Browse:BOW FROM SWEATBAND OF HAT (Volume 3, entries 4531–4717)
BOW FROM SWEATBAND OF HAT
Volume 3, entries 4531–4717. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → SWEAT → HAT - SWEATBAND - BOW. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
Entry 4531
Dey go tuh work an' take de lef'-footed stockin' an' git chew some brimstone an' some spice. An' cut de stockin', de heel of it on down tuh de toe, an' burn dat tuhgethah - burn de stockin' an' makes a powdah out of dat. An' den goes tuh work an' grin' up dat spice an' grind up - when yuh grin' up de spice, den yuh goes tuh work an' yuh grin' up dis brimstone. An' mix it all tuhgethah an' yuh kin take it an' rub it in a hat - in his hat whut he use. Dat will make him stay home.
Entry 4532
Dey kin git 'is sweatban' too an' give him anothah spell. Git 'is sweatban' outa his hat an' put it in a bottle. Yassuh [yes sir], take a bottle an' put it in a bottle, an' put a cork stoppah in dis heah bottle an' fasten it up an' keep dat ban'. Jes' roll dis heah ban' up real tight de way yuh fold it back double. Twist it real tight an' put it in a bottle. Put some hot watah in it. Let it be jes' hot enough not tuh break yuh bottle, an' let it set in dere. An' den dey go take dis heah den an' put it in de rivah, any kinda watah dat watah runs ovah. Dat'll give him anothah feeble mine [mind].
Entry 4533
Dey kin go tuh de rivah. She kin git one sock, dat would be de right one, an' de hatban' - brim inside, de sweat [sweatband]. An' take it an' throw it in de rivah. She got 'im. He would eithah go crazy or come back tuh 'er.
Entry 4534
I had a half brothah an' he wuz goin' wit a girl in Washington [D. C.]. Her name wuz Cornelia A. An' so he stopped goin' wit [her] an' went tuh goin' wit anothah girl. Den like a crazy he turned dis othah [second] girl down an' went goin' back wit 'er [first girl] again. So he tells mah mothah. I don't know, but he said he had a straw hat. She takes 'is hat an' she put somepin, I don't know, in dere. But anyhow, his whole eyes became jis' as white as dis papah [probably my open Numbers Book on the table], black an' all. He got so he couldn't see a wink. He died in jis' about three months afterwards.
[Snow Hill, Md., (Informant 93).]
Entry 4535
DIS IS YORE HAT AIN'T IT?
(Yes.)
Dere's a li'le bit of ban' inside of yore hat got a li'le bow in it. Yuh remembah dat?
(Yes.)
I learnt dat. De girl, I seen 'er do a boy dat way once. She take dis hat, she git dis li'le bow ribbon outa it, an' she pinned it on 'er, inside of 'er bloomahs right at 'er crutch [crotch]. An' she taken dat an' she wore dat. An' de boy couldn't git away from 'er. An' he went back to huh. Co'se he had quit 'er, laid off from 'er. [There are other references to my black hat in HOODOO.]
Entry 4536
Lak dis hat chere is mah hat [refers to my hat with microphone at the side of recorder]. Dat bow dere. Dey kin take dat bow outa dere an' pin dis bow in de seat of dere drawahs, a woman [kin], right nex' to dere meat, yuh know. An' wherevah dat dat woman go, why yuh'll go follah 'er. If yuh can't follah 'er yuh'll lose yuh min'.
Entry 4537
Ah have heard women say dat if dey git de bow out of a man's hat, dey takes dat bow an' dey wears it right next to dere skin. In othah words, dey put it undah dere arm somewheres. Well. dat man will always follah dem. He will be in love wit dem always.
Entry 4538
Yuh kin wear dat bow near yore privates or yuh kin wear it up undah yore arms, or wear it underneath yore breasts.
(What is that supposed to do?)
Dat will make him stay home an' dat will make him love yo' dat much mo'.
Entry 4539
Git de bow out of a man's hat an' put it undah 'er lef' arm an' wear it undah dere, an' he become tuh be in love wit 'er.
