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In this sequel to an earlier article, Niederland examines beating fantasies as they are expressed in auditory and linguistic terms. He points to the close association of father with certain sounds, such as thundering or booming. He then demonstrates how idiomatic expressions in many languages tend to coalesce the acts of beating and loving, for example, in English, to 'knock up' a woman. He also finds certain linkages between the hand as executor and the hand as procreator. He concludes his article with an analysis of Balaam and his speaking ass,