Browse:THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF (Volume 4, entries 5206–8881)/Part 40
THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF
Volume 4, entries 5206–8881. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
Entry 8326
Yo' kin take dat, de pichure an' pluck out ev'ry eyes. Carry it in de woods to a tree to de sundown side an' nail it on dat tree an' fo' nine mawnin's ev'ry mawnin' go dere an' give a tap on dat nail fo' nine mawnin's. In nine mawnin's dey'll drift on away.
(You first pluck out the eyes?)
Yes.
Entry 8327
Nail it tuh de.tree - nail de face up tuh a tree. In othah words, nail it up backwards, an' dat supposed tuh run 'em crazy.
Entry 8328
Yo' kin take his pichure an' make him come back.
(How would they do that?)
Well, yo' kin go tuh a tree an' cut it on a certain side an' nail 'is pichure up in dere wit de face tuhwards it, an' dat'll make him come back.
(The face toward what?)
De tree. Cut de tree an' put 'is pichure right up dere, an' nail it up in dere - up in dat tree. (Well, you said, the face towards what?) De inside of de tree - inside. (And what side of the tree did you make that hole in?) Well, it depend on which way yo' think he's gone; de south side, de north side, eithah one [whatevah direction].
(I see, to make this man come back, when he's run away from that...)
An' dey said yo' could bury de person on dey face an' dat'll make him come back.
(I see.)
Entry 8329
Ah heard dat chew could take dat photograph an' climb up a tree an' turn it bottomside upwards an' nail it tuh a forked limb an' dat would make yo' go crazy.
Entry 8330
Well, in a gum tree. Well ah think befo' de sun rise - yes, yo' stick it [photo- graph] in de tree an' shut it up, wit dat person's name in it, but where dey cain't git it among othah trees.
(What will that do?)
Well, dat will set 'em crazy an' dey cain't git tuhgethah, yo' know.
Entry 8331
Den yo' kin take - if he's 'way from yo' an' yo' worried, mad becuz he's gone - yo' kin take his pichure or her's an' go tuh a tree, an' put it on de side dat de sun rises on. Well, yo' gits up early in de mawnin' 'bout six 'clock or six-thirty an' don' say a word tuh anyone. Well, yo' goes out dere den an' yo' hit dis heah pichure, drive a nail through dat in de heart, an' yo' hit it right on dere. Well, now yo' hit it fo' nine mawnin's an' in nine mawnin's yo'll die.
Entry 8332
Yo' kin take a per- son's photograph, a tin, on a tintype, an' yo' kin take it an' turn it downwards an' put it on de north side of a tree. An' nail it up an' shot it right by where yore heart is an' yo' will die.
(Where do you put that on the tree, up high or low or what?)
Yo'll put it up about six foot from de ground.
[The person of the photo will soon be 6 feet underground.]
[This rite should have gone under preceding margin title SHoOTING.]
Entry 8333
Dey kin take an' bo' a hole in de side of a tree an' dey kin kill yo' wit dat. Bo' a hole wit a brace an' bit chew know, 'bout dat size [demonstrates] an' take a piece of wood an' plug it up in dere. (What do you put in that hole?) Put de pichure in dere, den take a piece of wood an' drive it in an' plug it up.
Entry 8334
Well, yo' see if yo' git anybody tuh snap a person's photograph - now, ah don' keep mah pichures. If ah take a pichure, an' ah lets people look at it - ah'll keep it an' ah'll take it an' ah'll do 'way wit it, becuz yo' could take a man's pichure, jes' have somebody snap it, den go tuh a tree an' bo' a hole in it - a fast-growin' tree - roll it [snapshot] up, an' take an augah, a very small one. Yo' jes' take a li'le bit a [augerl, li'le five-eights [of an inch] an' bo' a li'le hole in a fast growin' tree. An' put it in dere an' jes' grab a li'le dirt tuh smear ovah de end of it. [Hole is filled with dirt, not wooden peg.] Dat's de last of 'em. If yo' don't git it outa dat, he'll die. Dat shows yo' cut it off, cover it
[hole] ovah.
Entry 8335
Well, yo' kin take her pichure an' carry it tuh a tree an' nail it three times, nail a hole in it three times. An' take it an' put it in runnin' watah, an' dat will make a person leave yo'. (You take this picture to a tree an' you take one nail?) Yeah, yo' nail it three times. (Against the tree?) Against de tree, an' den yo' take de pichure down an' put it in runnin' watah an' dat person will keep goin'.
