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"CHANNEL DE WORLD"
Volume 5, entries 10604–13458. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 12044
Some of man's hair sewed up in parchment [paper] and kept in mattress to keep home. [New Orleans 1170:4.]
Entry 12045
As a substitute for hair, a woman may use dandruff from his head in his coffee or whiskey. He cannot leave here. [Mobile 904:4.]
Entry 12046
She can hold his love by wrapping some of his hair round 9 needles and keeping it hidden in the bed. [Wilmington 79:5+85.]
Entry 12047
You take a piece of red flannen [flannel] and you dampen that with kerosene and turpentine. Then you take a piece of John de Conkah and Jockey Club [perfume] and a piece of saltpeter. (Jockey Club perfume?) Yes, Jockey Club, and then you take all that and you put it into a little new piece of paper, but I mean brown paper. Put it onto the brown paper first and then put it in - put the devil's - annimum [an- vil] dust. Put annimum dust in there with it. And then wrap it up in that brown paper [brown paper for black person, white paper for white person is the rule]. Wrap it to you. Wrap it right to you. And then put it in a brand-new piece of 'lastic [elastic]. And then you get a new spool of No.8 thread, and then you wrap that good. You wrap it to you. See, you wrap it to you. See, that's bringing you luck. Just wrap it to you. And then you get you a new needle that you've never used - out of a new case [package]. And then you use that brand-new thread and you sew it to you, you know, and make your wishes. You sew it to you. And then you takes that
[package] and tacks it onto your [elastic] belt. You know, that piece of [red]
flannen, you know, and you put that kerosene and turpentine on there, and then you put it round your waist, just wear right round your waist right next to your meat. That's to keep anybody from harming you.
(I see.)
Annimum - an-n- (Wait a minute - annirmum dust.) [I am making a final effort to record this vord correctly. Anim and various things until later in New Orleans I knew it was anvil dust.]
Entry 12048
A woman, she loved a man, an' a, you know, de man kina rule huh an' she couldn't rule 'im so good. So she went an' git a hand to make 'im do as she said do. An' evrey time de man, you know, would go to leave de house, she'd jis' rub huh [own] hand lak dat, jis' huh hand, an' rub lak dat. An' dat man could be to de road gwoin' [going way] an' he would have to turn back. An' when she'd see him turn back, she'd go an' lay down acrost de bed, an' de man would come an' lay right acrost de bed an' couldn't leave huh. She had huh hand iressed to dat effeck. She keep it un'neat' huh bed mattress. An' evrey time she'd want dis man to do lak she says, she jis' go an' lay down on dat bed, you see, an' rub her hand [which was a hand] an' he couldn't go. [This is my only example of such original and brilliant thinking!]
Entry 12049
If ah was cooking fo' yo', why ah would use de daid skin off de han's in food lak dat. If dey [woman] was making up bread in dey [her] han's an' rub de daid skin offa de han's, an' dat Would [gain] his influence. (Their [his] love - in love matters. I see.)
Entry 12050
[I hold in my hand and will attach to this manuscript an original notation made in 1937 while transcribing cylinders recently recorded at Wilming- ton, North Carolina. All these transcriptions are pencil written so that I could reduce the number of playbacks. Here is the brief nota- tion: '50ç for (hoodoo) bag to get job. Tel. (Telediphone cylinder No.) 221 (+85). Wil. (Wilmington) No.227 (informants number)." As you know, this hoodoo material of mine was collected out in the field, in the homes and hotels of black people during the Great Depression. Let no one tell you Black people preferred the meager dole to a job. There must be 200 rites in HOODOO for get- ting or keeping a job! That price 5Oç also shows the scarcity of money.]
Entry 12051
"That's what they call, giving them a hand, a lucky bag." [Berlin, Md., informant No.ll, by Ediphone.]
Entry 12052
"A hand [is] made in the shape of a hand, not of metal [the latter sometimes called Hand of Fatima]" and sometimes a hand drawn on paper, even a person's own hand traced.
Entry 12053
"It's something mostly in the shape of a heart, but what's in it I don't know. This is a hand for good luck. Most of those I have seen are made out of red flannel [this is merely the covering or cloth bag]. [For heart-shaped hand see No.1995, p.586, v.1 and elsewhere.] [Berlin, Md., informant No.11, first after New York City, by Ediphone.]
