Subject:Bloomers
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Entry 3197
Or you kin take a woman's undahclothes, yo' know whut yo' sit down on, an' yo' cut a plug outa each one, her dress, her princess, her bloomahs an' yo' cut it jes' in a four-cornahed piece, an' yo' fold it up. An' now, jes' as long as dat man weah dat piece in 'is watch pocket, she's got no nature fo' no- body else but 'im.
(I see. A piece out of each of her [3] things?)
Yes, each one of 'er [3] pieces.
(Where she sits?)
Yes, sir.
Entry 3258
[This margin title SEXUAL is placed here merely to call attention to the fact that, because of comparative scarcity, I have had to scatter a number of sexual endurance rites among those of SEXUAL IMPOTENCE.] For to have endurance with a woman during sexual intercourse: If she will hang a pair of her bloomers or teddies, either one, over the head of the bed - over your head, too - your endurance will last indefinitely. [Fredricksburg, Va., by Ediphone, meaning I repeated informant's words into speaking tube.]
Entry 4599
Yuh take de bow out of a man's hat. Yuh take dat little bow out an' de seats of de woman's bloomahs. Dere's two partition in it. Jes' rip one dem li'le partition an' put it 'tween dere an' sew it back up, an' wear dat bow right down In dere right in dat drawahs. Wear 'em. An' den put Hearts Cologne on it, jes' sprinkle it right down in dere.
(What will that do?)
Well, dat Will MAKE HIM JES' FOOLIS' 'BOUT DEM UNTIL DEY GIT READY TUH GIT RID OF "IM.
(They wear that in the bloomers in the front or in the back?)
Right in de seat where de partition, right 'tween dere.
Entry 4676
Well, yuh take dis little bow dat's right in de back of man's hat. Dat's de little bow right dere [demonstrates]. Yuh take dat an' take it an' put it in a bottle of sweet spirits of nitah, an' take an' shake it up good. An' den take it, an' yuh know dese women dey got a pocket or somepin in some of dere bloomahs, yuh know. Take it an' put it in dat pocket an' sew dat pocket up an' weah in dere. An' dey say dey nevah will go wit anothah woman.
Entry 4831
Well, de reason ah know dat, mah wife lef' me one time, at Lunavista [see later] Ga., an' she came down South [to Florida] wit a man. An' a fellah tole me, says - a ole man come along an' he says, "Look lak yuh's a bachelah." [He] stopped dere [at my place] an' got some watah, yuh know, [and] says, "Look lak yuh a bachelah." Ah says, "Well, ah is now, but ah had a wife. She run off wit anothah man a few days ago." He says, "Well, ah'll tell yuh how tuh make her come back." Ah says, "Well, ah'd lak tuh know it." Say, "Ah'd give yuh five or ten dollahs tuh know how tuh bring 'er back." He sayed, "Well, yuh go tuh work - did she lef' any of 'er undahpiece anywheres atall?" Ah tole 'im, "Yes." Ah says, "Got some bloomahs an' some princess an' one thin' anothah heah." He says, "Well, her bloomahs de main thin'." He says, "Yuh go tuh work an git chew holt of some alcohol an' wet [feed] it, dat bloomah, '' he says, "an' put it on nex' tuh yore skin an' wear it one day, " he said, "an' pull it off an' put it to de haid of yore baid, tuh yore haid where yuh sleep yoreself. She'll be back home in 48 hours." An' ah be doggone if she didn't come back. Dat experience wit me. Now ah tried dat mahself.
(Where did this happen in Georgia?)
At Lunavista[?] Ga., 42 miles from Savannah. [I tried Buenavista without success. Unless the village post office of Buena- vista has disappeared, I would say that informant means Ludowici (loo-do-wis-i), county seat of Long County, about 42 miles south of Savannah. If we remember that many lowlanders pronounce the letter "w" as 'v and the final "i" as "a"' (as with Cincinnati), we have something like ludavisa with possibilities. The great- est possibiZity in my experience happened in 1924, when our household cook[white] in Oxford, England, came in to tell my wife the phonogram had not been delivered. Tactfully my wife said, "Show me, " and started for the kitchen. She was shown the familiar earthenwear crock bearing the label pate de foie gras.]
(Well, now how did you wear those bloomers?)