(You only use one nail though? Just make three holes in it against the tree?)
Yes, against de tree, an' den yo' jes' take de pichure out an' put it in run- nin' watah. (This is the woman that went out when the root doctor came in.)
Entry 8336
Dey take yore photograph tuh a tree an' on de east side hew out a place in dat tree an' cut dat pichure small enough tuh go intuh dat place. (Sort of a crack?) No, no, must be in dere flat-lak. Yo' take a horseshoe nail an' stick as neah as yo' - yo' kin guess about where de heart is an' hit it. Yo' gotta go dere nine mawnin's an' hit dat nail wit a hammah, an' turn an' walk way from it~ Yo' gotta do dat jes' as de sun peepin'. Turn an' walk away from it an' don't look back at it. As yo' hits it call dere name. An' de ninth mawnin' when dey hit dat, dey must drive it all de way up wit dat one lick. An' in nine hours yo'll be daid if yo' don't drop daid immediately.
Entry 8337
Takes de photograph an' carry it out tuh a tree an' stick a ice pick in it, right intuh de fo'haid. An' dat person will git killed.
Entry 8338
Kin do in de tree. Co'se now yo' kin take if yo' kin git a tintype photograph, yo' know, whut takes only dese li'le tencent tintypes, see. An' dat will do anything. An' if yo' wanta ruin a person wit it, yo' kin go right tuh a young pine, a young tree, an' yo' kin jes' take yore knife an' yo' cut chew a deep hole in dat tree, see. An' yo' drive yo' a li'le tack. Yo' tack dat tintype pichure upside down on dat tree, yo' see. Den, if yo' wanta, yo' kin tack sompin ovah it, yo' see. An' dat tree be drawin' [growing] up. An' yo' kin mess a man up, yo' see. Yo' kin lock 'is bowels or yo' kin jes' keep 'im....
Entry 8339
Yo' take a tintype an' go tuh a tree, make yuh wishes whatsomevah [where] yo' want dis person tuh go, what time yo' wan' 'em tuh go. Git chew a brand-new tenpenny nail an' scrape it on de left side of a tree, clean it off, clean de bark off. An' nail dat pichure dere as neah de heart as yo' kin an' judge it as neah as yo' kin tuh drive dat nail. Den yo' only hit it once a mawnin', fer 9 mawnin's. Yo' hit it an' make yuh wish. Dat evil wish dis person an' evah mawnin' yo' go dere an' hit dat nail. De ninth mawnin' try tuh judge it so dat yo' kin drive it tuh de haid de ninth mawnin'. An' dat person will be lak a bug on de watah, jes' dead from de world [like a dead bug floating on the water].
Entry 8340
(What do they do with a person's photograph?) Well, yo' kin take one an' nail it de height of a person on de tree. Git de height an' put dis pichure on de tree an' nail de nail through de haid, an' kill de person - through de haid of de photograph. Or yo' kin shoot it an' person will die.
Entry 8341
Say yo' could take dat pichure - a woman or a man, eithah one, could take de individual's pichure an' stick it in a tree. An' put a nail right in de middle of it, an' hit dat nail fo' nine mawnin's, an' say in de ninth mawnin' yo'll drop daid.
Entry 8342
Lak if yo' don' lak nobody yo' kin take it [photograph] an' [put] it upon a tree, an' nail it an' put dat nail right in its mouth, an' nail it nine mawnin's an' dey'll die.
Entry 8343
Dey tell me yo' takes it [photograph] an' yo' stick it up on a tree, right up on a tree, an' git a nail, a tenpenny nail, an' stick it right heah in de photo an' drive it right in dere fer as yo' kin git dat haid tuh go down in dere, 'an' dat'll kill dem, he'll die.
Entry 8344
All right if yo' wants tuh kill a person, yo' gits yo' a pichure an' drive a sixtypenny nail through de haid an' through de body. Carry it to an ole cedah tree an' drive it in dat cedah tree. Ah'll guarantee yo' in twenty-fo' hours dey'll be daid. (How many nails do you drive in there, just one nail?) Two nails, one through de heart of de pichure an' one through de haid. An' ah'll guarantee yo' dey'll be daid in twenty-fo' hours.
Entry 8345
Dey say if dey git holt [hold] of de pitchure, jes' lak now ah be mad wit joo, take it an' care [carry] it tuh a tree. An' go right tuhwards de way de sun rise, an' nail it intuh de tree. An' den yo' name de day, an' say when dem days is out de person will be out.
