick up one of yore, YORE HAT [MY BLACK HAT ON INTERVIEWING TABLE], or a pair of yore socks or sompin, an' walk out wit it. Well all ah got'a do - now dis heah is true, yuh know. All yuh got'a do, yuh pull off yore undahweahs - yuh got'a use dem. Yuh ball dem things up. Well, jis' befo yuh go tuh bed yuh make yore watah on dese, on dat undahsuit. Yuh ball it tight, wrap it nine times. An' as yuh wrap it nine times, dat person dat chew have a idea dat stole dose goods, yuh call dere name, see. An' when yuh call dere name, yuh take an' lay dis in a cornah, [and] wit yore laigs [demonstrates].
(You lay it in a corner and stamp your feet on it.)
An' as yuh stomp - dat's all de stuff yuh got'a do. An' evah who did it, dey'll come an' bring it back - come an' tell yuh 'bout it.
(They will bring back whatever they took from me.)
Yes sir, evahwhere dey wus, down tuh - anything, dey comin' tuh tell yuh. Now, dere wus a man workin' wit mah husban' de othah day, an' he stole three paint brushes from Mr. Beasley, a man dat run a paint shop. Well, he carried it back, but he don't know how he carried it back. But he carried it back.
(You did this to him?)
[Informant I describe in note as small-time worker.]
He carried it back.
Entry 4938
Take a sock, take yore lef' sock an' put it up in de middle of a - take a brick up in de middle of a hearth an' put chure sock down. An' yuh urinate on dat sock fo' nine mawnin's an' yuh stop it up. Yuh take it up an' den stop it up. Dat's fo' a man dat's runnin' aroun'. Yuh take dat an' git a dirty sock - have tuh have de sock dirty - an' put it in dis hearth, put it down dere an' yuh urinate on dat fo' nine mawn- in's, an' it will turn 'im aroun' all de way diff'ren'. He'll be a diff'ren' man in de home.
Entry 4939
[An informant in the same cityadds a time detail.1 Ah've heard 'em say dat she could take de man's socks an' take a brick up out de fiahplace an' bury it an' make yore watah on it fo' nine mawnin's. Ah've heard dat.
(What is that supposed to do?)
Well, dat's in a love affair, too. Yuh take an' put dat sock down, an' den go dere evah mawnin' befo' de sun rise an' make watah on it fo' nine mawnin's, an' dat will make him stick closah tuh yuh. Fayetteville, N. Car., (1411), 2535:1.]
Entry 4984
Yuh take nine rusty nails an' yuh git 'is socks. Let it be real soiled - one, it don't diff'rence, jis' so it's a dirty sock. An' put dose nails intuh it an' bear [bury] it in de back yard. An' a... Well, YUH HAVE TUH EXCUSE ME, YUH 'URINATE OVAH DIS PLACE an' covah it up. See, dat will fix it so nobody cain't take 'im away from yuh.
Entry 5057
Yuh kin take a woman's stockin' an' urinate on it an' jis' take a lil Hearts Cologne an' wrap it up tight an' put it in yore pocket, an' dat woman will go crazy long as dat stockin' wrapped up in a tight bow, an' yuh keep it anywhere on yuh. De man's sock de same way. (That makes her go crazy about him?) "Bout 'im, long as yuh have dose stockin's or socks anywhere 'bout chew.
Entry 5696
If yo' wan' 'em tuh go, yo' don' wan' 'im tuh stay, git choo a table- spoonful of salt, a tablespoon whut dey call cayenne peppah. Git choo a red flannin rag now, an' git saltpeter - woman salt- peter. Yo' know it's two kinds, a she saltpeter an' dere a he saltpeter. Yo' git de she. Take yo' a teaspoonful an' put it dere an' put it - make a li'le. red-flannin sack an' put it down in dere. Well, now if yo' know dis party, yo' watch 'er walk. Yo' count de tracks as dey walk. Yo' count de tracks lak dey 3 right-foot tracks. Yo' jis' take it from de toe. An' take it up, po' it in dat sack. Sew it up. Yo' meet de sun three mawnin's as it rise, an' wet on it. Take it tuh de rivah befo' de rise de fo'th day, an' throw it in dere. Ah don' care where yo' wan' 'em tuh go, dey'll leave dere. Dey can't stay.
(WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "SHE" AND "HE" SALTPETER?)
DE "SHE" IS A LARGE LUMP AN' DE "HE" IS IN LI'LE BITA CRUMBS.
Entry 5825
If she kin git holt of a piece of 'is hair - if he's left any of 'is bair, if it ain't but two or three strands of it in a comb, yo' take dat hair der an' put it intuh a black bottle. An' den pee on dat bottle, an' at de bottom of 'er do'step turn dat bottle - dig a hole an' turn dat bottle face foremost right down In de ground. An' if he's close enough tuh be back in three days, he'll be back In three days. Jes' dat little piece of hair.
Entry 5890
(What do they do out there?)
Well, dere's sev'ral diff'ren' things dat dey do out at de fo'ks of de road.
(Well, tell me one of them, if you know one of them.)
Well, when yo' git to de fo'k of de road - co'se some people uses a lady's hair or her hose dat she wear or her urine or somepin lak dat. Well, in any way dat yo' wanta use her hair, yo' could take her hair when yo' git to de fo'k of de road, yo' could put 'er hair into de groun', but yo' must go dere evah day an' urine on dis hair, see. An' aftah yo' urine on it, yo' must curse it. Yo' have to curse it fo' it to work.
(What will that do?)
Well, yo' see - take fo' instance, yo' got a lady frien' dat yo' wants. When yo' git to de fo'k of de road, now yo' want dis lady frien' an' de lady frien don't want yo'. Yo' could make her want yo' by takin' - firs' yo' git three stran's of hair from 'er head, three from 'er eyelashes, three off any portion of 'er body dat yo' want, but it must be nine in all. Yo' have to take dese rine stran's of hair to do dis wit, an' if yo' got a lady an' yo' wants 'er, yo git dere an' yo' do dat wit it. An' if she's in China, she gotta come back to y~ Qou mean, you bury that hair out at the fork of the road?) At de fo'k of de road.
(I see.)
Entry 6698
Lotta [lot ofl people, yo' know, dey urinate in de baid, cain't he'p it. Dey goes an' if dey uri- nate in a red ant's nest, it'll cuz dey urine to stop. It'll stop it.
Entry 8093
If he's gone fah [far] off, yo' could...an' clip each cornah off it [photograph] an' stick it down, yo' know, lak in a crack an' sprinkle table salt ovah dat, an' yo' make urinate dere fo' nine mawnin's, an' he'll be back.
(Just stick it down in the crack?)
Yes.
Entry 8394
Yo' take yore photograph, yo' undahstand, a tintype an' jes' turn it down an' bury it, yo' undahstand, an' use yore - fo' nine mawnin's, 'cordin' tuh whut dey wants tuh do wit chew. (Use your what?) Yore, yo' know, yore urinate. Po' dat nine mawnin'. Yo' see, yo' bury dat photograph, dat tintype, an' fo' nine mawnin's yo' kin jes' put dat - yo' urinate on dat tintype fo' nine mawnin's.
(All right, then what does it do?)
Yo'll do anything ah wish yo' tuh do den, if det [that] were me.
Entry 8395
De onliest thing, yo' kin go tuh de fork of de road tuh do. Yo' kin take yuh husband's pichure an' go tuh de fork of de road an' bury it. Go dere fo' nine mawnin's an' make watah on it. An' if yo' want 'im tuh die, or if yo' want 'im tuh leave yuh, yo' kin run 'im out of de house dataway.
Entry 8397
Dey takes yore photograph, if dey wants tuh kill yuh or if dey wanta control yo'. Dey will take dat photograph an' dey will keep dat photograph in a place, where it's in dey shoe, an' dey weah it, if dey wants chew undah dere feet. But if dey Wants tuh kill yuh, dey will take dat photograph an' bury it on its face, an' leave it dere, an' take dere urinate an' wet on it, yo' undahstand. Wet on dat photograph fo' nine mawnin's an' dat's de end of dat. An' dey say as dat decay, when dat has fully decayed, why yo'll die.
