F93A. Talking penis and mother-in-law. 44.46.

A person's penis begins to speak incessantly, falling silent only after his mother-in-law takes it in his hand.

The Midwest. Sauk [after urinating, the person asks his penis if it sees buffalo; the penis is silent three times, answers the fourth time and does not stop talking again; says he will stop if his mother-in-law touches it; her we have to do it]: Skinner 1928, No. 15:167-168.

Plains. A person asks his erected penis if he sees buffalo; the penis eventually replies yes and continues to repeat it; stops when his mother-in-law picks it up. Assiniboine: Lowie 1909a, No. 64:225-226; Crowe: Lowie 1918:225-226; santi (sisseton) [like souk; "Sisseton said they had the same story"]: Skinner 1928:68, note 1; Pawnee (kitkehahki): Dorsey 1906, No. 36:137-138; Kiowa-Apache: Lowie 1912, No. 25:225 in Thompson 2000:296.