Entry 8346
Dey kin take yore photograph an' tack it up on a tree or anywhere in de house an' jes' about - yo' kin tell jes' about where yore heart lay, an' yo' kin drive a nail dere. An' yo' start de nail wit one lick an' evah mawnin' yo' call dat person's name an' hit dat nail one lick - evah mawnin' fo' nine mawnin's. But evah time yo' hit de nail one lick, call de person's name an' sompin will happen tuh him. He'll eithah fall an' git killed, git run ovah, or gits done 'way wit.
(That kills him?)
Yes sir. [Brunswick, Ga., (just before No.1240). 2104:9.]
Entry 8347
I heard they say they kin take it [photo] an' nail it up side a tree, I think. An' they say fer nine mornin's, I think, they go there an' nail a nail, I think, in the heart of it. An' name it, call this person name. An' they say they'd die.
Entry 8348
Or yo' kin take a person pichure an' put it intuh a tree. Bo' a augah hole intuh a tree an' put it in dere, an' put a tenpenny nail in dere at de middle of it, about where de navel be in de pichure, an' drive one lick on dat nail evah day fo' nine days. An' de last day yo'll drive dat nail in de tree, dat person ceases out - it will kill dat person.
Entry 8349
Dat photograph - yo' take dat photograph an' yo' judge by de person's heart, jis' if yo' kin kill 'em. See, yo' take a pin or needle dat's nevah been used an' yo' stick it right zactly where yo' think dat dere [heart] stands at. Find a young saplin' an' yo' skin dat bark an' shove dat pichure behin' dat bark, an' stick dat pin right through it. Graj'ly [gradually] dey will pine away.
(You stick that pin through in order to hold that bark back on the sapling?)
Dat's right, right zactly where de heart is at. An' when dat sap go down an' come up, dey'll die.
Entry 8350
Whut chew kin do wit dat. Yo' take dis heah pichure whut yo' made yo know, if a fellah wants tuh do sompin real bad tuh yo', he kin take dat pichure an' go 'bout, chew might say, "cross de woods up 'ginst a long tall pine tree. An' he kin take, whut chew might say, dese eight- penny nails, an' he kin take dat pichure an' stick it 'ginst de tree an' nail dat dere. An' go dere fo' nine mawnin's, yo' might say, hit dat nail on de haid. An' it will run yo' stone crazy.
Entry 8351
Take a nail an' go tuh a pine tree an' drive dat nail in it nine times. Drive it nine times in dat pichure an' in nine days, dat person will have to come home. Ah don't care where dey is.
Entry 8352
Take yer pitchure an' carry it an' nail it up to a tree or some place, a small pitchure. Yo' put a nail about where yer heart is an' go hit dat pit- chure fo' nine mawnin's. An' yo'll soon be gone.
Entry 8353
Yo' kin take dat photograph an' put it up an' stob a tenpenny nail intuh it. Put de tenpenny nail right about de heart an' yo' go dere nine days, nine mawnin's an' drive dat; or nine evenin's jes' befo' de sun go down. An' hit it jes' one lick, an' yo' keep dat up until yo' drive it down tuh de haid.
(What will that do to you?)
It will kill yo'.
Entry 8354
Well, dey say dey take yore photograph an' take nine nails an' carry it tuh a pine tree an' yo' stab nine nails down in dat photograph. Dat would kill a person, dat will kill yo'. Dat will kill yo' if dey do dat. In nine days yo'd be daid.
Entry 8355
Well, a person kin take yore photograph an' take it an' put it up, nail it up on de tree fo' nine mawnin's. De ninth mawnin' drive dat last [nail] in, don't put 'em in all de way at once; de last mawnin' drive dat dere nail clean in. An' whosomevah dat is, he'll die.
(You only use one nail?)
Dat's right, a nail a day.
(You use nine nails?)
Yes.
Entry 8356
Ah learnt dat chew kin take dose nine nails an' dey would be rusty nails, undahstand. Ah learnt dat chew kin take an' drive 'em intuh a person's pichure, undahstand, an' dat would injure dem. In othah words dey would die, wit dose rusty nails, nine of 'em. (Where would you drive them? Into that... Where would you tack them? Against the wall or what?) No, intuh a tree.
[I stop machine too soon and must restart to add word heart.]
(All nine nails into the heart you say?)
Well, as neah as yo' kin git 'em intuh it.