Entry 8684
Well, yo' go out there [to a crossroad] for whatsomevah yo' want [to] be done. Yo' make a cross in dat road. Yo' go to a 'simmon [persimmon] tree an git a 'simmon tree an' cut [a piece off] about 3 inches, yo' know what 3 inches is. Yo' make a split in that, in that piece yo' cut off, if yo' wan'a stop 'em from goin' de way they're goin', if dey goin' roun' some woman, somepin like dat. Yo' always urinate on it an' make yore wish an' write de name. Stick it [name] right down in dat cut chew made an' drive it in de ground.
[This is one of a number of split stick rites.]
(Where?)
Right in that cross, where you make dat cross.
(At the crossroad.)
Yes sir, under dat cross an' cover it.
The informant describes a split persimmon stick with urine, a wish and written name, buried beneath a cross mark to stop a person's going. The final exchange confirms the crossroad location; Hyatt supplies several initial explanations and classifies it among split-stick rites. The source tree name is retained without a botanical authority assertion.
Entry 8761
A tin plate. If me an' yo' had done fall out or ah had sompin yo' Want an' yo' nevah could git it from me, ah come tuh yo' an' borrah [borrow] one of yore pans. Take dat pan tuh de house. Ah take it an' nurinate [urinate] in it. Keep it fo' all night wit dat nurinate an' let it set in dere. Ah take it de next mawnin' an' wash it out good an' drop some. Heart Cologne on it an' carry it back tuh yo'.
(What will that do then?)
Well, dat's tuh gain de influence of me an' yo' back.
(Bring us back together again? To restore former relations?)
Yes.
Entry 9418
An' if yo' wanta send somebody away, take a black hen aig an' when yo' urinate, yo' urinate on dat black hen aig. An' when yo' go out de gate, throw dat ahin' yo' an' let 'im bust. Dat's whut ah hear'd 'em [say] but now ah don't know...
[I interrupt.] (When you go out the gate how do you throw it?) Jes' throw dat aig behin' yo', yo' know, an' see, it'll bust. An' de people dere will move away. (That will make them move out of the house.)
Entry 9419
(To make this person move out of the house what do you do?) Take dat aig an' tote it in yore pocket fo' one day, twelve hours. An' when yo' go tuh sleep dat night, de first thing yo' do: in de mawnin' when yo' git up, yo' pee on dat aig. An' when dey ain't nobody lookin', smash against de do'knob, right up against de do' somewhere about de do'knob. An' dey'll move outa dat house.
Entry 9420
Yes sir, ah heard dat if yo' [woman] got a [man] frien' dat go wit anothah woman, yo' kin git a black hen aig an' make watah on it fo' nine mawnin's, an' go by dere an' throw it on dis woman do', see. It shore will break. See, dat will break 'em. (That will break that woman and your sweetheart up.)
Entry 9423
Jis' lak if dere anybody yo' wants tuh make move from any- wheres, why yo' git a black hen aig, fresh aig. Git somebody whut's got [black] chickens, yo' know. Be shore it's a black hen. An' git dat aig an' put it in a coffee cup an' yo' pee on it fo' nine mawnin's. An' jis' lak dis mawnin' make de ninth mawnin', why yo' go tuh dat place where dey stay; an' jis' throw de cup an' aig an' all up side de do', an' he goin' leave dere - he jis' move.
Entry 9755
They kin git 9 tenpenny nails an' they urinate on 'em. Let 'em stand 3 days an' go on the north turn [see later] an' throw it under the house an you'll move. [This is my penciled transcription of the original made a few years after the recording. In that greceding bracket were the words end over side, indicating I knew this prepara- doaa was thrown under the north side of the house; yet a pencil line at the bot- to of the page adds sounds like "tum." My pencil also added the words profes- sional and excellent, reminding me that her cylinders had been missed by my transcriber and later shaved! This also happened to another unique woman at Memphis and a remarkable man in Jacksonville, Fla.]
Entry 9927
[To] stop a man from makin' watah, yo' could take dat frog an' split 'im open an' fill 'im up fulla salt an' peppah; an' pull 'im back tuhgethah an' hang 'im up. Split 'im open 'live. Why dey couldn't make watah 'long as dat wuz done. (Do they do anything with the person's water at all?) No sir. [Since the victim's urine is not used on the frog or in any way here, magic power is one of intention verbally unexpressed.]