Entry 4540
Dat woman she takes dat out [bow of sweat- band]. All right, she takes an' sew it right up under heah [demonstrates]. (Under her left armpit.) Undah de lef' one, jes' right up dere an' weah it. An' jes' as long as she weahs it, it's nobody in de worl' - whut ah mean, yuh ain't goin' worry wit nobody else - can't nobody git cha, can't nobody do nuthin wit chew. Yuh earnin's an' evahthin' yuh git yuh goin' take tuh dat woman. An' she kin take it from dere an' she kin weah it in 'er lef' shoe. Dat's undah yore [her] feet. When she do dat it's purtty [pretty] hard. Well, yuh see it jes' more den drive yuh crazy becuz she trampin' on yuh. See WHEN SHE WEAR IT HERE [IN ARMPIT] DAT'S FRIEN'LY LOVE, BUT WHEN YUH PUT IT DOWN HEAH [IN HER SHOE] DAT GOES HARD, MORE DAN APT - MIGHT CUZ YUH TUH KILL CUZ IT GITS YUH CRAZY ABoUT 'ER.
Entry 4541
Wal, whut de' do wit dat little bow inside of a man's hat, de wimins takes dat. De wimmins take dat if dey wanted to hold a man. Dey want tuh hold a man an' keep 'im at home, dey takes it outa his hat an' stick it in de crack [in the wall!] right ovah de bed - ovah de head of de bed or anywhere in house dere. An' dey kin go anywhere an' come back an' he be right dere. He won't nevah leave. [This is one of those higher than the head rites like over the door rites.]
Entry 4542
Ah heard about 'em takin' de bow out of a man's hat, an' sewin' it up in a piece of red flannel cloth, an' takin' it an' throwin' undah bed. An' dat'll keep 'im comin' roun' yore house, comin' tuh yore house, dey say, if it's a woman; an' dat if it's a man, dat it'll run 'im crazy.
(They use the woman's bow to bring her?)
Well, eithah one.
Entry 4543
[Sweatband bow combined with other substances in a bottle will be found later, as well as in other parts of the text.] Dey take dat little bow an' put it in a bottle an' fill half full of watah, an' turn it bottom upwards an' bury it wit de mouth down, so dat watah drippin' in de groun'. Yuh'll go intuh de groun', see; cuz I put a little hole in dat stoppah, so dat watah kin seep out. An' [when] all dat watah run out dat bottle, den yuh goin' tuh de grave.
Entry 4544
Dey take dat [sweatband] bow an' dey preserve it in alcohol in a bottle, stop it up tight, an' yuh won't only have de headache, sick tuh de stomick, it'll continue on yuh from one thing tuh anothah until finely [finally] yuh'll jis' git down like a man wit T. B. [tuberculosis], an' yuh'll jis' drift away tuh nuthin. [Informant may be mistaken about the alcohol preserving the bottled bow, or is this his way for saying that alcohol feeds the bow? See p.578, also margin title WHISKEY later on among these bow rites.]
Entry 4545
Take dat bow intuh yore hat an' dat will run yuh crazy. Take dat bow in yore hat an' put it intuh a bottle. Airtight dis bottle an' don't let no air git intuh it an' it will run yuh crazy.
Entry 4546
If dey jes' take some of yuh hair out chure haid, dey takes dat hair an' buries it. See, dat's tuh git chew in de action tuh work like dey want chew tuh work. An' jes' like if dis cap [informant's own], OR DIS HAT [MY BLACK HAT ON RECORDING TABLE]. Dis heah boW yuh see in dis cap [demonstrates], why yuh kin take dis bow heah out of dis cap an' run me crazy. See, ah gen'ral' [generally] WHEN AH GITS A CAP OR HAT AH ALWAYS TAKES DIS [demonstrates] OUT, CUZ IT'S DANGEROUS, see.
(Well, how would they do that?)
Well, dey takes dis bow heah out of yuh cap or hat an' dey takes dat bow an' dey dresses it, see. Dey dress it wit dis heah, some kinda whut de' call Hearts Cologne. Takes it an' put dat on it, an' dis heah stuff dey call - dat's a great thing - table salt. Dat's great. Dey take dat an' put dat in dere wit it an' dey sew it up, an' dey try tuh work in a way tuh git where yuh stay at. See, play partnahs wit yuh. An' when dey git tuh where yuh stay at, dey put it up ovah yuh do'. Den, when yuh git tuh actin' funny an' gittin' crazy [anything of yours over a door you walk under makes you light-headed], see it will run yuh crazy, an' yuh won't even know whut it's all about.
Entry 4547
Dey kin take dat little bow back dere an' run yuh crazy.
(How do they do that?)
Well, dey kin put it in a little alcohol [see 4544] an' go tuh a place where runnin' watah at, an' throw it ovah in dere. Well dey kin run yuh crazy. Or eithah dey kin take it an' put it in alcohol an' let it stay in dere fo' a certain length of time. Sew it up in a little bow an' put it undah pillah. Dey kin run yuh crazy dataway. AH DON'T WEAR NONE IN MINE. [He removes the bow from his hat, a common practice.]