Entry 8357
If she wants tuh kill yuh, she kin take it in de woods an' tack it up agin a tree an' hit it nine times, an' de tenth time she hit, it kills yuh.
(I see, your photograph.)
Entry 8358
Dey tell me yo' kin take it, de photograph, take it an' carry it tuh de no'th side of a tree, an' nail it in de no'th side of a tree. As long as dey keep it in dere, long as dey keep it in, it almos' run yo' crazy.
Entry 8359
Upside down on de no'th side of a.tree. Jis' lak if it's a woman's photograph an' yo' dislak dese people, an' as it fades yo'll fade away wit it. On de no'th side of de tree bury it bottom upwards. An' as dat pichure fades yo'll fade away wit it.
(You mean standing on their head bottom upwards?)
Bottom upwards on its haid.
Entry 8360
Yeah, yo' takes a pichure. Well, yo' take de person pichure even if yo' in love wit 'em an' even if yo' see where dey don' mean tuh stay wit choo, an' yo' Wanta git rid of 'em fo' good. Yo' takes de pichure an' yo' goes tuh whut dey call a'simmon tree, an' de firs' two [limbs forming a] no'th fo'ks yo' see, den yo' takes de pichure an' tacks it up in de no'th fo'k. De no'th fo'k. Yo' find two fo'ks [limbs] run out jes' lak dat [demonstrates]. Put de pichure right in de daid centah.
(In the center of that fork?)
Yeah, right in de centah of dat fo'k. De fo'k may be a long ways up yondah, but still yo' kin see dat pichure.
(Well, how would you put it in that fork?)
Yo' don't put it intuh dat. Yo' nails, it, drive a nail through de centah. Den yo' walk back tuh it three days. Yo' pass dat same tree three days. An' when yo' pass dere yuh mind will git on dat tree forcible. Den aftah de third day, yo' take de pichure down an' conceal it from yo' fo' good.
(Hide it any place?)
Yes, anywhere, anywhere dat chew won' come in contact wit it any mo'.
(What will that do then?)
Well, dat'll put off whatevah yo' goin' through ovah wit. Dat will send 'em away fo' good.
(They won't come back again?)
Dey won't come back.
Entry 8361
Yo' wan'a take a oak tree an' take a tintype photo - only got'a be a photo on tintype. Any yer cardbo'd wouldn't work. An' dig a hole undah dis tree an' put dis photo in dere. An' as long as de photo is in dere, it continue [to] sink. Nachure [naturally] yo'll begin tuh be sickly an' will sink along wit de photo.
Entry 8362
Ah heah dey say dey take a person's photograph an' carry it tuh de woods tuh a tree, an' stick a knife in de side an' stick nine pins in dere, an' dat'll kill yo'...
[Recording stopped too soon for following north side.]
(It must be on the north side of the tree?)
Yes.
Entry 8363
Take yore photograph picture, tintype. Yo' go out in de woods tuh a pine tree an' take yo' nails, see an' put dat pichure up in de tree wit de hammah an' nails. An' yo' nail dat pitchure tuh a tree, yo' see. An' evah time, evah place where dat nail go therough [through] dat pitchure, dat person will have a pain in dat spot, yo' see. Yo' kin kill 'em wit dat.
Entry 8364
Dey tell me dat yo' kin take a person's photograph an' carry it jes' 300 yards away from dere house, git right at de root of a tree, an' dig a fresh hole an' turn it face down, an' covah it up. Dey will follah shortly tuh de grave. Tuh save yo'self would be dat if yo' know 'em or had de idea of de people who dey had went tuh, tuh beat it dere [rush] as quick as yo' could an' have it turned roun' [turn spell back on spell caster]. Doesn't remembah whut dey say yo' could do wit it aftah yo' take it up.
Entry 8365
Dey say dat if dey take yore pichure an' put it up on a tree where no one kin see yo', dat it will run yo' crazy.
(How do you put it up in the tree?)
Nail it up wit a tack. (What else did you say they do with the picture?) Or eithah take it an' put it in run- nin' watah. Or eithah take some of yore watah an' po' it in some runnin' watah, an' run yo' crazy.
(They put your photograph in running Water and that will run you crazy.)
Entry 8366
Yo' kin take a photograph an' yo' kin put it in a pine tree wit a twen- ty-penny nail an' - an' a hammer. See, yo' go dere an' yo' hit dat twenty-penny nail fo' nine mawnin's, an' each time yo' hit dat twenty- penny nail, yo' kin look back ovah yore left shoulder, so dey says, an' de ninth mawnin' yo' hit dat twenty-penny nail, drive it all de way in. Dat person will die.
