gree-gree

Then you need some gris-gris pronounced “gree-gree”: some voodoo/hoodoo medicine that aims to ward off a problematic spell.

The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

A victim is always agreed upon by the priests and the authorities before they leave the _gree-gree bush_, yet to instil a greater degree of superstitious terror, the frightful _Juju_, as if in doubt, promenades the town till daylight, entering a house now and then, and sometimes committing a murder or two to augment the panic.

Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Theodore Canot

Their paganism takes the form of gross superstition, as seen in their constant use of gree-gree charms and in their sassa-wood ordeal.

History of Liberia Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science John Hanson Thomas McPherson

At this epoch the important fact is announced by the gree-gree woman to the purchaser or future husband, who, it is expected, will soon prepare to take her from the retreat.

Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Theodore Canot

Anointed from head to foot with palm-oil, they are next reconducted to their home in the gree-gree bush.

Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Theodore Canot

Towards midnight the _Juju-man_ issued from a sacred _gree-gree_ bush or grove, the entrance to which is inhibited to all negroes who do not belong to the religious brotherhood.

Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Theodore Canot

If the gree-gree catches you you will be struck upon the brow.

The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason William Le Queux 1895

Betea will not seek us, for he naturally believes we were killed by the gree-gree.

The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason William Le Queux 1895

I remembered that I had been told by one of our fellow-slaves that the gree-gree was a great fetish who appeared horned like a demon, and killed all persons he came across.

The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason William Le Queux 1895

"The gree-gree!" he gasped, looking round in fear, while at that moment there sounded two ear-piercing blasts upon a horn.

The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason William Le Queux 1895