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the snow. At the fifth watch the bantam 

 (golden) rooster will report (that) daylight 

 (has come). This place has been transformed 

 into a snow-mountain plot. The dragons 

 come. The dragons display their claws. The 

 tigers come. The tigers display their bodies. 

 When the tiger comes, the skin of the tiger 

 will recede. When the dragon comes, the 

 bones of the dragon will recede. 



"The water of snow stops blood and stops 

 pains and causes fevers to disappear and re- 

 inoves swellings and grows broken bones to- 

 gether. It sets dislocated bones (joints) so 

 they can grow flesh, and grows together holes 

 in the flesh. I, Zyin (5in) Ntsong (ntJoO) 

 Zye (3s) Dsi (dji*), come and bear witness. 

 If you call me a hundred times, then it is effi- 

 cient a hundred times. When you have taken 

 (the demon) away, then (the boil) will be 

 well." 



An Incantation to Heal Boils (748) 



"Black, black and bright, bright (on the one 

 hand black, on the other bright). The sun 

 is coming out in the east. Nts'i Nggeo Go 

 with Ntsi Nts'ai Zwei ^^ came to cure boils 

 (by taking away the demons). First, healing 

 them so they will not swell. Secondly, heal- 

 ing them so they will not be painful. Thirdly, 

 healing them so they will not discharge pus. 

 Fourthly, healing them so they will not bleed. 

 If there is something fierce, remove the fierce 

 (thing). If there is swelling, remove the 

 swelling. Do not let this time pass." 



When he has spoken thus he uses the sec- 

 ond and fourth fingers and traces a circle 

 (spiral) on the boil.^" When he has drawn 

 this he repeats the incantation. 



"First, we have returned around the sky 

 and the earth. Secondly, we have turned 

 around the sun and the moon. The third 

 turn, and the pus will not come out. The 

 fourth turn, and the blood will not come out. 

 If there is something fierce, then we will 

 remove the fierce. If there is swelling we will 

 remove it. I will add the bugle of the gods 

 and the bronze bells, an iron ax, a brass finger 

 ring, and an iron finger ring to remove (the 

 boil)." 



When the tuan \ung has finished chant- 

 ing the above, he again traces the spiral. 



S9 nts3^ OgAu" go-^ with nts3° nts'ai^ Swei". 

 The first means golden boy or girl, the second a 

 stone girl. 



^° The spiral is like this (®) . 



Incantation to Purify the House after a Death 

 Which Has Occurred during the Month 

 (749) 



"The heaven and the earth are as a matter 

 of course, and the poisonous air. The cave is 

 empty. Huang Lang T'ai Hsiian (a Chinese 

 name), the majestic god of the eight direc- 

 tions, causes me to be as a matter of course 

 unmolested. The spiritually precious charm 

 commands me to report to the nine heavens. 

 Let Kan Lo Tang Lo and Tong Kang T'ai 

 Hsiian behead spooks and tie up the demoni- 

 cal and kill ten thousand demons. The in- 

 cantations of the gods in the mountains of 

 the Primary Literary God. I repeat one sec- 

 tion and I will capture demons and protect 

 one's years, and arrange the five hells and 

 know the eight seas. The demon king's hands 

 are tied and 10,000 soldiers come and help 

 me. The fierce and unclean will disappear 

 and the breath of tao j^llv, will last long." 



While he is repeating the above, the tuan 

 kung holds a broom in his hand, and he holds 

 a piece of cloth in his hands, which must be 

 white and 12 feet long, and he sweeps it 

 around. He lights a torch and goes around 

 the house to lighten and smoke it up to make 

 it impossible (by the light) to see the demon 

 and chase out the demon forms. 



Using Water over Which an Incantation Has 

 Been Pronounced to Heal SicJ^ness. This 

 Water Can Heal Colds in the Head (750) 



Use a bowl of water and draw charms 

 above it. Put it on a table. Use a live rooster. 

 You must have a piece of white cloth, or 

 black, or dark blue; do not use red cloth. A 

 knife is needed, and clean wine. Get them 

 ready, then repeat this incantation. With the 

 finger a dragon should be traced above the 

 water while the person is repeating the in- 

 cantation. With the two hands three knots 

 must be twisted. The incantation follows: 



"I lift up my eyes and lift up my head to 

 see the clear sky. The teacher who taught 

 me with his mouth is before my eyes. I 

 want a bowl of water from Ntzi's sky. In 

 the water are nine dragons. This water is 

 from the throat of the nine dragons which can 

 transform gold, silver, brass, and iron. When 

 they touch the water they will be changed 

 to dirt. Obey the command of Ntzi in heaven, 

 swallow and transform brass, swallow iron 

 and transform it. If there is a cold, I will 

 transform the cold. I also swallow bone dust 

 and transform it to bone pills, as the nine 



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