Entry 12054
I was about eighteen years old. So onest [once] I had a ole fortune- teller tell me somebody trying to do somepin to me. She could stop it, if I give her five dollars. So I didn't have but three dol- lars. And my stepbrother was with me and said, "I'll lend you the other two, Andy." So I give her five dollars. Well, it wasn't more than about a few weeks I lost it. "Twas to be kept in my right-hand vest pocket.
(What did it look like?)
Long as my finger. She called it a rabbit foot, but I don't know what was in it [the bag]; but it was about the size of my finger, in red flannel!
Entry 12055
"My mother said if you find a hand that anyone put down for you, take it to the river and throw it in swift running water."
The informant reports a mother's conditional instruction to throw a found hand into swift running water; what hand denotes is not resolved.
Entry 12056
I have always heard the older people say that, if someone comes to your house and you don't want them back again, you make a hand for them and put it under your doorstep. And if this person crosses your doorstep again, he will have some affliction put upon them [him]. That affliction is either in the form of some insect in the skin or lameness for the rest of their [his] life, unless you [not you but the unwanted visitor] find the person who put this hand under the doorstep. If they [you] confess to it, that will take that affliction off of them [victim]. I don't know how they prepare that hand. [Fredericksburg, Va., No.46, by Ediphone.]
Entry 12057
In case if sometime a man an' wife is confused, yo' know, lak some confusion in de family. Some kinda dissatisfaction an' wanta bring peace an' harmony, den if yo' kin git a lock of de man's hair or a lock of de woman's hair, an' go tuh de graveyard an' git some graveyard dust. An' den git some of de dust of dere insteps of dey individuals' feet, see.
(Where they walk in the ground, their track?)
Yes, whether dey bared feet or whether dey have on shoes, jes' so it's from de instep of dey feet. An' dey git some sulphur an' some brimstone an' mix all up. Beat dat brimstone tuhgethah fine an' mix all dose tuhgethah. Sew it up intuh a flannen rag - cloth. Sew it up good an' tight, an' yo' kin drop a few drops of camphor; dat's tuh keep it alive, quicken it. An' jes put dat roun' de do'step, bury it two or three inches in de earth. An' dat'll bring peace in de home.
Entry 12058
Dey'll go an' dey'll git some kinda somepin dey call cedar bush, an' dey pound up dat an' dey sprinkle some of dat on yore han'writin'. An' dey tell me dat'll cause yore han' to be afflicted kinda-lak, say poisoned-lak yo' have palsy han's.
(You say a cedar bush?)
Yessuh.
(Do they use the bark or what? Or the leaves?)
The leaves. Pound up de leaves.
(Any cedar bush?)
Yessuh, jes' de cedar bush dat grow out in de woods.
Entry 12059
To separate man and woman, get one of their handwritings - handwriting from one of them. On this letter write their names together, cut it up with scissors as fine as possible, throw into fire, and make an "ugly wish": to die, to go away, to separate, etc. [Memphis, (965, woman, excellent, from N. Car., her material lost except for a few resume's.]
Entry 12060
Burn person's handwriting, if in pencil; burn a little each morning for 9 mornings to bring back; to leave [to send away or keep away] burn in 9 evenings.
Entry 12062
Handwriting of a letter burned to make writer nervous. [Wilmington 170:6+85.]
Entry 12063
They burn your letter and make wishes to cause your hand to tremble
[paralysis]. [Elizabeth City 403:8.]
Entry 12064
In a piece of cloth [puts your handwriting] and ties it up, and dey vill put [shut it] up an' you will wanta go and you can't go. It'll keep you tied dere all de time and hit'll make you go out your mind too.
(Your handwriting. I see.) [Charleston 555:7.]
Entry 12065
If you carry a person's handwriting in your pocket 9 days, that per- son will "study about chah." [Wilmington 116:3+85.]
Entry 12066
Handwriting is worn in shoes to bring person back. [Elizabeth City 403:9.]
Entry 12067
Handwriting thrown into running water or the ebbing tide runs you By: [Elizabeth City 403:9.]
Entry 12068
Well, dey say dat yo' kin take a dog livah an' grind it up an' take some cow haslet.
(You mean dung? Manure?)
No, not de manure. Take de cow haslet somewhere. De haslet from de livah of a cow - de haslet [transcriber gets it right again]. An' dis dog livah, see, an' grind it up into a meal or either chip it up where it come tuh be fine, an' mix it in with this dog livah. See, an' fix it as a food. See. Well, de ones dat yo' don't like or somepin lak dat, dey eat an' dey'll come tuh bark jes' lak a dog.
Entry 12069
Now if a man gits drownded, yo' take some of his near-wearin' pieces or his hat an' throw it in, an' wherevah he's at, dose clothes not goin' sink till dey git dere. [Memphis 1518:7.]
