Post by wren on Nov 15, 2006 21:19:38 GMT -5
Pow-wow is a unique creole of Christian theology and a shamanistic belief system. It is still practiced in some rural areas of Pennsylvania. In spite of the name, it is not of Native American derivation. It is believed to have been brought over to America by German immigrants who practiced folk-magic. Pow-wow practices include...
When a person is sick...
Another Remedy to be applied when anyone is sick, which has effected many a cure where doctors could not help.--Let the sick person, without having conversed with anyone, put water in a bottle before sunrise, close it up tight, and put it immediately in some box or chest. lock it and stop up the keyhole; the key must be carried one of the pockets for three days, as nobody dare have it except the person who puts the bottle with water in the chest or box.
To obtain things that are desired...
If you call upon another to ask for a favor, take care to carry a little of the five-finger grass with you, and you shall certainly obtain that you desired.
A sure way to catch a fish...
Take rose seed and mustard seed, and the foot of a weasel, and hang these in a net, and the fish will certainly collect there.
A very good remedy for the wild-fire...
Wild-fire and the dragon, flew over a wagon,
The wild-fire abated and the dragon skated.
To stop pain from a wound...
Cut three small twigs from a tree--each to be cut off in one cut--rub one end of each twig in the wound, and wrap them separately in a piece of white paper, and put them in a warm and dry place.
To destroy warts...
Roast chicken-feet and rub the warts with them; then bury them under the eaves.
When a person is sick...
Another Remedy to be applied when anyone is sick, which has effected many a cure where doctors could not help.--Let the sick person, without having conversed with anyone, put water in a bottle before sunrise, close it up tight, and put it immediately in some box or chest. lock it and stop up the keyhole; the key must be carried one of the pockets for three days, as nobody dare have it except the person who puts the bottle with water in the chest or box.
To obtain things that are desired...
If you call upon another to ask for a favor, take care to carry a little of the five-finger grass with you, and you shall certainly obtain that you desired.
A sure way to catch a fish...
Take rose seed and mustard seed, and the foot of a weasel, and hang these in a net, and the fish will certainly collect there.
A very good remedy for the wild-fire...
Wild-fire and the dragon, flew over a wagon,
The wild-fire abated and the dragon skated.
To stop pain from a wound...
Cut three small twigs from a tree--each to be cut off in one cut--rub one end of each twig in the wound, and wrap them separately in a piece of white paper, and put them in a warm and dry place.
To destroy warts...
Roast chicken-feet and rub the warts with them; then bury them under the eaves.