(Why do you look back over that shoulder, do you know?)
No suh, ah don'. [You will probably see the devil or the spirit of the person being killed. Or this lays the ghost of the dying person.]
Entry 8367
Dey tell me yo' could take it in de woods an' put it on de sunrise side of a tree an' tack it dere, an' dey'll die.
(This photograph?)
Yes.
Entry 8369
Dey say dat dey could take yore pichure an' put it in a tree on de sunrise side, an' nail it fo' nine mawnin's, an' dey say yo'll drizzle away.
(That will kill you?)
Yes.
Entry 8370
Dey take dat [photo] out in de woods an' put it on de east side of de tree. Den take a nail an' stick it right dere [through the heart (see later)] an' go dere nine mawnin's jis befo' sunrise an' hit it. De firs' time yo' put it up dere jis' hit lak dat [demonstrates i hit]. Let it be right through yuh heart. An' yo' go dere nine mawnin's [hitting it once each morning]. An dey tell me on de tenth mawnin' dat yo'll be a corpse.
Entry 8371
Den anothah thing ah wanta tell yo' 'bout de pichure. Ah got sompin else tuh tell yo' 'bout a pichure - dat pichure ag'in. Yo' take a man's pichure or a woman's pichure or whutsomevah pichure or whosomevah pichure i'tis [it is]. If yo're [you arel mad wit dat person, an' yo' intend doin' sompin tuh 'em on de sly, an' don' let dem know it. Yo' jis' go an' take dat pichure an' as de sun is risin' in de mawnin', an' yo' put it on de side de sundown on. An' yo' take a tenpenny nail, a new nail, an' stick it right about de heart, an' yo' hit dat nail nine times at dat time. An' go back dere evah mawnin' fo' nine mawnin's an' hit it nine time each mawnin'. An' de las' lick yo' give it de ninth mawnin', dat person will fall dead.
(Where do you nail this picture?)
Nail it on a tree on de sundown side. Yo' goes when de sun rise. An' yo' see, evah mawnin' when yo' goes dere, yo' goes when de sun's jis' risin'. Hit it nine times.
Entry 8372
Den, if it was a tintype pichure, yo' kin take dat an' carry it out an' cuz a person tuh fade away. Dat kin cuz death, kill a person. Yo'll take dat an' tack on a tree. Put tacks all through de body an' dat cuz de person tuh have actual pains. Yo' see some people doctorin' an' nobody kin cure 'em? Well dat's why a lotta people ain't havin' pichure made tuhday.
Entry 8373
[They say it was that piece, an' then he had all them things in it going off. They say they take that [photo] an' carry it in de country jis' like you do the hair, an' turn it upside down [on a tree] an' drive a nail in it ev'ry mawnin' fo' nine mawnin's. An' make a oath, drive this nail into it till they git tuh the end of that. (How many times do they drive this nail in it then?) They hits it three licks ev'ry mawnin', an' de last mawnin' they hits it nine licks.
(And then they die.)
Entry 8374
Yo' take de pichure an' turn de pichure upside down an' yo' bury it undahneat' de tree, not in de bark lak ah wuz tellin' yo' 'bout de hair. Yo' put it undahneat' de tree bottom upwards. Turn de face down an' de back part up jis' lak dat [demonstrates], dis de face, turn it upside down. In nine days dey cain't make it. Dey dies.
(You put that down under any kind of a tree?)
No, a fig tree.
Entry 8376
Git chure photo- graph an' nail it - carry it in de branch [stream of water] or in de swamp an' git small nails an' nail it tuh a tree an' it'll kill de person.
[This tree must have its roots in water.]
Entry 8377
Take de photograph an' git it an' take a pencil an' puts dat on de photograph. An' take it tuh a big oak tree down 'side of a stream. An' take it an' cut a place in it - take a axe an' split a place in dere, So yo' kin jes' stick de photo in dere lak dat. An' take some ole dirt or somepin othah an' jes' put it in dere, in de place, so de pichure cain't be taken out - so de photograph cain't be taken out. An' dey tell me dat will run 'em crazy. Ah've nevah experienced dat.