Jis' put it on jis' lak she put it on; yo' know, right nex' tuh yore skin. Yes sir, jis' lak yo' put on yore pair of slips - shorts.
(Oh, you put them on just like she wore them?)
Yes sir, one day. Den wet it in alcohol an' roll it up an' put it underneat' yore haid of de baid an' yo' jis' [where you] sleep. She come back in 48 hours - right back home.
(That did the work?)
Yes sir. [A similar story to this one, though not an example of transvestism, will be found in FACI (1st ed., 9416, p.506, 2nd ed., where?).] Here the deserted man does not wear the bloomers of his departed wife. Instead, he washes them out, writes a wish for her return, folds the wish up and puts it in the bloomers, and hangs them up to dry.]
Entry 7061
Ah heah dat a woman kin take a broom an' lay a broom at de foot of de baid, an' put 'er bloomahs above yore haid an' do anythin' she wanta - yo' won' notice it - an' go on out. Heard of 'em fixin' dat. (At night?) Yes sir, at night.
Entry 7079
If he's runnin' out, tuh take her bloomahs an' dip it in a pan of watah, an' wring it out an' wave it ovah him three times. (Over his head?) Yeah, ovah 'is face an' hang it on de head of de bed. Take a sheet an' spread ovah de bed, most anythin', an' hang de bloomah fur 'nuff ovah 'is head so he can't pull 'em off.
(Is he in the bed all the time she is doing that?)
Yes, he's jis' lyin' dere 'sleep. He jis' didn't wanta git up yo' know. It make him he wouldn't wanta git up.
(That will make him stay asleep?)
Yeah, make him stay asleep. She kin go off where she please an' come back.
Entry 7185
Yo' kin take yore drawahs, yore bloomahs, an' hang 'em ovah de head of de bed, an' yo' take a pint of watah an' yo set de pint of watah down tuh de foot of de bed. Den yo' kin go on out an' go anywhere yo' Wanta, an' come back in an he's still asleep, 'cuz ah've tried it.
Entry 8731
[Three is a numeral we have already met in this section about nomes. Here I have gathered together a few examples temporarily overlooked or not easily placed elsewhere. The rite preceding this one, THIMBLEFULS 3, could have been included here, but I preferred to index it under thimble:] If she want 'er husban' tuh stay home, she goes tuh work an' get her a strip of papah, a little strip of papah. She puts her name at de top an' she puts her husband name right underneat' of hers." She gits her a thin piece of cloth, yo' know, lak in de linin', lak in de linin' of a coat. Stick it right in dere. An' she'll sew it down into de seat of her bloomers. Den she'll git de same thing, her name at de top an' his'n to de bottom, an' she'll wear it in her shoe fo' three days. An' if he don't leave off runnin', ah don't know what [she could do].
(She makes both those and puts one in her bloomers and one in her shoe?)
Yes.
Entry 10230
(To get your wife back?)
Yes sir.
(How do you do that?)
You just go out there to them front steps and you kin take a piece of her toe of her stocking or the heel, and she [not] going to pass over that. She - all you gotta do is to git it down in de ground under them steps, de toe of her stocking or de heel, or a piece out of her bloomers, out of de seat of them. Put it down in there under them steps and bury it, and if a man comes there, he won't come up them steps. He come there and - and call her and they'll stand there and talk. And if she want anything at de store, she send him. She ain't going to go out of there.
Entry 10757
A woman kin take a pair [of her] bloomers an' put it over the had [of] yo' bad unknowin'st tuh yo' an' make yo' do anything she wanted tuh make yo' do. An' yo' inhale dat thing, yo' can't help from comin' back home.
Entry 3962
Yo' could get a piece of a woman's bloomahs - yo' know, de seat of 'er bloomahs, an' 'er menstr'ation cloth, piece of dat. An' put dat togethah an' take it an' shut it up in a [pasteboard] box, or eithah a little small wooden box. Somepin lak, yo' know, one of dese little ole small wooden boxes made about dat round [size], yo' see, an' shut it up in dere. An' dey tell me, yo' kin take dat an' turn it bottom up- wards, an' bury it right undahneat' of a person's steps, an' it will stop dem from menstr'ation. [Box is a symbol for a coffin.]
Entry 4563
Yuh make a person love yuh. A girl tole me dey take it outa dere an' sew it in 'er bloomah laig, an' dat will make him love yuh den.