Entry 4548
An' anothah thing ah tell yuh about dis bow in yore hat. Yuh know, sometime a man wears a bow in 'is hat. [This shows that many men remove the bow from the hat.] Yuh even could take dat out an' wear it in de seat of yuh step- ins, jes' take an' pin it in dere, an' he'll love yuh an' nevah quit chew - even quit 'is wife fo' yuh.
Entry 4549
Take dat bow out of yuh hat an' dey'd bury dat bow. Take dat bow an dey bury it back of yuh house in ordah if dey wanta use yuh in a way fo', what might say, a henchman or fool, or somepin like dat. Dey'd bury dat bow back of dere house an' dat'll keep yuh comin' dere, see. An' yuh kin jes' git rid of evahthing yuh've got.
Entry 4550
Take dat little band out chure hat, carry dat an' put de jinx [a word rarely used] on it, covah it up where de sun can't git holt of it. An' yuh'll be jes' as half-minded as a rabbit.
(Thought they did that to your bow?)
Dey jes' take dat new band - dat new bow out de hat.
Entry 4551
Take dat bow an' yuh bury dat bow. When yuh bury dat bow yuh'll die. Dat's whut chew'll do, yuh'll die.
Entry 4552
Well, ah've heard dat dey take dat little bow out chure hat, out de sweatband of yuh hat, an' dey buries it.
(What will that do?)
Well, dey says it will run a man crazy.
(Just ordinary crazy.)
Entry 4553
Take dat bow outa his hat an' grease it wit camphor. Ah mean wet it wit camphor an' wear it inside of yore clothes, on de left side [heart side]. Dat would make yore man love yuh an' do mos' any- thin' dat yuh want 'im tuh do. [Here I turned off machine and then informant added a note I had to repeat to include in rite.]
(Wear it near the left breast?)
Dat's right.
Entry 4554
Take de bow inside of a man's hat dey claim an' run 'im crazy. Dey use dat an' burn a black light on it - called a black candle. Set dis black candle on it an' burn it 21 days, an' it will make him absent-minded. [For Sims see 34, p.23; 532, p.157;2091 p.608.]
Entry 4555
Ah've heard of 'em. Dey takes dat li'le bow. Well, dey takes dat li'le bow dere an' dey walks aroun' dat house. Dey goes roun' dat house nine times an' bring de bow back in de back do', an' walk through de hall tuh de front do' an' put it ovah de front do'. Conceal it from dis man.1 He nevah know where it at. An' long as it stay dere, dey got dis man.
(A woman would do that to hold a man?)
Tuh hold de man. No harm perform on it, no mo' den a deep taste fo' love.
Entry 4556
It's a long time since ah went tuh a [hoodoo] woman, but ah went tuh a Woman ovah heah when ah wuz [having trouble with my husband]. An' she tole me tuh git de seat of 'is undahwears dat be's dirty an' de bow outa his hat, dat little bow dat be's on de inside. She tole me tuh git dat out an' sew hit in de seat of mah bloomahs, an' dat would make him come back an' ca' fo' her [me] mo' den he evah would do'.
Entry 4557
Yuh kin take dat bow from de back of 'is hat, one dat he done wore - de sweat in it chew undahstan'. Yuh kin take dat an' jes' keep it in de seat of yore bloomahs all de time. Jes' pin it in dere an' wear it in dere an' dat will always keep 'im wit chew. Dat's all yuh gotta do, jes' wear it in dere all de TIME. AN' EVAH TIME YUH CHANGE A PAIR OF PANTS, YUH JES PUT IT RIGHT BACK IN.
Entry 4558
Say a man, or yuh say a sweetheart, an' yuh want dat man tuh love yuh. Yuh take de man, dat bow out of 'is hat an' yuh sew dat bow - a hat he'd wear - yuh sew dat up. An' a woman pins it dey say in yore inside cloths, yore bloomahs, an' wear dat nex' tuh yore skin. An' dat'll bring 'im tuh yuh. Now, dat's whut ah wuz told.
Entry 4559
Take dat little bow in de back of 'is hat an' sew it up in 'er slip an' wear it nex' tuh 'er. He'll be crazy about 'er.
Entry 4560
Well, ah could take dat little bow in de back of a man's hat, an'pin it in de seat of mah step-ins an' wear it, an' dat keep 'im from messin' wit any othah woman but me.
Entry 4561
Out chure hat. It's a certain thing about a woman, she kin take dat bow an' take it home an' run yuh stone crazy wit headache.
