TO STOP AN ENEMY FROM SPREADING GOSSIP ABOUT YOU Write the name and full birthdate of your gossiping enemy on a piece of slippery elm bark. Wrap it in a piece of black cloth and say: (Name of enemy) Be now silent Let your bitter tongue be broken. (Name of enemy) Be now silent Let no evil words be spoken. So mote it be! Bury the cloth covered bark in a forest or graveyard at night by the light of a pale, waning moon as you visualize your enemy unable to speak whenever he or she attempts to spread malicious gossip about you.