Bind and Binding
Binding Bound
See the sight
Hear the sound
What was lost
Now is found
Bind and Binding
Binding Bound
Ariel heard this charm from her older brothers girlfriend when she was in eighth grade. It is a Wicca charm that is supposed to allow the person who recites it three times to find any item that he or she has lost. The charm follows one of folklores most common rules, the rule of three. Ariel says that she has used the charm and she believes that it works.
Take a can (soup, Pringles, ect.)
Decorate it green with pictures of money, and coins, and color it. Put all of your change into it. Shake it three times. Say May my wealth increase, so may it be.
Ariel learned this charm from her older brothers girlfriend when she was in middle school. The charm is supposed to increase your wealth if done properly. The chant is supposed to be performed during a full moon.
This charm follows many folklore traditions. We again see the repetition of three when the can is shaken. We also see a belief that imitation can conjure something of the like. The can is decorated to resemble money and this is intended to attract money to the individual who recites the charm. The charm also implements use of the lunar calendar, as the directions state that the charm must be performed on the first night of a full moon. Ariel does not know the significance of the first night of the full moon in the efficaciousness of the charm, but she remembers that she was told that the charm would not work if done on any other night.
Rub menthol on the soles of your feet to cure a cold.
Ariels mother told her that she could cure a cough by rubbing menthol on the soles of her feet. She says that she has used this remedy to cure a cold as recently as this month. The only requirements to make the remedy work is to rub menthol on the soles of your feet and cover them with something warm. Ariel says that she was told that her feet would absorb the menthol and cure a cough without the discomfort that occurs when menthol is rubbed on the chest. She says that it did not cause her to have a runny nose and the smell did not bother her as it would had she put the menthol on her chest.
Until the lion has his historian, the hunter will always be a hero.
Abisola says that she heard the proverb from a guest speaker at an AFRICA SC meeting. She believes that the proverb is similar to the saying that history is written by the victors. She says that it means that we will always sing the praises of the winner until we are informed of the atrocities that were committed against the losers. Until both sides of the tale are told, only those who come out on top will be able to tell their story.
There is a similar proverb in the book Home and Exile by Chinua Achebe. He states the story of the hunt will only glorify the hunter.
With the advent of the internet and the globalization of culture, this proverb has proven true. Now that anyone can share his or her story it is much more difficult for those who triumph by force to quell the voices of those they terrorized. Even some of our most revered heroes in history has been exposed for the atrocities that they committed and their moral indignities. This proverb states that until there is a way for the voice of the victim to be heard, the victor will be esteemed for his victory without question of the cost.
Ti chen gen fos devan kay met li
A little dog is really brave in front of his masters house
This is a Creole proverb. Makini says that she heard it from her mother when she switched schools after her freshman year in high school. She was being picked on by a boy in her class, and her mother told her the proverb. She says that it means that it is easy for a small individual to talk tough when he/ she is in a comfortable situation. Because she was a new student and was on his home turf, he felt that he could be brave and torment her. If he had not felt that he would be backed up by his peers, then he would not have even attempted it.