(This little bow in the back of the hat?)
Yessuh.
Entry 4565
An' ah believe yuh take dat bow. Take dat bow an' wear it in yore bloomah laigs.
(What will that do?)
Dat will keep de man followin'yuh.
Entry 4715
A guy cut a piece out of a woman's bloomahs, out de seat of it, an wear it on de left side [in armpit, see later] right down in his coat; an' wear it, an' nobody else couldn't be wit 'er but 'im. (You said before [while recording machine turned off] that he wore it under his left arm, didn't you?) Yessuh, den he wore it undah 'is lef' arm. An' nobody could be wit 'er but 'im.
Entry 5164
Lak de shoes yuh weah fo' evah day, yuh know, if a man or woman wants tuh trick yo' in any way, why he'd take dat an' put dat inside of dere, dat linin'[insole]. An' den cut off a piece lak de lady been weahin' or sompin othah nex' tuh 'er, an' cut out a piece de same width dat shoe an' put it in dere. Put it in dere an' put dat [inner] sole back on dere. She put dat shoe on den an' she couldn't weah dat shoe nine mawnin's 'thout [without] suffahin'. Well, if yuh were used tuh goin' some place, why yuh couldn't go no mo', stay or nuthin. (You take this inside lining and turn it back, and then you get a piece from a woman, you say of a woman's clothing. What piece do you get?) Nex' tuh 'er - yuh know, bloomahs or anythin'.
(That is to keep her away from that place.)
Entry 7072
Take a pair of 'er bloomahs, don' let 'em be washed, an'.when 'er husban' lay down, if she kin ease dat ovah 'is face, she kin go off an' he be dere when she come back.
Entry 7075
If a woman wants tuh go out - go off an' put a man tuh sleep when he lays down - she'll take her bloomahs off an' spread 'em ovah 'is face. Den she'll git out an' go on a car an' stay all night long. He'll lay right dere an' sleep.
Entry 7087
If a woman wants tuh stay out all night an' 'er husban' is in de baid, befo' she leave she take her bloomahs an' put it ovah 'is haid. An' if she gon'a stay where she Wanta stay, stay all night, he'll nevah wake up 'till she come back.
Entry 7094
Take yore bloomahs, yore dirty bloomahs, if yo' wanta keep 'im asleep, an' lay dem Ovah 'is haid. YO' DON' HAVE TUH JIS' LAY IT OVAH 'IS FACE. JIS' LAK YO' GOT A TABLE OR SOMPIN DERE, JIS' LAY IT OVAH DE HAID OF DE BAID WHERE HE SLEEPIN' AT, OVAH IS HAID.
Entry 7098
A woman if she wan' 'er husban' tuh not wake up while she's gone, jis' befo' she git ready tuh go, she hang aroun' an' dress an' all lak dat, an' she keep on 'er bloomahs whut she has on all day. She take 'em an' lay 'em, de seat of 'em, right cross 'is nostrils. An' SHE KIN GO OUT AN' STAY LONG AS SHE WANT, OR SHE KIN TAKE A MAN RIGHT IN DE BAID SIDE OF 'IM AN' HE WON'T KNOW ANYTHIN' ABOUT IT. Ah heard dat.
Entry 7107
Take her bloomahs an' lay it tuh yore haid, right down dere on yore pillah, an' yo'll sleep lessen she come back [and take it away].
Entry 10758
If a woman wanta go out at night an' her husban' don't want her tuh go, she kin wait till her husband go tuh sleep. An' she kin take her bloomers dat she weahs an' put it right ovah his face, an' he'll sleep dere. Fo' a fac' ah know dat.
Entry 13237
Wimmin use dat to trick men with.
(With sugar? How do they do that?)
Jes' place a piece of papah on de floor and dey go to de store an' buy a pound of sugar. They'll take that and they'll pull off de bloomer, you lmog, an' jes' rub that sugar in de middle of it, an' put it right back in de [sugar] dish on de table, an' anybody eat dat will love 'em an' become dey friend. But perhaps dere be around a crowd of people and de one man yo' wanta ketch, dey might be fulla superstitions [be suspicious]. Well, you fix dat, anywhere yo' got dat, fer dat same man an' yo' choose de one yo' want. He sweeten with dat sugar, yo' know.
