#give us a Gullah Geechee witch

[sanyu-thewitch05]

Honestly, this. This, this, this.

Especially with Agatha’s excuse of “it was the 1920s!” sounds so similar to how white people respond to reparations (“It was 400 years ago! Get over it.”)

[conjuremanj]

How To Stop A Boo Hag From Riding You Or Your Family. Hoodoo Working.

In this post I'll be talking on Boo Hags and giving a working to capture one from writing you are a family member.

But before I do let's talk on what they actually are.

Where Did The Story Come From? Boo Hag is rooted in African American folklore, mostly by the Gullah-Geechee communities along low country. Now one origin of the Boo Hag is traced back to West African folklore and there is a creature known as the “Adze” or “Ade” a Adze.

What Are They? Boo hags are spirits, their similar to vampires that may be undead beings or spirits that feed off of living humans by sitting on their victims chest and sucking the energy or life sustenance from a person's breath, instead of their blood. I think their spirits of dead witches who continue to do bad after death, over time they change into this enity. Boo Hags can also give a person the medical condition known as "Sleep Paralysis"

You may wake up with strange scratches, recurring nightmares, exhaustion and illness as a result. All together, these symptoms will lead to mental illness or death

How To They Get In My House? They can easily enter your house through very small openings like a window, or a crack in a wall, key holes etc.

Fortunately, there are some warning signs that a Boo Hag may be close by. Some dogs are able to sense their presence and will start howling or barking. Crows will also recognize them. The air will be hot and damp, smell of rot and decay can happen. Now I never experienced one my self but if you have these signs then It could be a hag.

How Can One Hope To Stop Such Evil? For all of the Boo Hag’s power, there are a number of ways to keep her at bay.

Story goes that they obsessive-compulsive disorder and feels compelled to count the actions any small objects. Scattering sesame seeds around the bed will accomplish this as well can help you escape.

Who knows how fast they count but they do like to count. Sun light can destroy her.

Fake Hoodoo. I see this a lot, Boo Hag, hates the smell of asafoetida. This plaint is native to places like Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan so understand how did the African Americans use this in the south. DON'T BYE.

WORKING: To Catch a Boo Hags.

Get yourself a blue bottle. Haunt blue and a plain white candle. (You can bye these bottles cheap online or use a bud platinum bottle or a milk of magnesia bottle)

Clean the bottle out. Then turn the bottle on its side and place it by the door of the room or where you believe the hag might be coming in at.

Next place mustered seeds under the bed making a line from the bed all the way to the bottle, then around the bottle. (You can add a pinch of salt to it a well.

Light your white candle in the back behind the bottle. Pray the 23rd Psalms.

If and when the candle start making hussing or crackling sounds you have it trapped in the bottle. Take your cap and close the bottle up take it out side and dispose of it. The sun will destroy it.

[hagoftheholler]

Haints, Haint Blue & Bottle Trees

In the south, you may come across homes that have their porches and window shutters painted specific shades of blue, resembling water or the sky. This is often referred to as "haint blue". Although these days it is commonly done for aesthetics, haint blue has some deeply rooted cultural history behind it. I'll include educational links as I go.

The term "haint" translates to "haunt" or "ghost". Haints are a type of evil, restless spirit that many in the south have grown to fear. For good reason, because haints are rather troublesome. They are capable of anything from basic trickery to chasing a person to death.

Haints aren't originally from the south, though. It was merely adopted into southern culture after African slaves were brought to the country. Haints specifically come from the Gullah Geechee people. The Gullah Geechee people are the descendants of African slaves that worked on plantations along the east coast. They were enslaved on coastal islands, isolating them and causing a unique cultural development that still lives on today.

Haint is an umbrella term for a variety of spirits, known and unknown. Some that are named are the boohag and boogermen. Regardless of there being different haints, they all generally have some things in common.

Haints are known to be able to get in houses through the tiniest of holes and crevasses, such as key holes or vents. They can't just walk through walls- they have to have an opening of some sort. Makes it a little difficult to keep them out, but there are some things that can keep them at bay.

Haint blue, as I mentioned earlier, is often painted onto porches and window shutters. The reason for this is because haint blue is meant to resemble water, and haints can't cross water. Some also say it's meant to resemble the sky during the daylight hours, which makes sense because haints also can't be out in daylight. The sun would burn them up. It can't be any shade of blue, though. It specifically has to be haint blue. By painting the porch and window shutters haint blue, haints will have a harder time entering the home.

Another thing you may see in the south are bottle trees. Bottle trees also originated in Africa and became popular after the African slaves were brought over. Although you may come across bottle trees with many colored bottles, only one color will work. The bottles specifically have to be a deep, cobalt blue color. If they're any other color, they won't work. Bottle trees are said to help ward off haints because, if the haints get too close, they will be trapped in the bottles until the sun rises and burns them.

If haints do manage to get into the home, there are ways to keep them busy until daylight comes. See, haints are known to be compulsive. They have a rather specific need to count things. People would leave out bowls of dry rice to give haints something to count and keep busy. Back when newspapers were still the primary source of keeping up with the news, people would hang old newspapers around the house so that the haints would read every single word printed. Another way people would keep haints busy, one that I myself take advantage of, is they would keep brooms around the house. Haints will count every single strand on a broom.

Of course there are other things one can do to keep haints busy. You're not limited to these those few methods alone. As useful as all of these are, some haints count faster than others. It's best to give them a few things to focus on until the sun rises.

Thanks to @buggywiththefolkmagic and @the-wandering-green-witch for helping me with this post!

[witchyasks]

Hi! I'm an African American witch looking for resources on hoodoo/rootwork (especially Gullah Geechee as that's my ancestry). All the black witches who practice hoodoo that I've asked so far haven't been willing to answer - really just look for any pointers, links, resources besides luckymojo which I've heard bad things about. Thanks! xo

Hello Sweetling,

Unfortunately, none of us here practice hoodoo or rootwork. I apologize that we are unable to give you some direction. Perhaps someone will see this and be able to guide you.

Best of luck on your travels,

Captain Addams