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KNOTS 18
Volume 3, entries 4616. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → SWEAT → HAT - SWEATBAND - BOW → BOW FROM SWEATBAND OF HAT. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 4616
Say dey could take dat bow outa yore hat an' said a woman could take a thread string an' tie it [bow] in de middle of it an' den tie knots on each side [of bow] an' wear it aroun' 'er wais', an' den he be crazy den about 'er.
(You tie knots on each side of the bow after that?)
Each side of de bow, yes.
(That's 18 knots altogether?)
Yes. [My statement about 18 knots does not come out of thin air. It indicates either informant is repeating the description of a rite, leaving out details as usual; or else I forgot to turn on recording machine in time to obtain opening details. My 18 knots means 9 knots on each side of the bow tied in the center of the string, making 19 knots, or counting the knot tied about the waist, 20 knots.]