Entry 2289
If you wanta have luck in gamblin', if yo' married or got a wife or got a girl fren', jes' git a piece off her bloomers an' a piece of her hair an' a hairpin, an' put Heart Cologne wit dat an' a piece of garlic, an' sew dat into a cloth together with a dime an' keep it in yore pocketbook or in yore pocket. Yo always have luck in gamblin'.
Entry 2330
Well, yo' kin take a sewin' needles an' yo' kin take a pair of slips - git hold of a pair of slips, dat is bloomers. An' yo' kin go tuh work den an' yo' kin snatch three stitches right into de seat of de person's slips. Buy a pair of new slips, Jes' lak if yo' wanta make a person a present of 'em, an' yo' kin drop three small stitches like into de seat an' dat'll lock dey bowels.
(Then you give them that new pair of slips.)
Yeah, jes' as a present yo' know.
Entry 3611
Ah heard dat if yo' didn't want chure woman to leave fo' nobody else, dat chew take an' take a string outa her petticoat or 'er bloomahs or somepin lak dat an' git it wet wit some of 'er monthly stuff, an' take an' tie it in nine knots an' wear it roun' yore waist, dat no othah man can't mess wit 'er. Evah time he go dere he'll fall right down dere evah time.
Entry 4556
It's a long time since ah went tuh a [hoodoo] woman, but ah went tuh a Woman ovah heah when ah wuz [having trouble with my husband]. An' she tole me tuh git de seat of 'is undahwears dat be's dirty an' de bow outa his hat, dat little bow dat be's on de inside. She tole me tuh git dat out an' sew hit in de seat of mah bloomahs, an' dat would make him come back an' ca' fo' her [me] mo' den he evah would do'.
Entry 4557
Yuh kin take dat bow from de back of 'is hat, one dat he done wore - de sweat in it chew undahstan'. Yuh kin take dat an' jes' keep it in de seat of yore bloomahs all de time. Jes' pin it in dere an' wear it in dere an' dat will always keep 'im wit chew. Dat's all yuh gotta do, jes' wear it in dere all de TIME. AN' EVAH TIME YUH CHANGE A PAIR OF PANTS, YUH JES PUT IT RIGHT BACK IN.
Entry 4558
Say a man, or yuh say a sweetheart, an' yuh want dat man tuh love yuh. Yuh take de man, dat bow out of 'is hat an' yuh sew dat bow - a hat he'd wear - yuh sew dat up. An' a woman pins it dey say in yore inside cloths, yore bloomahs, an' wear dat nex' tuh yore skin. An' dat'll bring 'im tuh yuh. Now, dat's whut ah wuz told.
Entry 4562
Yuh know, lak yuh hat layin' up some place, dey take yuh hat, know dat hat from me. An' she take dat bow yuh know, an' pin it in 'er bloomah laig lak dat an' turn it back down. Den ah goes right crazy ovah 'er, till yuh [I] kin git down dere. An'den yuh [I] git dat.
Entry 4571
A woman kin take de bow out of de back of a man's hat, an' sew it up in a piece of cloth an' wear it in de seat of her bloomahs. An' long as she wear dat, dat bow in 'er bloomahs, why he couldn't quit 'er. He couldn't go wit no othah woman but 'er.
Entry 4572
Take de bow out de man hat an' wear it down in de seat of dere bloomahs, an' dey say dat'll keep 'em down.
Entry 4573
Take dat bow, dat bow out of de hat. Dey take dat bow out of dere hat an' sew it intuh de seat of 'er bloomahs, an' he'll be prob'ly satisfied tuh stay wit 'is wife.
Entry 4801
Ah have heard men say dat dey kin take a woman's bloomah's an' cut a piece outa a woman's bloomah's an' wear it in dere lef' hip pocket. An' said a woman won't leave 'em an' will be undah 'em, an' dey kin do anything dey wan' tuh do. An' de woman won' know about it. He'll have her undah 'is feet an' jis' do anythin' he wan'a do, an' she not say anythin' tuh 'im about it.
Entry 4861
Ah knows about how a man kin take an' cut de seat out of a soiled pair of bloomahs whut de woman wore. An' he kin take it an' go tuh de rivah when de tide goin' down, an' he kin throw it in de watah ten steps backwards from dat an' don' look back, an' dat will always keep 'er wit him. See, dat will keep 'er mind on 'im all de time. [Normally I would say this rite sends her away, but intention is everything. Besides, clothes going out with the tide will come back with the tide. Or to put it another way; if she ever leaves she will return. Then again, the clothes could be thrown backwards towards the retreating Water but not actually into it. Symbolically he invites the woman to leave, just as he departs without looking back; then, before the tide turns, he retrieves the clothes.]