(What would she do with that bow?)
She would take it out an' sew in 'er undahskirt an' she tote dat bow. An when she tote dat bow yuh always have de headache, furious headache. Yuh don't know whut de mattah an' yuh look in yore hat, de bow's gone.
(What would she do that for?)
Dat's tuh keep 'im down.
Entry 4562
Yuh know, lak yuh hat layin' up some place, dey take yuh hat, know dat hat from me. An' she take dat bow yuh know, an' pin it in 'er bloomah laig lak dat an' turn it back down. Den ah goes right crazy ovah 'er, till yuh [I] kin git down dere. An'den yuh [I] git dat.
Entry 4563
Yuh make a person love yuh. A girl tole me dey take it outa dere an' sew it in 'er bloomah laig, an' dat will make him love yuh den.
(This little bow in the back of the hat?)
Yessuh.
Entry 4564
Well, dey say take dat, de bow outa de hat whut yuh speakin' about, an' yuh pin it in de seat of yuh teddies. Wear dat dere all de time. Dey say yuh got de man all de time.
Entry 4565
An' ah believe yuh take dat bow. Take dat bow an' wear it in yore bloomah laigs.
(What will that do?)
Dat will keep de man followin'yuh.
Entry 4566
Woman will take dat an' run 'im crazy. Some says dey takes 'em an bring 'em back. Dey say if a woman takes de bow outa man's hat an' wear it intuh de seat of 'er pants, he will always - some says dey will stay an' some says dey will go. But ah had a friend of mine, she said she wo' hers until 'er husban' died; say he always jes' wanta be away from 'er an' say she brought 'im back dat way. Yuh takes de bow outa a man's hat an' yuh wear it intuh yore pants an' don't let 'im git holt of it. Say if he git holt of it, he'll kill yo'.
Entry 4567
Dey take dat dere little bow out of a man's hat an' weah dat intuh de seat of 'er undahweah an' cause 'im tuh stay right undah 'em. He wouldn't git out of 'er eyesight.
Entry 4568
Take dat an' fix it such a way dat no other woman can't have anything to do wit yuh but her.
(That little bow in the hat?)
Dat little bow in de back of yore hat. Dis is it right heah [demonstrates].
(What will she do with that?)
Well, ah tell yuh whut she do. She'll take it an' weah it down in 'er undah- clothes.
(That will keep you.)
Entry 4569
Dey takes dat bow an' wear dat bow down in de seat of dere drawahs, an' dat'll turn yuh ovah - dat'll bring yuh ovah. An' once dey got dat dere, why dey got chew.
Entry 4570
Yuh could take dat, de bow out dey hat. Yuh could take it an' sew it in any little thing, a Woman's britches or anything lak dat, where yuh could wear it. See what ah mean. An' den in othah words [another method], yuh could wear it in yore shoe. See, what ah mean, it would make him love yuh.
Entry 4571
A woman kin take de bow out of de back of a man's hat, an' sew it up in a piece of cloth an' wear it in de seat of her bloomahs. An' long as she wear dat, dat bow in 'er bloomahs, why he couldn't quit 'er. He couldn't go wit no othah woman but 'er.
Entry 4572
Take de bow out de man hat an' wear it down in de seat of dere bloomahs, an' dey say dat'll keep 'em down.
Entry 4573
Take dat bow, dat bow out of de hat. Dey take dat bow out of dere hat an' sew it intuh de seat of 'er bloomahs, an' he'll be prob'ly satisfied tuh stay wit 'is wife.
Entry 4574
Well, womens take dat, some of 'em, an' pin it on dey undahpiece an' wear it.
(What do they do that for?)
Dey say dat will make 'em come back.
(That is that little bow from his hat?)
Yes sir.
Entry 4575
Dey take de hat an' take dat ban' out of it.
(The band or the little bow?)
Yeah de little bow, jes' right heah [demonstrates]. Dat's a ole hat ah been hangin' up dere. Dey take dat little bow an' dey will take it an' cut fo' prongs intuh - dey cut fo' prongs intuh dis heah newspapah, jes' like dat little bow is [this makes an X or a cross]. Dey'll cut it jes like dat an den dey'll wrop dat in dere tight. Well, when dey wrop dat in dere, well, dey'll git some diff'ren' stuff an' put in dere an' dat'll make me go back. See, jes' like if I quit 'er, dat'll make me come back. She'll take it an' put it - take it an' sling it aroun' 'er wais' an' she's got me right off. See.
(By cutting out the four prongs, do you mean cutting all of that - like an X?)