Entry 8378
Jes' lak a woman or anythin' got yore pichure. DAT'S WHY DERE SO MANY PEOPLE TUHDAY DEY'S ALWAYS 'STURB [DISTURBED], DEY AIN'T GOT NO STEADY MIND. DEY LEAVE DERE PICHURES TOO MANY PLAC[ES]. A woman kin take yore pichure an' yo' be a hunderd miles away, an' she'll take it an' go in a swamp where dere's runnin' watah, dere's a branch across it, where dere's a tree right in de middle of de place, an' a tree outside, an' de watah don' be but twelve feet each way - three trees. An' she kin take dat tenpenny nail, or any 'mount nail, jes' so dat she hit de heart of dat tree [picture] an' nail yore pichure [face] tuh- ward it. Wherevah she nail yore pichure at, see yo'll hit a bump evahtime she's drivin' a nail intuh dat pichure.
(What does she do that for?)
If she's mad wit yuh, wanta kill yuh, she could do dat. (Now what about these trees down at the branch? They have to be near each other?) See, de way it is dey cain't be ovah twelve foot apart - twelve foot. It don't make no diff'rence if it ain't no big branch, but de watah gotta be six- teen inch, an' if de fellah is a hunderd mile off, dat'll count sixty percent of one hunderd.
(What do you do? You only put that picture on one tree?)
Jes' one tree.
(And where is that one tree?)
Well, de one set nex' tuh de watah, closah tuh de watah, put it dere, but turn it facin' de watah, see. An' whenevah yo' drive a nail, yo'll heah sompin pop.
(This tree has to be near the water?)
Yes, neah de watah, an' have de pichure facin' de watah.
(And this tree has to be twelve feet from the water?)
No, dey has to be three trees, but dey has tuh be twelve foot apart.
(And you only put it on one of those trees, though?)
One dose trees an' de one closah tuh de watah. (You must find three trees near a branch, and the trees must be twelve feet apart, but the tree that's nearest to the branch, you put the picture on?) Dat's right, an' turn it neah tuh de watah.
Entry 8379
Dey say dey take it [photo] an' put it [against] a tree towards [facing] de sun- down, an' stick a nail through de heart of it. An' ven [when] de sun go down, yo' see, dat make dat pitchure fades away [so the person of the picture will fade away].
Entry 8380
Den yo' kin take dat photograph an' yo' take it tuh a green saplin', anywhere where yo' knows yo' won't come in contact wit anybody. Tack it right up in de tree an' yo' cali de person by name an' turn yuh face tuhwards de sundown, tuh- Wards de direction yo' want 'em tuh come down. An' put dat pichure [let it face] in dat direction. An' in de time it take tuh put de pi- chure dere, don't keer where yo' are, yo' kin be in New York, Canada, any place, so long as dat chure photograph an' yuh name is called. When dat happen it's all ovah. Ah know dat tuh be true. (Well, now why did you put that nail in half way in that first tree? Why did you put the nail in lightly?) Well, if yo' drives de nail in, yo' know, dat tend tuh complete a job. Dat will break de job, cuz yo've got tuh hit de nail if yo' want tuh complete de job. Yo've got tuh hit de nail so many licks, nine times, de las' lick is a hard one an' it's all ovah. (Then the job's completed. I see.)
Entry 8381
Take a ord'nary pichure an' go tuh a white pine, go on de right side of de white pine. (The right side as you are walking to it?) Dere yo' are, as yo' walkin' tuh it. Git chew a tenpenny nail an' drive it as neah tuh de heart as possible. An' den go dere fo' nine days, drivin' dis nail an' on de ninth day, drive it up. An' den dat would kill 'im.
Entry 8382
Well, ah heard people say if yo' put one's pichure on a tree an' - yo' know, yo' bo' a hole in de tree an' put it up in dere. An' if yo' drive a tenpenny nail, yo' go dere an' yo' knock dat nai Lfo'[ nine mawnin's, jes' one time each mawnin', an' make yore wish whut chew wanta happen, an' it will.
(Anything you want done?)
Yes.
Entry 8383
Take yore pichures. Now ef yo' got a tintype pichure - can't do a thing wit a pastebo'd pichure - but if yo' got a tintype pichure, take dat pi- chure an' go tuh a trunk an' place dat pichure down. Turn it upside down in dat trunk. Put de clothes on de bottom of dat trunk. An' if a man really love a woman dat she could do enything in de world wit 'im, she kin turn 'im enyway dat she Wanta. But she kin have any perfection of 'im - wouldn't hurt nuthin but would draw out love an' all 'is attention an' care fer dis woman.