Entry 10624
Get a Adam-and-Eve root.
(Get an Adam-and-Eve root.)
And fix it and write their name and tie it up in it.
(Write their name on a piece of paper?)
Uh huh, and put it in there with this Adam-and-Eve root, and 'cose, you urinate on that for nine mornings, if you wants a man. You get him that way. (I see. Well, now, what do you wrap that up in?) In a handkerchief. (I see. And you urinate on it.) You be more successful in tying it up in a green handkerchief. (I see. And you tie it up and urinate on it for nine mornings. Then what do you do with the handkerchief?) Just keep it.
(Oh, you keep it and then you'll get the man. I see.)
Entry 10661
Anyone dat have a weak blad- der dataway or bad kidneys lak dat, use dere chamber lye to de ant nest fo' nine mawnin's an' it would stop. Dat big red ant nest.
Entry 11375
De fig tree - take a bottle an' urinate in de bottle. An' it's jes' lak if yo' got it in fo' me an' yo' wanta hurt me, urinate in de bottle an' den take somepin else [what?] an' po' in dat urinate, an' take dis red string an' tvist it real tight an' slash it to de main root of dat fig tree. Anybody go to dat fig tree an' eat it dey poisoned. If dey eat a fig offa dat tree dey's poi- soned. [The preceding word slash I evidently understood as lash according to my following question.]
(How do you tie this string around it?)
See, yo' takes de cork stop- per an' puts it into dis bottle. An' yo' takes a small nail an' makes a hole right into de center of dis stopper, right down in de cork, see. An' de end of it, take it out an' jes' twist it real tight an' jes' take yore knife an' jes' open de end of a tendril, jes' break off de tendril an' jes' let de thread in dere, an' jes' let it close right back up. See, dat urinate po' right into de tree.
(You have part of the string into the bottle and part of it hanging outside?)
[This is one of several transfusion rites in HooDoO, another example of how doc- tors imitated M.D.'s.] Yes.
Entry 13141
Take a man's sock or a woman's sock an' bury it. See, where yo' have a fireplace, take up a brick an' sprinkle sulphur an' salt on dat brick an' sprinkle sulphur an' salt on dat brick an' graveyard dirt, an' uri- nate on it fo' 9 mawnin's, an' tell it whut chew want it tuh do. If yo' want him tuh love yo', not leave yo', be right dere undah yore foot an' all, he can't do it, 'cause he's buried right dere wit dat stock- in' an' de minute he takes it up why yo' kin go. But long as hit stays down dere, why he stays dere.
(You bury that stocking right under that brick?)
Yeah, right undah dat brick. Anywhere where yo' kin git tuh it an' urinate on it fo' 9 mawnin's.
Entry 811
They'll fix you another way in that same way, jes' like you urinate. They get that and put that into that tree wheresomever you urinate at. They find that and they stop that up in that tree and that shakes your bowels. That gets you so that you be graj'ly, graj'ly [gradually] dying - that'll kill you. Well, you might live two or three year, but fin'lly you get so you can't have no action atall, unlessen you find another man that's smart enough to find that. Course we have mens in this country that'll find it. They will go right on to it. They will come to you and look right at you and tell you jes exactly who done it and go find it and get it and turn you loose, and you'll be a sound man again. But long as that there - well, you are on your way to the cemetery all the time. [There is frequent confusion between bladder and bowel functions.]
Entry 1057
It shore a sign of bad luck, if yo' goin' some place an' dere's some reason fo' yo' tuh turn roun'. Why if yo' don't [do] make a cross-mark an' spit in it, why dere's nuthin to it. An' then too, dere's anothah superstition among men dat if yo' urinate an' don't spit in it - ah learned dat from childhood, ah can't help but take dat forward when unwittingly I will do - ah learned dat from childhood an' ah will do it. But somebody kin do somethin' tuh offset chew, yo' understan', if yo' don't do dat.
(To harm you?)
Yes, to harm yo'.
(Where did you live during your childhood? Where did you hear that?)
Ah wus born in Fairfield County, Winnsboro [county seat], South Ca'lina, 'bout three miles from de village proper.