Yeah, jes' an X - jes' like a X like dat.
Entry 4576
Cross two needles in dat an' run 'im crazy.
(Cross two needles in this bow in the hat.)
An' put about six aroun' de [inside of the sweatband] de linin' lak dis heah [demonstrates]. See, lak dis heah, an' it will run 'im crazy. (What about that little bow - you know, that little ribbon that is tied in a knot?) Yo' mean in de back part of de hat? Well, jes' lak dat bow ties, yuh take de two needles, two gold-eye needles an' dip 'em in chamber lye an' cross 'em dat way, an' yuh'll run 'im crazy. (Do you leave them right in the hat or do you take the bow out?) Nawsir [no sir], leave de bow in de hat.
(You put it under the bow so it can't be seen?)
So it can't be seen. Dip it in chamber lye.
Entry 4577
Yuh kin take dat bow out dat man's hat, an' yuh kin take a powdah called love powdah [later called movin' powdah] an' calcimine powdahs [calcimine], an' he's bound tuh come [to the woman]. He'll do anything yuh say do. Dey take dat bow [out of the hat, untie it - see KNOTS later for untying - put the powders on it] an' jis' double [fold once] dat bow tuh 'em, an' dey put three pins in dat bow [thus shutting up the powders inside the bow]. [Informant now demonstrates how these three pins hold in the powders.] Yuh stick one head dis way [up], an' yuh stick the othah head down, an' put dis one right across [the other two]. [This produces a double cross, even a triple cross or three daggers like this H. Joo take dat an put it in yer shoe an' wear it.
(What were the names of these powders?)
Dey call one of 'em de movin' powdah, all right, an' yuh call one calcimine. De movin' powdah is tuh move yuh back tuh dem; de calcimines powdah is tuh make things clean [as calcimine normally does, but here by symbolically cleaning the return road home of all difficulties]. [Come home, all is forgiven. But by wearing the bow in her shoe she indicates a determination to keep him under her foot!]
Entry 4578
Take dat bow. Hit stands in de back of de man's hat. Take dat bow an' take nine needles an' nine pins an' stick 'em evahwhah in dat bow crossed up yuh possibly kin. An' when yuh git 'em all fixed in dat bow lak it supposed tuh be - naow [now] a woman kin fix dat fo' a man an' run 'im crazy - an' take it an' put it in a bottle. An' put some, fill de bottle half up wit table salt, an' den fill de bottle clean up wit 'er urine an' stop dat bottle up. Turn it upside down an' stick it mos' any kin'a cornah or any kinda drawah or [place] up ovah de head or anywhere, but jes' since it's outa sight in a dark place. An' dat man'll go sta'k [stark] crazy.
Entry 4579
On a dog's tail an' cat's. Three stran's of dog hair an' three stran's of cat hair an' put it in dat bow. [See later.]
(This bow on a man's hatband?) Yes. An' dat'll run 'im crazy. (What you do is let it stay on thebow?)
Yes, put it in de bow of de hat an' let it stay dere.
(Three strands from the dog's tail and three strands from the cat's?)
Three stran's.
(From where?)
From undah 'is tail. Yuh know dat an' kinda plat it tuhgethah-like an' put it right in dat little bow on de hat.
Entry 4580
[These objects-over-the-door you walk under and objects-under-the-door you walk over are frequently important rites in hoodoo, yet quite a number of informants, including the present one, do not know the meaning of the word sill or doorsill.] Well, they say you can take that little bow in the back of a man's hat. You see, that's his sweatband, that's where you done sweat. Well all right, you take that bow on the back of man's hat an' he done wore that hat. And after you take that bow in the back of that man's hat, well you take that bow and you puts it up over the sill of your front door - see, like where he got to pass under. [The word over instead of under would have solved the problem here.] Well, that's to keep him home. He'll stay at home all the time and you can go out. Well he will never fuss with you about nothing, because you got him right down under your feet.
(I see.)
Entry 4581
Take dat little bow in a man's hat an' cut some de hairs off yuhself an' wrap de bow up.
(The hairs from your head?)
No, dey tell me de hairs off yuhself. An' wrap dat up an' put it up ovah yore do', careful. Stick it somewhere in some crack or 'nothah where dey can't git it. [For cracks and holes, see WALL later.] Say dat's tuh keep 'em. Whut dey tell me, say dat will keep a man.
Entry 4582
Dat bow be's right back dere. Now yuh kin take dat bow out chure hat, ah've heard dat. Yuh take dat bow out dat hat an' yuh kin, whut chew call dress it. Yuh dress dat bow an' yuh kin take dat.
