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First Bone to Float
Volume 1, entries 256. Source context: SPIRITS → BLACK CAT BONE. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 256
If yo' wants tuh make a man love yo' or yo' wants tuh keep a man - jes' lak yo' got a runabout man wants to keep yo' an' yo' wants to git somepin to make yo' [him] do whut yo' wanta do. An' jes' lak he wants tuh go off an' have a date fo' supper-feed or anything lak dat an' have a good time an' nuthin' be behin', jes' yuh carry a bone 'long wit chew. Now, yo' kin take a black cat, real black cat, an' kill him an' carry him in de woods about twelve a'clock at night where nobody but jes' yoreself. An' yo' kin boil dat cat bone - boil de cat an' whenevah yo' boil it, all kinda diff'rent insex an' devils, rattlesnakes an' all diff'rent things will come to yo' whilst its boilin'. An' de first bone dat come tuh de top out de black cat - dat's de lucky bone. Well, yo' take that lucky bone an' carry it off. Have it fixed [dressed] in dis heah powder whut chew call love powder an' tote it in yore pocket all de time. Dat'll make everything 'bout whut yo' wanta do come yore way.