Subject:Candy
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Entry 4094
If a fellah loved a gurl, he would take his chamber lye. She be jes' walkin' along [and you see her] an' HAVE YO' SOME CANDY. CHOCOLATE CANDY. WHY YO' KIN JIS' TAKE IT OUT - TAKE IT OUT AN' PEE ON DAT CANDY SEE AN' LET IT DRY OFF, AN' CARRY IT AN' GIVE IT TUH 'ER AN' LET 'ER EAT IT. Well, dat makes 'er love strongah fo' him. She love him.
Entry 5301
He kin take de inside sole of a woman's shoe an' burn it - burn it into a powder. Beat it up fine an' git chew some Heart Cologne an' peppermint candy an' melt it, lak yo' use a syrup, melt it, take dem things an' mix up in dat, an' git chew some red peppah an' wear it in yore shoes. Why he will git 'er back.
Entry 5880
Dey say dey take three strand of yore hair an' dey would put dat in a piece of brown papah [for the black victim]. Dey would wrap some white bread Wit a piece of candy dat wus made up of coconut [sweets to entice victim's spir- it.] Dis thing is all wrapped togethah, [with] dis thread, an' den it would be cast behin' somepin dat wouldn't move, lak a piano, or some of dose thin's. Den fer nine mawnin's yo' go to dis place an' make a wish ovah dis thin', an' it would prob'ly make yo' suffah wit headaches, or prob'ly make yo' lose yore nid. Worry yo' so - evahthin' would worry, yo' jes' git vor- ried all de tlme. Dat is a thin' what dey clain Would do dat to yo' - wit chure hair.
Entry 5882
An' yo' kin take dat [his] hair an' wrap it aroun' candy, or yo' know, let it stay ovahnight an' take it off an' give it to a girl de nex' day. Dat will make her love yo'.
Entry 5883
Yo' take de hair wit lodestone, an' dese powdahs, an' some of de little candies [used in cake decoration], an' yo' put dat in a little bag. (What kind of powders?) De Lover's Sachet. [Whether this scented powder in 1938 was a local or wider known brand, I do not know.] An' yo' put dat [bag or hand] in de middle of de mattress. An' it don't make no diff'rence where on earth yo' go or nuthin about how de woman may abu'zhoo [abuse you], YO' GON'A COME BACK AN' GIT IN DAT BED. Yo' ain't gon'a stay aWay from 'er.
Entry 9002
Well, if de individual is in de courthouse - yo' know dat simple rock candy - dat rock candy if yo' can get it, to get to de individual dat is locked up in jail, having 'im overnight to put dat rock candy all around de bunk dat he sleeps in or de bed. See. Taking some of dis perfume dey call Coty's.
(Coty's, yes. [I spell the word!]
C-o-t-y?) Absolutely. [In other words, do not use a cheap perfume, use a well-known brand.] Saturating his underclothes well with it - shirt also. Next mawn- in' puttin' on de clothes on de wrongside - shirt also. In three hours he will be acquitted from de case.
(I see.)
Entry 10854
In gambling, yo' take an' git chew a dime worth of dat Georgia Pure Syrup [perhaps brand name] an' sprinkle a little sulphur in it an' cook it an' jes' pull it to a candy. An' when yo' git it to a candy, take a little piece - about dat much [shows a finger] an' wear it. After it git dry, yo' grease it an' wear it. An' ever' time yo' git in bad luck, yo' pull off an' yo' scrape a little of it in de bottom of yore shoe an' go on. Yore luck's always on.
(Luck in what?)
Fo' gamblin'.
(And you have a piece of this candy about the size of one of your fingers?)
Yassuh, a little piece about dat long, about de size of yore finger. An' old-fashioned candy, yassuh. An' ole reg'lah syrup candy. But chew put dat sulphur in it.
Entry 11247
"Man gave woman some candy to eat but her daughter ate it and took sick. [Mother then took daughter to a root doctor.] Root doctor says, I saw you ever since yester- day comin' [see also p.8, line 44, for doctor for- seeing patient on the road to him]. You jis' been three days later, he says, you would lose [have lost] your daugh- ter. She's hurt. He put the scorpion in a bottle after it was taken out. It wasn't for her but for you. This scorpion, had it stayed three days longer, it would have hatched and killed the girl. [This whole statement violates the nor- mal belief that you cannot be harmed by hoodoo not intended for you. A few other violations will be found in HOODOO, but normally the old rule was generally held.