(With what?)
Yuh take dat bow an' yuh kin dress it.
[As we now learn, it is dressed with sweat.]
Jes' lak a woman take a bow outa man's hat. She kin take dat bow yuh see an' den rub it undah her arm, also between 'er laigs [to dress it]. An' when she take dat bow an' do dat, take it an' wrap it up in a piece of red flannel. [This is now a hand, see p.519f.] She kin eithah wear it roun' 'er neck or roun' 'er waist or eithah put it ovah 'er do'. Well, now if she put it ovah 'er do' or wear it anywhere, keep it anywhere in a close place, it'll always keep 'is haid kinda wandahin' - his mind. He'll nevah have no good mind. Jes' keep 'im wan- dahin'. He's heah today an' tuhmorrah 'is mind jes' wanta go. He can't be con- tented nowhere he goes.
Entry 4583
Yuh take dis little bow here an' take some devil's-shoestring dey call it. Take dat devil's-shoestring an' dis bow an' some cinnamon bark an' salt [and] black peppah. An' dey takes dis bow an' put it in de sole of yuh shoe. See, like yuh got a shoe, a woman would do dat. Dat's tuh make her - make yuh stay. Yuh goin' tuh stay right wit 'er. An' she'll take dat an' put it in de sole of 'er shoe an' wear it dere. As long as she got dat thing in dere, yuh can't leave her.
Entry 4584
Dey takes dat bow an' dey carry it home an' dey bury it undah a brick in dey fiahplace, an' he can't no mo' stay wit dat woman no mo'. Evah time he goes tuh dat woman house, his haid begin tuh hurt 'im an' he cripple himself up an' den he fall. Evah time he see her he gits maddah an' maddah wit 'er. She puts it undah a brick, de cen- tah brick in de pipe [flue] - undah de centah brick.
(Well, who would do that?)
Now lak yo' wanted tuh - see heah, if she wanted 'im tuh leave dat house ovah yondah an' come heah. Well, she git dat bow an' she carries it an' put it right down dere undah dere. See, dat man can't visit yondah no mo'.
Entry 4585
(That little bow out of a man's hat, now?) Say yuh take it outa his hat an' make it in yore gartah an' he cain't - he'll lose all energy fo' any othah girl. He won't love nobody but chew. Sew it into de gartah.
Entry 4586
Take dat an' wear it aroun' yore wais' or on yore gartah somewhere, an' yuh got dat man.
(The sweatband from his hat?)
Yes, ( dat little bow, or de sweatban' eithah.
The interviewer asks about the sweatband from his hat. The informant names the little bow or sweatband as alternatives; the entry does not require both or make the objects synonyms. Earlier agent reviews of the printed page attribute the answer to the informant despite the extra opening parenthesis retained in this transcription. The reported outcome remains a historical source claim.
Entry 4587
Ah taken de bow outa de hat an' ah put some come wit it an' a little hair out from undah his arm dere an' wore it roun' mah laig heah, an' dat'll make him love yuh. (You mean you wear it as a garter or something of that sort?) Jis' a string, ah don't wear gartahs. [The length of the untied bow would be extended with a piece of string, and the hair would be threaded into a needle and woven, perhaps also tied, into the bow. For string addition, see 4597.]
Entry 4588
Dey kin run yuh crazy wit dat bow outa yuh hat easy, becus dey take dat bow outa de hat an' take it an' git some of dat stone outa graveyard - chip of stones off de [tombstone] out in de graveyard, graveyard dust, white sand out of de graveyard from de head of any grave. An' take it an' put it intuh a jar, altuhgethah, an' take it back an' plant it in dere, in de grave- yard. Dat easily kin run yuh crazy too, de same way as yuh hair.
Entry 4589
Take de bow outa dere hat an' trick 'em in any way yuh wanta trick 'em, an' dey kin keep 'em runnin' crazy or somepin lak dat. (What would you do with that bow?) Yuh take de bow an' yuh tie it up in a piece of cloth an' pin it up on yuh clothes nex' tuh yore heart.
Entry 4590
Dat bow out of a person hat, dat's de only thing tuh make a man love a woman. Dey kin take it an' put it in cologne, de Hearts Cologne. Dey kin use de bow an' Hearts Cologne an' carry it in a small bottle wit dem, an' dat will make a man crazy fo' dem.
Entry 4591
Git de bow out de hat an' take dat an' git chew some Heart Perfume. Yuh put it in dere an' keep it in de Heart Perfume.
(What will that do?)