Entry 5162
She take dat [inner sole of either] shoe [of the man] an' put dat in hot watah an' soak it, an' put dat in a bottle. An' dey say aftah she puts it in a bottle, she puts some cotton in dere wit it, an' den take de cotton an' let de cotton dry. An' she wears dat, an' dat'll bring 'im back - on 'er laig or eithah in 'er bloomahs.
Entry 7086
Now, yo' take quite natchel if right tuhnight mah wife wanta make a date, yeah, out yondah. Ah wus sleepin' heah. If ah know how tuh tie her down, from - tuh keep 'er from gwine yo' know. Money an' likkah an' - dat ruin' 'em yo' know. If yo' find a woman drink likkah an' loves money, dey'll go - put chew tuh sleep an' go. Well, all right, she kin commence. She kin ketch me layin' in de sleep. She kin go tuh work an' take her undahclothes, jis' 'er bloomahs an' spread it ovah mah haid, an' ah'll sleep heah 'itll she come back. De house could burn down an' ah nevah Wake up. NOW, DAT'S JIS' A LITTLE SIMPLE "TRICK: Ah have see women try dat. De husban' didn't know anythin' atall about it, yo' see.
Entry 8006
[I have two versions of the story about Bowizer and his two wives, a tale concerning his mistreatment of first wife and his enslavement by second wife. Whether this is the remnant of a folktale or the beginning of a new one, or something actually factual, I do not know.] FIRST VERSION OF BOWIZER TOLD BY COUSIN Mah Cousin's brothah's wife [not speaker's cousin but cousin by marriage who had a brother who had two wives, this one the second], she taken down sick an she had doctors an' doctors an' doctors of all kind, an' none of 'em seemed tuh not tuh do 'er any good. An' he wus settin' down one day an' - dat wus 'is sec- ond wife. He wusn't good tuh 'is firs' wife, but 'is second wife, he wus so good tuh 'er. He'd wash an' scrub fo' her an' evah- thing. Jis' cook an' evahthin'. So somepin come tuh 'im an' tole 'im, say, "Yo"go an' look in de bottom of yuh trunk. Go look in de bottom of yuh trunk." Well, he'd set down dere an' nod, an' nod, an' nod. Be settin' up wit 'er an' nod, an' nod, an' he'd drowse, an' sompin would tell im ag'in. "Go an' look in de bottom of yuh trunk." So fine'ly sompin tole 'im, "Go look in de bottom of yuh trunk, " fo' about two weeks. An' so de nex' time sompin tole him, "Go look in de bottom of yuh trunk, " he got up an' went on an' looked in de bottom of 'is trunk. All kinds of fine things, jis' fine dresses, de finest kind of step-ins, bloomahs an' a big ole automatic, he didn't even know it wus in de house, wus in de bottom of dat trunk. An'.den dere wus a li'le coffin down in dere - a li'le coffin. Dere wus de seat of 'is undahweah, de centah of undah each ahm [arm] in dere, an' some of dis here, whut dey call cayenne peppah sprinkled down on dere. An' it wus de image of a person made from a stick.
(From a stick?)
Right on a piece of a board, yo' know, jis' in a image. Yo' know, jis' lak yo' take a board an' cut a image of a person, yo' know. An' den dey had dat private an' evahthing cut down dere. Yo' know, had it crossed. An' so dey had jis' down in dere jis' lak a coffin, made in de shape of a coffin. An' it wus closed up an' dere wus 'is name wrote in dere nine times. His name wrote down in dat, right down in dat coffin nine times. Some kind of a powdah wus in dere. A li'le bottle about dat high of urinate wus in dere an' de cork, li'le cork stoppah wus in it, yo' see, well it wus cut on each side, see cut on each side fo' de air tuh git in dere, an' it kin come out, yo' see. An' it wus settin' right straight up right by dat li'le image of 'is private, yo' know, settin' right by it. An' it wus closed up right in de bottom of de trunk. An' so dat's whut had 'im, kept 'im down. He couldn't git away from 'er. She would do anything dat she Wanted tuh do an' he'd be pleased at it, he jis' stayed at home, but wit 'is firs' wife he didn't do it.