Entry 1100
Well, as fo' de red ants - if yo' have a chile dat waters de bed an' yo' kin git it tuh urinate in a pot, yo' kin put it in a red ants bed an' stop de chile from wettin' de bed.
Entry 1101
Yo' kin take a red ants nest an' go to it fo' nine mawnin's - dat if yo' wet de bed - fo' nine mawnin's, if yo' weak, a weak bladder understand. An' go to it nine mawnin's 'fore sunrise an' pee on dat, an' dat'll check dat up.
Entry 4020
Take dere chamber lye an' stop it up [in a bottle] an' bury it. Dey can't make watah, swell 'em up an' kill 'em.
(This chamber lye?)
Jes' dey necked [naked] watah.
Entry 4024
Takes it an' puts it in a bottle.
(This chamber lye?)
Yes. Takes it an' puts it in a bottle an' jes' keep it in de bottle, [they] say, an' dat would stop yo' from makin' any watah. Dat's whut ah heard long yeahs ago.
Entry 6699
De red ants nest, dey say if anybody subject tuh peein' in de baid, why dat'll stop 'em from peein' in de baid.
Entry 6700
Ah heard dat dey kin take antses an' make a tea outa dem an' stop any- body from dripping watah. Dese red antses.
(That will cure them.)
Say dat'll keep 'em from wettin' de baid.
Entry 2669
Yo' could take dis same perfume stuff - de Three Jacks an' Three Kings [see p.728] an' Three S's [three different perfumes]. Yo' kin take it jis' alone - ah say alone in a way, but chew could git othah things tuh go with it. Take sugah an' yo' git dat brown sugah, or any kind, but de brown sugah is much bettah an' yo' urinate in it an' yo' scrub yore place, if yo' wants tuh git yore business line up. Scrub yore place out thor'ly [thoroughly]. Dat's de right way [with brown sugar and urine]. Yo' take an' clean it out with othah watah, yo' know, jis' clear watah good - scrub it out good. Den yo' take this othah stuff an' sprinkle it lak wit a mop or somethin', an' yo' put it in de fo' corners of yore house. Sprinkle it in de fo' corners of yore house, de same watah, an' scrub with it. All dat'll keep, keep confusin' down - whatevah business yo' got an' keep de law from yore house. Everybody will come to yore house beside de law.
(What do you sprinkle down? Just the sugar and this urine?)
No, wit de Three Jacks an' diff'rent othah perfumes. Yo' know whut ah mean - yeah, de Three Jacks, de Three Kings an' de Three S's. [ssS is a brand name.] (After you cleaned my house, then you put all that other stuff [perfume] to- gether and then sprinkle around the house?) Yessuh, but yo' have tuh git the first dirt out [dirt out first].
Entry 12933
If she's got his shoes, she'll git de inside of dat lining in dere [insole] dat he wear next to his feet. She will git dat, an' if she kin git 'at, she kin take 'at an' put some - git some brimstone an' sulphur. Put dat in a piece of rag or some tissue paper first. Wrap dis up in tissue paper, but urap coming to her, see. Wrap coming to her. Dis same thing, if she take it an' put it in under her bed, yo' understand, an leave it dere fo' nine sornings under her bed or - don't put it under her haid because dat would take as much effect on her haid as it would his'n. Put it about de middle of her bed [center of bed makes this a quincunx rite] about where her body rests, yo' kmoa, fo' 9 consecutive [days]. An' 'fore dat time, dey say dat he will be just back to her or goin' crazy fo' to git back to her. (After she wraps that material up in the tissue paper, what does she do with that shoe sole?) [My words shoe sole here confuses informant, we had been talk- ing about the inner lin- ing. Another rite for the same purpose now be- gins.l Dat shoe sole, after she fix dat up, put it in some red pepper now, an' brimstone, yeah. It's red pepper an' oil of rose, yeah. Yo' git dat in de drug store. [No- tice: red pepper in the drug store.] Oil of rose, wrap dat up. Course dat's liquid but chew wrap dat together an' dat sulphur will 'solve an' come to be a cake sompin like a flour dough, yo' know. Yo' understan' whut ah mean. Yo' wrap dat together an' bury it. Bury dat at her doorsteps - at her doorsteps. An' at de same time she wanta git her whut chew call a horseshoe an' fix it up. Put dat horseshoe de way it's coming in, not de way it's goin' out - de way it's coming in. An' let it stay dere, an' don't nevah take it down. Nine mornings let it stay dere an' aftah de 9 mornings, during 9 mornings, she must make her urinate 9 mornings. Yo' understand whut ah mean. But fo'evah leave dat horse- shoe dere. When he comes back she will leave de horseshoe dere contin[ual]ly, an' use dat chamber lye fo' 9 mornings right on. Keep a using it until dat head is on dat. Ah'm working on de hair proposition, yo' hair dat chew asked me about.