Entry 13307
Well, if a woman wants tuh git rid of a man an' don't want him tuh come tuh her house no mo', de first thing she'll do, she'll go uptown to de drugsto' an' she git her some rock candy, an' she git her some whiskey. Git dis rock candy an' whiskey an' mix it tuhgether, an' she po's some vinegar in. An'when he come dere, she'll prob'ly have him tuh sit down. An' when he sit down, she prob'ly - yo' know a man doesn't pay much attention tuh a woman an when he go tuh sleep dere, an' she sprinkle dat ovah him. An' after she sprinkle dat ovah him he goin' leave her alone. He won't come back to her house no mo'. (What do you mean a man doesn't pay much atten- tion to a woman? What do you mean by that?) Well, some mens doesn't pay much attention tuh a woman when dey come tuh dere house. Dey jes' know dere [they are] at home. Yo' know, think dat dey [not] goin' do anything to harm 'em.
Entry 13373
Ef ah wanted a fren' girl, or somepin othah lak dat - a young girl ah wanta make an' she left de candy or somepin lak dat. Well, ah kin take chamber lye, a little thing lak dat, an' ah kin give her, lessen she wise, yo' see. Well, den, when ah put chamber lye on it, ah soon kin tackle her down yo' know - put mah han's on her. Well, ah put mah han's on her den. Ah kin give her dat chamber lye yo' know, feed her on dat chamber lye - see lak chewin' gum or candy, anything lak dat. Den ah kin git up to her an' den it's customary, if a man kin git up to a woman or sompin lak dat an' put his han's on her, he believes he kin go further on, yo' know. Yo' understan'.
Entry 1040
I have a cousin, first cousin of mine, she was hurt. A spell was put onto her about fifteen-twenty years ago and she never gotten over it at all because the man died that did it. He put scorpions and lizards in her and dey bother her now. They say they was put on her in through candy. [The preceding belief is known everywhere (see Doctor in Index). It shows the hopelessness of medical practice in hoodoo and witchcraft; you can never be sure whether person casting the spell is alive or dead, his identity being unknown.]
Entry 7027
Yo' take de fig leaves. Yo' git green fig leaves an' yo' put 'em somewhere or 'nothah lak yo' grind 'em up. Powdah 'em up yo' know jis' lak yo' would throw terbacca [tobacco] until yo' poun' dose green leaves up. Yo' know whut ah mean. Yo' let dem git dry enough till yo' poun' dem green leaves teetollay [teetotally] up intuh a powdah, an' yo' kin use it. Dat sup- posed tuh be wit candy or chewin' gum or anythin' else. Jis' sprinkle a li'le of dat powdah on de chewin' gum or candy, an' dat'll absolutely break 'em from drinkin'.
(Drinking liquor?)
Yes sir.
Entry 2215
Atter it's chamber lye is] shet up three days airtight, stick a pin in it an' stick it in some candy an' let somebody eat dat. Well, dat candy - he say, "Ah 'clare dat sho' is good candy." Jes' one lil tip will do jis much good as a whole spoonful would. [No wonder I marked this man good root worker on original transcription.] An' dey go 'head an' eat dat air an' dey git gladdened. Dat's de best herb dey is in de woods, de Queen Delight - dat's fo' yo' blood. Dat will purify yo' blood. [He has changed to another rite.] Yo' git a root of dat an' yo' go 'head an' yo' boil dat root an' a Adam weed root. Ah doubt if dey's in flat country lak dis, Adam root. An' yo' boil dem two roots together an' git chew a piece of red shank an' put dem togethah [three roots], an' yo' go tuh de drug sto' an' yo' buy somepin dey call Beewee. It's jes' about dat long in a lil red box an' yo' put jes' a pinhaid outa it, jes' a pinhead, a lil bit, outa dat an' let it drop down in dere as yo' boil dem othah things. An' yo'll set dere den an' don't care who come in or not an' dey wanta drink of whiskey, if yo' kin jes' git a lil bit in 'em, yo' kin do whatevah yo' want. Yo' kin go tuh dere house an' yo' kin cuss an' argue, an' dere ain't a thing done about it. Shoot in dere an' dere ain't nobody know anything about it. If yo' kill some- body, dere ain't nobody know anything about it - de family, dey won't nevah tell on yo'.
