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FOOT TRACK - EGG - BROWN SUGAR
Volume 4, entries 8913. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → THEFT. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 8913
Take de white of an aig an' beat it, an' if yo' know which way dey come in yore house, providin' if yo' wasn't dere - see, if yo' knew which way dey come in, yo' take dat white of a aig an' beat it. Take yo' some brown sugah an' lay it on de stove. Burn dat sugah an' take de white of dat aig an' put it where he came in de do'way. An' he will be de second one or de first. Yo' cooks de yellah but don' eat it. An' he'll be de nex' one come back to yore house, de one dat stole it from yo'.
(What do you mean you put that white of the egg where he came in?)
Yo' takes de white of dat aig.an' if yo' kin find his track, puts it in his track an' takes it up. Yo' takes up his track an' ties it up in a cloth an' put it up ovah yore do'. Quite natural he will come back [for his track which is a part of him].
(What do you do with that yellow of the egg if you don't eat it?)
Yo' takes de yellah of dat aig an' cooks it, dries it up. Yo' cooks it hard an' let it dry lak. Yo' boil it an' grind it up in de palm of yore han' lak dat, until it come to a dust. Yo' takes de dust of dat an' mix it wit dat whut yo' have taken up from his feet, an' dat would draw him back. Wit dat alum dat would draw him back. Yo' takes de alum an' put it in it. Dat alum is a drawin' somepin. See, ALUM WILL DRAW ANYTHIN DAT CHEW PUT IT ON MOSTLY. YO' take N put it on dere an' it will draw him back. [It is a common belief in hoodoo that alum draws, draws up, but I wonder about alum being used here. Is informant confusing the albumen of egg white with alum? Is he calling egg white alum?]