Entry 3316
Yo' kin take a man's pitchure, his photo, an' yo' put it in de bottom of de slop bucket, an' yo' let 'em wet on it an' yo' wet on it. Dey say dat will [tie 'em up].
(Tie them up?)
Yeah, tie dem up. (You mean - suppose a woman will take a man's photo or picture and she'll put it in the bottom of the slop bucket?) Yeah, turn it bottomside upwards.
(And she'll let him wet on it, and then she will wet on it?)
Den she wet on it. (And that will tie whom up? This man and this other woman? Or this man and the woman who does it?) Yeah - no, dis man an' de othah woman. Not 'er [the woman who does it]. De Dan an' de othah woman. (If she wants to catch him and some other woman. A wife would do that. So he goes to some other woman and she catches him.) Yeah, so she ketch 'im ovah dere.
Entry 1835
Well, yo' kin take a pair of dice an' put 'em away, pee on 'em, see. Pee on a pair of dice an' shet it up in a airtight box an' put some salt in on dem dice - table salt. See, table salt is somethin' slick. See, put some salt on those dice an' put 'em away an' let dat salt an' pee stay on dat dice dere fo' a while. An' yo'll always be lucky when yo' goin' out wit dice in yore pocket.
Entry 3195
An' den ah've learned ag'in dat yo' kin take an' go an' urinate, see. An' den git chure come [semen] an' put jes' a lil' taste [of] dat in dat Coca- Cola an' put it somewhere on ice an' keep it cold, see. An' if yo' got a frien' dat chew wanta git up wit, well, have dat Coca-Cola in yore pocket an' walk into somebody place an' say, "Ah wan'a leave dis Coca-Cola on ice." Dey's a frien' of yo', leave de Coca-Cola on ice, unlessen dat yo' goin' to her house. Yo' got two Coca-Colas, one yo' goin' take, an' dis girl ain't lovin' yo' so good. Say, "Honey, ah got two Coca-Colas heah tuh drink. Yo' take an' put 'em on ice." Well, yo' give her de one dat's got dat dere Heart Cologne an' dat come an' dat pee in it [three in- gredients]. Boy, she'll take dat an' she'll die by yo'.
Entry 4014
[Rites of bottled urine are many and scattered throughout HOODOO. In the present margin title I have placed a few not easily fitted in elsewhere. Among other bottle rites in this section on urine, see espe- Cially DRIPPING and SHAKING. Dey kin take yore chamber lye an' dey kin do dat jes' de same as dey did de [foot] track. Dey kin bottle dat up an' bury it. Jis' git a lit- tle speck of it an' perhaps cork it up in a bottle. Dat will cuz yo' to have some irritation from yore bladdah dat yo' can't urinate good.
Entry 4017
De chamber lye, well dey take hit an' dey put it in a bottle an' dey'll bury in de dirt. Well, yo' can't make no watah.
Entry 4022
Yo' git a person's chamber lye an' put it in a bottle an' stop it up, it will stop 'em from makin' watah.
(Kill him?)
Yes sir.
Entry 4025
See, when dey take yore chamber lye an' stop it up - some people take it an' stop it up. Well, dat stop dey watah.
Entry 4029
Stop it up in a bottle an' bury dat. Dat will stop 'em from urinatin'. Yeah, wit dey chamber lye.
