Browse:SOCKS AND STOCKINGS (Volume 4, entries 6147–6152)
SOCKS AND STOCKINGS
Volume 4, entries 6147–6152. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → HAIR. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
Entry 6147
Jes' lak if yo' wanted a sweetheart woman an' yo' couldn't git to her, æll yo' buy a pair of stockin's an' git a strand of hair out of yore haid an' work it in de fold at de top of dat stockin' an' den give it to her. When she put dat stockin' on, dat make love. (You just take your hair an' sort of weave it into the top of those stockings?) Yes, dat'll make love. Jes' as long as dat hair in dat stockin', why yo' ain't got no trouble atall, whatevah.
Entry 6148
Dat's one way yo' kin make her - yo' let 'er comb 'er hair good, yo' og, 'cuz yo' know women will leave hair in de comb by de roots. An' yo' take m' put it right in de bottom of yore socks. Open de hair flat yo' know an' put it in de socks an' wear it, an' it will weave into yore socks jes' lak de factory put it in dere. An' yo' got her undah yore control dere. (Do you wear that in both shoes?) Yes sir, yo' kin wear it in de both shoes, if yo' wanta - in both of yore socks, an' it will weave into it, chew know. It'll shure weave into it, cuz ah tried it.
Entry 6149
Jes' lak if yo' got a wife an' if she leave yo' an' if yo's married an yo' do want 'er come back to yo'. If yo' could git aholt of 'er, some of 'er hair, a plait of 'er hair an' sew it up in a cloth. Tie it up in a cloth an' sew it on de inside of de sock an' wear dat sock an' nevah take dat sock off, jes' wear dat sock right dere fo' nine days, say she come back to yo' in de ninth or seventh day, but chew wear it on till de ninth day, an' say yo'll have her an' she'll nevah leave no mo'.
Entry 6150
Sure, ah heard dat yo' jes' take dat hair an' put a few little diff'- ren' articles in it an' wear it in yore pocket. Yo' git de hair an' a piece of de foot out de right foot of dere stockin', an' yo' sew dat hair an' dat piece of stockin' togethah an' yo' wear it in yore pocket an' dey have to return.
(Either sock?)
Out de right foot.
Entry 6151
Yo' kin take a man's hair, or eithah a woman's, an' yo' kin take dere hair an' a chicken feathah outa de top of 'is head.
(A feather off the top of a chicken's head?)
Yes sir, an' wear it in yore stockin's or about roun' yore waist or somewhere. Den yo' - den dat'll make dat man or woman can't do no way, yo' can't go nowhere. (Can't go with other women or other men?) Yes, sir. (You have to take that person's hair and a chicken feather from the top of a chicken's head?) An' de hair from de top of 'is head.
Entry 6152
She kin take his stockin's an' turn 'em wrongsides befo' she wash 'em, yo' see, an' den she kin git some of de hairs of 'is haid an' put dat in dose stockin's an' table salt. It's a common thing dis table salt, an' put ut [it] undah de haid of 'er baid - see, fo' nine nights. An' dat'll stop 'im.
(That is if he is running around with other women - make him stay home.)
Yes sir.