Dat'll make 'em stay wit cha.
Entry 4592
Take dat li'le bow an' yuh dress it wit some - keep it sweeten all de time wit Heart Cologne, an' he think dat sompin dey put on 'em tuh make his hair stick, an' den dat will make him keep home - keep 'im from lovin' anybody else.
Entry 4593
Dat's anothah thing dat work wit Hearts Cologne, dat ll'le bow in de back of yore hat or cap. Take dat an' dampen [dress or feed] it wit Hearts Cologne an' wear it right on yuh. An' dey say long as yuh wear dat on yuh, if yuh got a wife or girl fren', dey'll [be] mo' den frien'ly. Dey stay right by yuh.
Entry 4594
Take dat bow an' dress it wit Hearts Cologne an' wear roun' 'er wais', an' jes' as long as she keep dat bow an' wear it, yuh can't stay from roun' 'er. An' she kin git all of 'is money an' kin treat chew any kinda Way she wants tuh an' yuh nevah will leave 'way. An' if she wears it till she lose it, den dere where she lose yuh lovin'.
Entry 4595
A man's hat - a man's bow outa 'is hat an' yuh kin take Hearts Cologne an' put it in. Yuh see yuh shoe heah has a last [insole] in it, see; an' yuh pull dat last up an' put it undah dere an' po' dis Hearts Cologne on dat bow an' yo' keep it wet. Dat will make him go crazy about chew, too.
Entry 4596
Git de bow of 'ls hat, de toe [toes] of 'is dirty socks, see. Put it in a bottle. Git dis Hearts Cologne an' stop it up, see; an' turn it on its haid. Well, it wouldn't be long 'fore he'd be back home an' acknowledge he did wrong.
Entry 4597
Dat bow - yuh take a bow out of a man's hat an' git chew a bottle of Heart Cologne, an' yuh dip it in de Heart Cologne an' yuh sew a cord string aroun' dat bow an' tie it round yore waist. Dat'll make 'em crazy 'bout chew, jes' love no one but chew.
Entry 4598
De bow of de cap or eithah de hat an' put it in a Hearts Cologne bottle an' bury it under de step an' turn it upside down, an' he will come back.
(Well, suppose the bow in his hat is worn away?) Take de bow of de cap, eithah de hat or de cap. (He has to leave them behind though before she can get them?)
Yes.
Entry 4599
Yuh take de bow out of a man's hat. Yuh take dat little bow out an' de seats of de woman's bloomahs. Dere's two partition in it. Jes' rip one dem li'le partition an' put it 'tween dere an' sew it back up, an' wear dat bow right down In dere right in dat drawahs. Wear 'em. An' den put Hearts Cologne on it, jes' sprinkle it right down in dere.
(What will that do?)
Well, dat Will MAKE HIM JES' FOOLIS' 'BOUT DEM UNTIL DEY GIT READY TUH GIT RID OF "IM.
(They wear that in the bloomers in the front or in the back?)
Right in de seat where de partition, right 'tween dere.
Entry 4600
Take dat little bow out of a man's hat an' dress it wit Hearts German Cologne [sometimes called German Hearts Cologne]. Ah think dat's whut dey calls it, Hearts Cologne, an' Crabapple Cologne [3 colognes], an' pin it inside of 'er shirt, an' wear it in dere. An' he will always love 'er. [German Hearts Cologne is unusual, I re- calling only two or three instances of its use.]
Entry 4601
She kin take dat bow an' she kin run yuh crazy wit it, or eithah make yuh love 'er. She kin take dat bow an' go uptown an' git 'er a bottle of Black Heart Cologne [this may be only time mentioned] an' she takes it an' drops about nine drops on dat, an' take it an' place it undah de middle of 'er bed [making a quincunx], right on de springs. Well, yuh have tuh stay dere. Yuh can't go nowhere. Yuh have tuh stay right dere. [This is merely Hearts Cologne with a black heart on the label, stamped solid black or hand drawn with a single line; not a heart-shaped bottle of black glass. The term is rare.]
Entry 4602
[While golng down the Atlantic Coast, I had a difficult time with what usually sounded like hearts horn, hah thorn, etc. I thought hawthorne was meant. In the following rite my transcriber heard something like high p'ah and transcribed it high power! Only after considerable expe- rience was I able to come up with Hearts Own.] Put High Power [= Hearts Own Cologne] wit it. Dey gotta keep dis thing - dey gotta keep it renewed, dey have tuh keep it up. [The bow is a hand (p.519) which must be kept alive by feeding (pp.519, 578).] But EVAH TIME DAT AH'D HAVE A HAT AN' DEY'D TAKE DAT BOW OUT OF IT, AH'D THROW DE HAT AWAY. Ah WOuldn't Wear de hat no mo'. Ah'd throw de hat away an' git anothah hat. Throw it away an' don't wear it no mo'. Dey can't do nuthin wit yuh. But if yuh wear it, dey kin ketch cheh.