Entry 4041
It was a woman that had a fuss with another woman. Having this fuss with her she crossed her water [made in the liquid a cross mark or letter X] and stopped it up tight. This woman could not urinate. She got on her bed and swelling up, she kept swell- ing up. And after awhile the doctor [M.D.] couldn't do nothing for her. So this woman goes to her and told her that she would turn her loose, if she would only give her a job. She said, "I will." So she goes home and takes this cork out this bottle, and just laid it on the side and turn it down, and this water commenced to running and this woman commenced to urinating in the bed, and when the last of the water was out of the bottle she got up.
Entry 4274
(Git his right-foot sock?)
Yeah, git 'is right-foot sock an' take a silvah dime. Yuh know, roll de sock up nice. Ah jis' kin show yuh. Yuh undahstan' whut ah'm talkin' about. Roll de sock nice an' carry it - de right sock. But co'se she'll have tuh use it wit a little of 'er chamber lye, don't chew know, an' bury it undah 'er do'step.
(What does she do with her chamber lye?)
Well, yuh see she jis' urinate a little in dat sock, don't chew see.
(And bury it in under the doorstep?)
Yeah, right whare he come in an' out.
(What will that do then when she does that?)
Dat make him stay dere.
Entry 4305
She kin take dose, take his socks or undahweah an' some of 'er urinate an' bur' it. Dat will bring 'em back. Or eithah de hatban' or any of 'is close weahin' dat touch 'is skin.
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 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 5040
Dey do dat, yuh know, tuh make him return back home. Take his sock an' tie it aroun' yore waist, jis' one [sock], eithah one, but dey must be worn. Yuh wear it. Den when yuh pull it off why yuh urinate on dat an' stick it in 'is shoe, an' shet it up at de haid of de baid. In 'is right shoe, an' stick it up undah de haid of de baid. Dat brings 'im home. (After he's left, she will wear this sock around her. Any length of time or does it make any difference?) Well, it doesn't make any difference. (Then when she gets finished wearing that, she urinates on it and puts it in his right shoe, and puts it under the head of the bed. And she uses either sock and it doesn't make any difference. That the idea?) Yes.
Entry 5751
If yo' got a girl, yo' know, an' she leave zhoo, ah know how yo' kin git 'er back. Jis' take huh feet tracks, yo' git de right one, put 'em in a jah an' urinate a li'le bit on it, an' jis' stop it up an' keep it right undah de baid. Dat'll bring 'er back. [Wilmington, N. Car., (205), 160:1+85].
Entry 6277
Now, one shuah way of makin' love dat ah do know. If a man git holt of a woman's hair, he kin urinate on it fo' nine times an' she will stick tuh 'im. Dat's a shuah thing.
(What do you do with that hair then?)
He keep dat wit him all de time.
Entry 6499
Ah don't really know dis, but ah heard it, dat yo' kin take de girls fingahnails aftah she clip 'em off, dat's tuh keep de law off yo'. An' put 'em in a bottle an' urinate in de bot- tle, an' put a li'le Hearts Cologne on it, an' she'd follah 'im evahwhere he'd go. An' dat fellah, ah've nevah know 'im tuh lose a girl yet.
Entry 6522
Dey take dem toenails, jis' trim 'em. Take dem toenails an' yo' parch dem toenails up, an' de fingahnails tuhgethah. Jis' - now, yo' got two fingahs on yo' fingahs dat is valuable. (What are those?) Dem's dese here [demonstrates]. (The thumb and the finger next to it?) Yes sir, an' yo' parch 'em up, an' if yo' drink whiskey, dey put 'em in dere. An' yo' put some of dat in dat whiskey. Let it set today, tonight. Den yo' be friends. An' yo' urinate, an' de las' dat uri- nate an' likkah, drap it [in] dere. An' yo' got 'em tied den.
Entry 10271
If a person got chew fixed so yo' ain't got no manhood wit chureself, yo' jes' go an' make water into a red ant's nest. It will freshen right up ag'in. Ah've lost mah nature mah- self dat way an' ah've gained it back dat way. Dat's true about dat. [For ants see Nos.3111-3112, p.2342, v.3.]
