Subject:Blood/Fresh
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Entry 10934
Catfish blood is supposed to be lucky fo' a gamblin' hand. Well, dey take de catfish an' cut him, an' de blood comes out, see, bleeds out. Den yo' take dat blood an' yo' wrap it up into a rag an' yo' bury it an' let it stay buried fo' eight days, so ah learnt, an' den take it up out of there an' put it in yore pocket an' dat supposed tuh be lucky [probably if you gamble on the 9th day].
Entry 3040
(What about St. Peter?)
He'll do evil for anything you want done. He'll do it for you.
(St. Peter will?)
Yeah, St. Peter will do that. Well how, for example? Well now, if I wanted St. Peter to do something for me, I would take a pin and I will scratch my finger, or either my own self, and let it bleed, bleed, bleed, and I'll take a pen and write. And I'll write a letter with my own blood and I'll take it to the crossroads and I'll leave it there, and I'll get him fin'lly to do anything I ask him to do. He'll do it and then after that I kin do anything, too. See.
(You write a letter in your own blood and go to the crossroads and leave it.)
Yes, I'll leave it right there, I'll leave it.
(Then what? Then, what about it?)
He'll find it. St. Peter, he'll find that.
(Then what will he do?)
Anything that I ask for I'll get - see, don't care what it is.
[While my machine was turned off, informant began a candle rite.]
(Burn a candle to him and ask for that from St. Peter?)
Yes, after you - take a frog, get aholt of 'im - ev'ry mornin' take a broom and whup 'im, call 'im all kind of name an' whup 'im out the world till he [St. Peter? come up?] an' he'll [St. Peter will] answer you an' ask whut you want 'im to do. [Here, a well-known rite of whipping a frog is confusing - I return to the letter.] (Now, wait a minute - about this crossroad business. What would you say in that letter you would write?) Well, you would say, "Well, St. Peter, I want this woman do such and so. I want you to give me this and I want this done, and harm this certain fellow and move that man out of my way, ' or something like that. "I want you to do it." (And after you write this letter, do you have to go before St. Peter's picture to do anything?) No, you have to have him on your wall - have him on your wall to do that [letter at crossroad]. Keep him on your wall. Just keep him on your wall or highboy or bureau, or over in front of your door.
(Do you have to talk to St. Peter or anything before you write that letter?)
' Well, if you talk to him once, he tell you what to do. Then, get your blood and write him [a] letter with your blood. Put it up on the wall of - up over the door and he'll answer. He'll do anything you say. (I see. Well now, how do you work this up on the wall - in putting this picture on the wall what do you do to it?) Well, you get you a broom and just wham him out, just call him all kinds of names. "I asked you to do something and you didn't do it." Just whup him with that broom and he'll do it.
Entry 1298
Ah've heard of a person writin' a lettah wit blood tuh do yo' some harm...we jes' say fo' instance if yo' were 'fraid of me or somepin lak dat. Dey claim dat if yo' kin git de blood from a goat - yo' kill a goat an' yo' ketch de blood whilst it's runnin', yo' know, hot. yo' see, Yo' take de blood whilst it's runnin' hot an' then yo' would use dat blood to conquer dis person, don't chew see. Yo' take a turkey's quill an' yo' dip it into dis hot blood from a goat...why yo' kill a goat an' yo' ketch dat blood, yo' know, whilst de goat is dying, an' yo' [dip the] quill in dis blood an' yo' write wit dat blood yo' see. It'll conquer yo'.
(What will that do then?)
Dey claim dat dat will conquer anybody that have any evil spirit against chew. Yo' know, yo' afraid of em - jes' lak a woman is afraid of a man, her husband. She left him an' yo' know is afraid of him - afraid he'll do her some bodily harm. They claim dat dis goat blood will vanish away all dat.