Entry 8384
Dey kin take yore photograph, if de man an' wife broked up, sompin lak dat. Well, if de man got de photograph or de woman, she kin take de photograph an' carry it home, an' put it in de trunk an' turn de face down, an' dat boy will pine away or whosomevah it is till he daid.
(It will kill him?)
Dat's right, shu' will.
Entry 8385
Somebody takes dat photograph an' lay it down on de face in a trunk an' put some things on it, clothes lak dat, an' dey shore come back. (If they want me to come back, they take my photograph and put it in the trunk face down, and put some clothing on it. Whose clothing?) Some of dere clothes.
(Not my clothes but some of the woman's clothing. Then I will come back.)
Entry 8386
(What can they do to me with my photograph?)
If it's on a tintype, dey bury it. It'll kill yo'. But if it's on a paste- bo'd, dey jes'bury it, dat'll bring yo', dat'll keep yo' dah. But if it's on tintype, it will kill yo'. (How do they bury that tintype?) De tintype's buried in turpentine. (Just how do they bury that?) Jes' take it an' dig a hole fer a foot an' a half an' yo' turpentine it good. Put de turpentine at de bottom where yo' lay it, an' yo' put dat - jes' put it right down in dere lak dat an' pack de dirt on.
(You turn the face up?)
Turn de face down. Yes, de face is turned down. Well, dat divides dem.
Entry 8387
De one dat's left, dey take dey photograph an' turn de haid down lak dat an' de feet up, an' dat would make 'em come home an' dey couldn't leave again.
Entry 8388
Yo' kin take his pichure an' turn it upside down an' dat'll make dem love yuh. Wilmington, N. Car., (243), 166:1+85.]
Entry 8389
Take yuh photograph an' turn it upside down an' let it stay dere nine days, an' dem nine days yo'll soon be gone.
Entry 8390
Now, dis photograph, if yo' wanta kill a woman or kill a man, yo' take de pichure an' bury it in de ground. Turn de face tuh de ground an' yo' po' pee all ovah it, an' den yo' covah it up. An' dis pichure, aftah yo' do dis pichure lak dis, dis person will die. Or yo' kin live undah six months, den dey'll die.
Entry 8391
Kin take de photograph an' dose pictures, take de haid yo' know. Take de pichures or sompin lak dat an' take his haid. She take an' wipe [that photo] yo' know wit a little pee yo' undahstan', see. Well, dat pichure standin' ovah heah. Yo' know, a girl, she Will do most anythin', so dat boy cain't quit 'er an' go no place yo' undahstand.
(She just puts her pee on his photograph?)
Dat's it.
(And she keeps it some place?)
Dat's right.
Entry 8392
If yo's went away, take yore pichure an' put it in watah dat chew make yoreself, an' turn dat pichure down when yo' put it in dere. An' dis pichure will come tuh de top, an' whenevah dis pichure come tuh de top, dis person will come home. (You just put this picture in there face down in this chamber lye, and that will bring the person back.)
Entry 8393
Yo' kin take de photograph if yo' want tuh. Take dere photograph an' git chew some of yore chamber lye, an' yo' kin jes' keep dis face turned down tuhwards de - in de chamber lye, an' he'll be right dere. An' long as dat pi- chure stay dere, he'll be right dere. (You don't put the picture in the chamber lye?) No suh, jes' put it on top of it. See, jes' lak yo' got a li'le jar or sompin lak dat wit chure chamber lye, yo' undahstand. An' yo' put it [photo] right ovah dat [jar]. If he starts, yo' kin call 'im back by jes' goin' on back tuh dis chamber lye an' say, "Come on back heah tuh me. Where yo' goin'?" An' he'll make lak he leave sompin tuh de house or sompin of de kind, yo' undahstand [and come on back for it]. Well, he gotta come back dere.
Entry 8394
Yo' take yore photograph, yo' undahstand, a tintype an' jes' turn it down an' bury it, yo' undahstand, an' use yore - fo' nine mawnin's, 'cordin' tuh whut dey wants tuh do wit chew. (Use your what?) Yore, yo' know, yore urinate. Po' dat nine mawnin'. Yo' see, yo' bury dat photograph, dat tintype, an' fo' nine mawnin's yo' kin jes' put dat - yo' urinate on dat tintype fo' nine mawnin's.
(All right, then what does it do?)
Yo'll do anything ah wish yo' tuh do den, if det [that] were me.