Entry 10652
Dey jes' take de red ants an' make a tea, yo' see. Well, yo' don't know nuthin about it. Yo' know, dey may make some iced tea or lemon tea or somepin lak dat an' give it to yo', or coffee. Yo' don't know when yo' got it, but it will come to really kill yo' - stop yo' from makin' watah, see.
(That will stop you from making water.)
Yo' can't make no mo' watah.
Entry 13155
If yo' got a friend and yo' want 'em, yo' take de sock an' yo' tack it to de floor beneath the rug...an' yo' take an' yo' urinate on that for 9 mornings, an' he'll stay with shah until death break yo' up. [Norfolk 529:7.]
Entry 4058
[The general reader may not know that dripping is an important magic rite in folklore, the magic of various types of occurrence: continual, occa- sional, interrupted, regu- lated, etc. The best-known examples are probably the burial of an article where water from the eaves drip on it - see FACI, 1st ed. 362, p.14, rain-making rite; 847, p.34, divination of crop year; 4124, p.195, 4239, p.203, wart cures.]
(How would they do that?)
Dey jis' git aholt of some of yuh chamber lye an' put it in a bottle an' put yuh a little trench in dat bottle stoppah.
(Put a little trench in the stopper?)
Yes, sir, where it yuh know, it won' run but it'll drip. An' yuh put dat bottle in a tilted position where dat kin drip an' drip an' drip. An' yuh'll become - git tuh de place where yuh cain't har'ly do anythin', lak a man do uhen he gits fixed [hoodooed or witchcrafted] you know. An' fin'ly dat all drips out. Well, if it molts [molds] in dere an' de molt [mold] gits ovah dat hole, an' it quits drippin' an' it stops de hole up, it stops yuh urine. He don' urinate no mo', unless he gits somepin done. An' yo' know a man don' have tuh miss doin' dat long befo' he dies.
Entry 4137
(What do they do out there?)
Well, yo' kin do dirt [evil] out at de fo'ks of de road. In case yo' wanta woman or anythin' lak dat, an' she's really separate from yo', yo' git nine stran's of 'er hair. Yo' understan'. An' yo' bury it at de fo'k of de road, an' yo' go dere fo' nine mawnin's an' yo' urinate on dat where yo' bury it at. An' aftah de nine mawnin's or in- side of de nine, she goin' to return to yo'.
Entry 4219
Go tuh de drug sto', if yuh want aplenty customahs. Jes' lak when yuh use yuh slopbucket at night an' have yuh urinate in dere. Git chew a dime of oil of cinnamon an' a ten-cent can of Red Devil Lye, an' yore urinate. Mix it in de bucket an' let somebody scour yuh front porch wit it, an' plenty customah come in tuh yuh - be comin' dere evah day.
Entry 4296
Dey say if dey catch yuh watah, da's [that is] dangerous, cuz ah know a man dat happened tuh. It wuz a frien' of ourn. Dey takes yuh watah an' dey puh-zit [puts it] in a bottle where no air kin hit it an' dey stah-zip [stops] it up wit a tight cork, an' dey take an' beah [bury] dat in de sunrise wit de bottom turned, yuh know, bottom upward.
(What do you mean in the sunrise?)
Yuh see, jis' lak de sun rise ovah heah, jis' de cornah de sun rise. Well, yuh - jis' lak dis is de cornah of yuh house. Well, yuh jis' beah dat where de sun risin' an' when it rises, it'll face right on dat bottle. But yuh see yuh turn dat bottle bottom upwards. Now, when yuh gits ready tuh urinate, yuh stomik begins tuh hurt an' yuh can't urinate, becuz yuh watah is stopped up. An' now, if somebody kin git tuh it an' let yuh watah out, dat will relief yuh. DAT'S WHY MANY PEOPLE HAVE WATAH-BOUND AN' DIE.
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 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 13354
They put your urine in a bottle, stop it up, and bury it "to de north corner of de world, your stomach will swell up or "you can't make no water."
[Washington, D. C. 823:3.]
Entry 13359
Dey could take de watah [urine] an' put it into a bottle an' stop it up tight an' carry it, an' dat would cut chure watah - stop yore watah. [Wilson
(1497) 2671:3.]
The informant claims the practice can stop 'watah'; the editor supplies [urine]. Stoppage is claimed, with no verified bodily effect.