Entry 12070
Dey say dey kin bury yore hat an' it will kill yo', make yo' suffer with headaches an' things. [Algiers (1584) 2953:2.]
Entry 12071
A woman can wear for love the hat bow from the man's hat. [Deal Island 24:4.]
Entry 12072
A hat bow is carried in a bottle of Blue Moon Perfume for love.
[Wilmington 106:5+85.]
Entry 12074
If a woman wears a man's hat bow, he can't stay away from her. [Balt- imore 51:6.]
Entry 12075
Hat bow from man's hat, a woman kin dress it with chamber lye 3 times a day an' carry [wear]...that will keep them [him]. [Little Rock 1468:7.]
Entry 12076
Hat bow in bottle of cologne for love is kept somewhere or worn.
[Wilmington 243:3+85.]
Entry 12077
Your hat bow worn next to her skin makes you love her. [Richmond 318:4.]
Entry 12078
Dey tell me dat a woman kin take dat bow an' wear it in her clothes, take it an' put it in her clothes an' that would take yore mind right along with her all de time. [Wilson, near cylinder 2665 containing same informant 1497.]
Entry 12079
Wear it - a man's hat bow - on their neck. Tie it up in a sock, an they cain't fool around. [Wilmington (265) 184:6.]
Entry 12080
A man's hat bow worn on her neck or leg makes the man love her.
[Wilmington 115:2+85.]
Entry 12081
Hat bow in bottle of perfume worn about neck draws men. [Wilmington 114:9+85.]
Entry 12082
Take dat bow outa de back of a man's hat an' wet it wit Heart Cologne an' wear it roun' her neck an' gain him. (What will that do?) Keep him home. [Wilson, N. Car., (1499), somewhere near cylinder 2667 which contains material by 1499.
Entry 12083
Right next to dere close garment. (That little bow out of a man's hat.) Right next to 'em underneath de arm. Make yo' love each othah, yore love won draw away. It become closer.
Entry 12084
HAT BOW CAN BE WORN IN BRASSIERE OR UNDERSLIP FOR LOVE. [Wilmington 168:1.]
Entry 12087
Woman wears man's hat bow on her waist, "he'll do anything you tell him." [New Orleans 1113:10.]
Entry 12090
From inside de hat, said dey takes dat bow out 'side [inside] of de hat an' wear it. Sew it up in a piece of cloth, a piece of new homespun, an' tie it roun' yore waist an' wear dat. Dat will keep de man wit yuh.
Entry 12091
Ah heard dat de women could take dat bow out of yore hat an' take it an' put it in salt an' pepper an' some kind of perfume [3 ingredients]. An' den yo' [man] would jes' be right wid dem always, jes' love 'em.
(What would she do with that bow after she got it?)
Take it an' wear it round her waist.[ Waycross. Ga.. 1718:8.]
Entry 12092
"You kin put graveyard dust in dat [hat bow] and two or three drops of cologne and wear dat round your waist." [Norfolk 492:13.]
Entry 12093
~ "They take that little bow and wear it near de skin round de waist... on de left side nearest to de heart...round about de belt where it'll keep warm all de time. And they keep that saturated in their you-reen [urine] and Hearts Cologne and make wishes. [Elizabeth City 402:6.]
Entry 12094
Woman wears man's hat bow on seat of her bloomers. "Don't care how dirty it gits when she change her bloomers, don't change dat piece, don't wash it...dat'll keep him." [Little Rock 1475:2.]
Entry 12095
Woman pinned boy's hat bow "in her inside of her bloomers right at her crotch and she wore that, and the boy couldn't get away from her." [Wilmington 171:12+85.]
Entry 12096
Take dat an' wear it in de seat of yore bloomers an' he'll be crazy about chew - de little bow out de back of de hat. [Memphis 1530:16.]
Entry 12097
"They take it [hat bow] and pin it in the seat of their teddies an' they say that's to keep 'em [a man]. [Jacksonville 765:9.]
Entry 12099
Yo' kin take dat little bow an tie it roun' yore laig, an' wear it, an' wear it jes' long as yo' live, an' yo' always have friends wit de girl.
[Wilson 2670:13.]
The instruction says to tie a little bow around the leg. No hat origin is given, and the friendship result remains a source claim.
Entry 12100
"If she wants him back she git de bow out of his hat...put it in her garters." [Jacksonville 764:7.]