Entry 8395
De onliest thing, yo' kin go tuh de fork of de road tuh do. Yo' kin take yuh husband's pichure an' go tuh de fork of de road an' bury it. Go dere fo' nine mawnin's an' make watah on it. An' if yo' want 'im tuh die, or if yo' want 'im tuh leave yuh, yo' kin run 'im out of de house dataway.
Entry 8396
Yo' kin take a photograph of me, yo', anybody, an' yo' kin draw dat photograph dere an' yo' will natchly [naturally] run a person wild. (What would you do with that photograph?) Well, ah tell yo' whut chew do wit it. De way ah undahstand, yo' kin take dat photograph an' yo' kin turn it down fo' nine days, see, an' put it through a solution.
(What kind of a solution?)
Well, a chamber lye solution, an' yo' kin run a person wild - not wild, whut ah mean, but yo' kin have 'em all upset.
(About what?)
Oh, well, about anything. (Now wait a minute, when you do my photograph, do you run me crazy or do you make me crazy about someone. I mean be definite about it.) Dat would make me crazy about de particular one dat worked it.
Entry 8397
Dey takes yore photograph, if dey wants tuh kill yuh or if dey wanta control yo'. Dey will take dat photograph an' dey will keep dat photograph in a place, where it's in dey shoe, an' dey weah it, if dey wants chew undah dere feet. But if dey Wants tuh kill yuh, dey will take dat photograph an' bury it on its face, an' leave it dere, an' take dere urinate an' wet on it, yo' undahstand. Wet on dat photograph fo' nine mawnin's an' dat's de end of dat. An' dey say as dat decay, when dat has fully decayed, why yo'll die.
Entry 8398
Nex' thin', yo' kin take a photograph an' use it. Lak some people use a jar lak dey make watah in, yo' know. Dey'll take dat photograph an' dip right down in dat watah nine times evah night fer three nights. Dat pusson come tuh yuh an' tell yo' evah- thin' dat on yuh mind.
Entry 8399
As fer as ah know 'bout usin' de photograph, now yo' kin take a per- son's photograph an' yo's in love wit a woman an' she quits yo', yo' take her photograph an' turn it bottomside upwards an' bury it an' dat'll kill 'em.
(How do you mean, turn it bottomside upwards?)
Bury it face down an' bury it in vinegah, an' dat'll make dem perish away.
Entry 8400
Put it in vinegah an' soak it an' stop it up tight, tight so no air can't git it, an' dat will - see, dat will pine 'em away, pine 'em away quick.
(I see, this photograph, put in the vinegar.)
Entry 8401
I've heard that you can take a person's photograph an' soak it in warm water and vinegar for sev- eral hours, so much so that the paint leaves the photograph. And take it out- doors and put it in some old outhouse, and turn the face to the wall, and leave it there for twenty-eight hours. Then bring it back and put it where it was at first, and bad luck will happen to this person.
Entry 8402
Well, dey kin run yuh crazy, or kill yuh, or make yuh git down sick, eithah.
(How do they do that?)
Dey take dat photograph an' git chew a saucah an' fill it about half full of vinegah, an' turn dat photograph down on de face in dat vinegah, an' take yo' a drinkin' glass an' set ovah it, an' let it set dere. An' when de vinegah eat all dat, yuh future [features] out of dat photograph, why yo' go crazy. Dey keep dat glass ovah it tuh keep de air from hittin' it. Yo' see, yo' can't let de air git in dere.
Entry 8403
Dey take a photograph an' place it in vinegah, turn de photograph down. See, yo' know what ah mean, turn de face down an' place it in vinegah. An' den let it stay in vinegah fo' - ah think it's nine mawnin's. An' den yo' take it, aftah yo' let it stay in dat vin- egah - see, it fades, yo' know. Den yo' take a hen aig an' push a li'le tiny hole in de hen egg an' let it drip right on dat pichure.
(What will that do?)
What dat will 'fect - it's almost similah tuh yore hair [in a previous rite by informant], but it jis' won't run yuh as bad. It will cuz yuh tuh have a Wondah- in' [wandering] mind, yo' know, become dissatisfied.
Entry 8404
Take a pichure an' yo' kin turn it up- side down, de photograph, an' yo' kin turn it upside down on de wall, so dey says, an' yo' run de person crazy wit de haid down.
Entry 8405
Well, ah've heard of 'em takin' yore photograph an' turnin' tuh de wall fo' three an' foah days, an' go tuh Six an' Seven Books of Moses an' read a cer- tain passage of dat.
(What passage?)
But now....