jessnevins:

Want to know more about this.

But am afraid to Google it:

…Amoy sailors at sea drive away the terrible Pissing Woman by the firing of crackers and blunderbusses.

Here, a safe-for-work explication. Abusive sailor, wife drowns herself, no ship is safe from angry spirit. When a compact storm cloud is seen, sailors must batten hatches, set off loud firecrackers, burn spirit money, and have one man “in the garb of nature” climb the tallest mast with his hair disheveled and brandish a weapon while yelling insults and profanity, as another black-robed man performs an exorcism.

I’ll have to try this myself, I think.

1. mhboroson reblogged this from grantimatter and added:

   J.J.M. de Groot transliterated it as Ts'oa Jio Po, but de Groot’s transliterations are idiosyncratic at best. At the...

2. grantimatter reblogged this from jessnevins and added:

   Here, a safe-for-work explication. Abusive sailor, wife drowns herself, no ship is safe from angry spirit. When a...

3. riskylengths said: hahaha. You could try leaving “safe search” on. But then you might not get any results.
4. jessnevins posted this