Entry 12101
"Git dat [hat bow]...females have garters, you know, and in dey garters dey got a little lining inside dere garters. Well, dey take dat and sew it [hat bow] inside dere garters, and dat make a man marriage 'em, make him wan'a follow 'em. "[Charleston 608:9.]
Entry 12102
"You take that bow and you take some hair out of his head, and take that bow and sew it up on a pair of red garters, and wear that around your leg, and put some Hearts Cologne on it and that will keep 'im." [Norfolk 525:7.]
Entry 12103
A woman kin take that [man's hat bow] an' sew that up in her gartah, you see. You understand, sew that up in her gartah an' put it in a jar, an' pour perfume on it, understand, an' a little of her chamber lye. An' sew it up, you lnow, on the inside an' put it in her gartah, an' wear it aroun' her leg.
(This bow out of his hat?)
This bow out of his hat. That'll hold 'im.
Entry 12104
I've heard 'em talk about they kin even git de bow out chore hat. Jis' like a girl got a boy friend and she love him and he don't love her. And she want him and he don't want her, she kin git a chance to tear de bow out his hat and wear it in her shoe - in her shoe, see - that'll run him crazy [about her].
Entry 12105
Hear dey take de bow out of a man's hat. Take de bow out of man's hat an' wear it in de toe of dere shoe an' dat will make 'em leave town. [This looks more like holding a man, but intention is everything. That bow in her shoe is a walking bow. It keeps him walking.]
(Well, who would do that, primarily?)
De woman would take de bow out of a man's hat.
Entry 12106
I would get me a tie, this bow tie off of a man's hat, and cuttin' a piece out of his drawers, and takin' some of his ministration [semen] and stickin' it in his shoe, his right shoe, and that'll make a man love you or stay with or be good to you. And when you put it in his right shoe, you take some of your ministration [menstrual blood] and a little cloth, and hold it over a cloth, and po' [pour] water over it [preceding cloth acts as strainer]; and if he drinks coffee or tea, put it in that. And that'll make him love you. You do both that together: let him drink it. Wear it [hat bow] in your shoe. And the time he wears those shoes out, he's fixed [hoodooed] for you then.
Entry 12107
"Take de bow out of a man's hat an' wear it in dere stockin' wit white lodestone...dey all worried tuh git where you at. [Little Rock 1462:6.]
Entry 12108
Woman wears man's hat bow on her stocking or princess slip. "Keeps him tuh home." [Little Rock 1466:12a.]
Entry 12109
A woman can wear a hat bow in her stocking for love. [Jacksonville 791:9.]
Entry 12110
"Wimmins wear it [hat bow] right under dere stocking - in dere stock- ing - some of 'em wear it right under dere feet." [Jacksonville 787:3.]
Entry 12111
"They wear that [hat bow] in the bottom of the shoe...make you care moh for them an' don't have not much use fuh nobody else." [Jacksonville 767:12.]
Entry 12112
For love a woman wears the man's hat bow in her shoe. [Wilmington 167:2+85.]
Entry 12113
Woman wears a man's hat bow in her shoe for love. [Washington, D. C., 838:7.]
Entry 12114
A woman can control a man by wearing the hat bow from his hat in her shoe. [Charleston 608:10.]
Entry 12115
Dey tell me dat de bow be's in de back of his hat, dat flat lil' bow. [take] an' wear it in dere shoes an' make him like yo' - care mo' fo' yo'.
[Fayetteville 2519:15.]
The informant reports being told of the flat bow at the back of a hat, followed by an attributed wearing instruction and affection claim.
Entry 12116
Woman wears man's hat bow in her shoe "to make you crazy for them
[her]." [New Orleans 1182:1.]
Entry 12119
A woman sews up man's hat bow and his hair in a piece of flannel 'flannin suppose to be the best kin'a rag to use" - and wears in her shoe for luck. [Richmond 296:2.]
Entry 12120
You should keep a hat bow shut up for awhile in a bottle with cologne and witch hazel and then wear it in your shoe for love. [Wilmington 133:3+85.]
Entry 12121
A woman can take a man's hat bow an'... "10 new needles an' 3 new pins an' his name, an' wear that in the bottom of your [her] left shoe; an' everywhere you [she] go at, he gon'a come lookin' fer yuh [her." [New Orleans 1101:4.]
Entry 12122
Sleep with the bow from a man's hat under your head 9 nights "to win you a boy friend." [Wilmington 194:3+85.]
Entry 12123
Soak a man's hat bow in cologne and lay it over the door for love.
[Wilmington 231:4+85.]