Entry 4603
Dey say yuh kin take a man's hat an' take de bow out of a man's hat an' take dat bow an' put it in a bottle of Heart's Own Cologne. An' aftah takin' dat bow an' put it in a bottle of Heart's Own Cologne, yuh take dat bottle den an' put it de right side, not de left but de right, an' stand it on its haid lak dat, an' make yore wishes about it den. An' dat thing will bring a man home. An' dat thing will make a man do things.
Entry 4604
Say dey goin' wit a boy. Yuh snap dat bow outa his hat an' yuh jes' take it an' put it in Hearts Perfume an' let it stay. Let dat bow stay in dere fo' nine mawnin's an' nine nights an' yuh put dat perfume on 'im an let 'im comb it in' 'is hair. Dat's fo'love.
Entry 4605
Take de bow from de back of a man's hat, dat is [if] a woman is got a sweetheart an' she don' wants tuh git rid of 'im. She takes dat bow from de back of 'is hat an' sews it in de seat of 'er clothes, an' wears dat bow. She wears dat bow in de seat of 'er clothes an' when he wears 'is hat so long till dat bow gits sweaty an' greasy, well she takes dat bow an' untie it, an' takes an' puts some of 'er hair wit it, an' sews it in de seat of 'er clothes, or up undah 'er arm where her clothes sweats, an' wears it.
(What will that do?)
Dat will keep 'im dere.
Entry 4606
Dey tell me back in [the old days] de girls used tuh take de bows out chure hat tuh make yuh love 'em. [They still did during my collecting days.] An' dey said dat dey would take dose bows an' tie it into a knot an' dey would keep it. An' evah time dat chew feel dat yuh wanta be weanin' off, dat dey would renew it ovah, dat dey had somepin dey would fix it wit an' dat dey'd always double dat knot ag'in. Evah time it seem dat yuh pull- in' away, dey double dat knot ag'in. An' dey had a way dat dey wear it intuh dere shoes.
(What did they put on that knot did you say?)
Ah don't know whut de stuff dey would use, but dey jes' tell me it wus some stuff dey would use. Still ah figure dat it wus de stuff from deyselfs - de periods or...
(Something of that sort.)
Entry 4607
[A woman] take dat little bow out de back of yore [his] hat right back heah. Tie three knots in it an' take dat an' WEAR IT AROUN" HER BREAST, OF 'ER NIPPLE dere. An' if it doesn't stick to dat, take yuh some tape an' an' dat'll make him come back tuh her, aftah he's worn it fo' de grease tuh come outa his head. [For some reason there is little material about wearing anything on the breast or between the breasts. Sometimes this could be included in worn over the heart.]
Entry 4608
(That little bow.)
Jes' tie about three knots in it. Jes' tie three knots in it an' wear it round yore waist. Den dey cain't go wit nobody else but chew. [Wilson, N. Car.,
(1471).2652:22.]
Entry 4609
(They tie this little bow.)
In three knots an' wear it roun' dere waist.
(What will that do?)
Dat will tie dem tuhgethah.
prompted physical bow knotting plus informant's intended interpersonal binding. Preserve the exact ordered role vector and never make the interviewer prompt informant speech. intended people-together relation, not ingredient mixing. The participants and relationship status remain unspecified; the effect is claimed, not proved. These are attributed source occurrences; outcomes remain unverified. The canonical source heading lists this entry under BOW FROM SWEATBAND OF HAT. The interviewer says little bow; the informant supplies three knots and waist wearing. Hat attribution comes from that heading, not an informant quote, and creates no general little-bow synonym.
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Entry 4610
Heard dat wimmins - de way dat dey would kinda trick mens yuh know. Jes' lak dat ah'd go tuh some gurl's house an' wuz a married man an' she wuz likin' me an' ah wouldn't take up very much time wit 'er on account mah wife. Why ah hang mah hat up an' perhaps ah may git up an' per- haps ah may git up an' go git a drink of watah, sompin, an' she'd pull de bow outa mah hat an' tie it on a string an' tie nine knots in it an' wear it roun' 'er waist, in ordah tuh make me leave 'way from mah ole lady an' come tuh 'er.