(What did he finally do? Did he get the spell off of him or anything?)
Yes, he took dat li'le box out of dere an' took it tuh two-three fortune- tellahs. An' dey tole him, ast 'im who fixed 'im, an' he tole 'em, said, "It wus mah wife." Dey say, "Well, do yo' want 'er?" So he tole 'em, 'Yeah, ah loves 'er." Dey say, "Well, if yo' love her, yo' take dat box right back, set it right back where yo' got it from; but if yo' don't want 'er no mo', yo' take a jar an' put dat box in dere dat jar big enough jar tuh slip dat box in dere" - dat box no biggah'n jis' lak dat - "an' den yo' close it up an' go tuh a runnin' stream an' throw it in dere an' say, "She'll leave yuh wandahin'.
(Leave you what?)
Leave yo' wandahin', she'll wandah away. An' he did dat an' dat woman got up dere one mawnin', she got well an' evahthin'. She wusn't all dat sick. She wus jis', yo' know, actin' lak dat, playin' sick fo' him tuh do de work. She got up from dere an' left, tole 'im dat she wus goin' tuh town. An' she left from dere, didn't eat or nuthin. She didn't even take time tuh git 'er clothes. She jis' got worried an' jis' half crazy, an' she left from dere an' he don't even know where she's at.
(I thought he wanted to keep her?)
You say, if he wanted to keep her?
(I thought he told the fortunetellers he wanted to keep her?)
Said he loved 'er. He [fortuneteller] ast 'im did he love 'er.
(Yes?)
An' he tole 'em, said, yeah, he loved 'er. "So, well, yo' take dat box den an' put it right back where yo' - where it wus.
(Well, why didn't he do that?)
Well, he wanted tuh git out of de fix he wus in. but he didn't.know it wus goin' tuh run 'er away.
(I see.)
[If the reader missed it, do turn back to the first sentence of this first version: "she had doctors an' doctors an' doctors of all kind." These are unique words because the usual expression is, with variations, 'she had every doctor in town. "[Mobile, Ala., (679), 975:3.] So mah brothah, Bowizah, had a wife, firs' wife. He didn't do nuthin jis' run roun' all de time. But ah'm tellin' yo' dis here whut ah know from experience. Ah ain't tellin' somepin whut somebody say dey know. So he ma'ied anothah woman an' she had 'im so she'd go out, she run roun' an' she do whut she please. He couldn't he'p 'imself. He wash an' he scrub an' sweep - do evahthin' in de worl' he could an' he couldn't quit 'er. So one day he wus 'tendin' our garden an' somepin tole him look in 'is trunk. So he went tuh de trunk an' looked in it an' seen all kin' raimints - clothes, shoes - evah- thin' wus in dere. An' he didn't know it wus in de house. So dis [same inner voice] says somepin tuh 'im, "Look in [the bottom of] dis trunk." An' so he looked in de bottom an' dere wus a small casten [or castit = casket] 'bout dat long [demonstrates].
(What?)
Casten - coffin. An' it had de seat of 'is undahweah cut out an' right up undah his sleeve [demonstrates].
(Under his arm, the left arm.)
Yes, sir, his left ahm. An' he got it out an' ca'd [carried] it tuh one of de men's [a doctor] an' de man put it in one dese fruit jahs [jars] an' screwed it tight an' put it in a runnin' stream. So he say one mawnin' she woke up an he run 'er out dat house an' he ain't saw 'er since.
Entry 4694
Take dat little bow right out de back of yore head [hat] an' dey'll take it an' tie - a woman will take it an' when she tie it up, she take it an' she'll put it right in 'er bloomahs an' wear it. Wear it right dere right close up tuh 'er, nex' tuh 'er. An' when she git ti'ed of wearin' it, she'll take it tuh 'er do'step an' she'll bury it. An' evah mawnin' she'll go out dere an' she'll throw chamber lye on it. An' it won't be mo' dan three weeks befo' yuh'll go crazy. (And she wears that long as she wants you, and when she doesn't want you, she'll bury it under the door.)
Entry 12096
Take dat an' wear it in de seat of yore bloomers an' he'll be crazy about chew - de little bow out de back of de hat. [Memphis 1530:16.]