Entry 818
[Power for good or evil comes from many sources - actually, from one's desire or intention:] Well, it wus a little woman, her husband died an' leave two chil'run, a settle woman, light [complexion], an' it wus a bright-skin man, a settle man. He wus much older then she wus dough [though]. He wus single. He had liked this woman, had loved her an' wanted to marry this woman. An' another woman had love him, see, but he didn't care nuttin fer her. Well, he would buy her ev'ry kin' of thing ev'ry kin' of - nice things you know to bring this woman. He carries her candy, milk, ham an' all kin' of things to bring this woman, but she never would eat it when he'd bring it. She would take it out an' bury it. She wouldn't eat it. An' he kep' bringin' her some of his - he'd bring cloth an' all like dat. Well, she wouldn't use it. So he - fin'lly he couldn't git her that way, he came to see her one day, an' fin'lly he wed her anyhow by chewin' some chewin-gum, somepin like chewin'-gum, an' she inhaled it, choo know.
(What did he put on that?)
I don't know, sir, whut he put on it. An' he would use a white han'kerchif - you see, throw it aroun' like this [demonstrates], zhoo know, whenever he'd come to see her. [The Waving or manipulating of a white perfumed handkerchief appears to have been a fad at one time.] He'd throw it aroun' an' fin'lly she jis' went crazy about him, you see, an' she married dis man. But de other woman had loved 'im an' this other woman wus jealous of her an' this man. An' one day she came to her house an' the way she came she had to come through the back doah, an' she [wife] wus in de house. As she came along she drop some dirt down by de table.
(What sort of dirt did she drop?)
Some kin' of grey-lookin' san'" - where she always stan', you know, washin' dishes. An' she said, "Hey." She didn't hear her because she wus in de house. This wus in de country. She didn't hear her because she was inside de house. She said, "Where are you?" She said, "Here I am." She said, "I thought you ought to be standin' here washin' dishes." She say, "No, here I am in de house today." She she went in an' done dropped dis in there in the kitchen as she was passin'. An' they went on in there wit de talkin'. She said, "Well, now, Louise, I got'a get up an' fix dinnah, '' she say, "he'll be here directly for his dinnah." An' she went on back in the kitchen, went to stirrin' aroun' the table, you know, built a fire in de stove an' messin' aroun' de table an' things like that. An' all at once a pain struck her in the bottom of her foot an' then her foot went right on up to her stomach an' her stomach began to hurt an' she said, "oh," she said, "you know my feet hurt!" An' the other woman said, "Yes?" She said, "Whut's de matter with you?" She say, I don't know." She had jes' stepped on this san' an' it went all on de bottom of her foot, but she didn't see it, you see, an' this woman knowed she had put it there. An' she say, "You know, I got a pain down in this toe." It looked like it would come in spells, you know. It would lay off awhile an' come back again. An' she kep' on like that, didn't pay it no min', didn't thought it 'mount to nuthin. Fin'lly the woman kep' on worryin' her - this other woman went on back home. An' she got bad off, real sick, an' they called de doctor an' tried ev'rything they could an' didn't seem to do her no good. An' one woman come there, she say, "You know one thing, I believe you's hurt." She said, "You reckon?" She said, "Yeh, I believe you's hurt." She said, "Well, I don't know how it works but I seen people hurt an' dat's de way it worked - come in spells like dat." An' sure enough, she say that why she couldn't make a pass - couldn't have a action. An' so she tole her about a root man. They took her in de buggy an' carried her - I don't know where he lived - an' this man fixed her up. She said the man said, "This a simple thing." He worked through the spirit, with the Lord, you know. He reads the Bible an' all. Before time she walked in the house he could tell her - he commence to tellin' her whut she come for an' tell her she wus hurt. An' he gave her some plain aloes - this bitter medicine, this black aloes with whiskey on it an' tell her take a teaspoonful of that ev'ry four hour. An' he give her a box of sulphur an' tell her take a pinch of that sulphur whenever she take this aloes. So she did that an' fin'lly she begin to have a action an' you know her bowels begin to hurt an' she pass. A snake come from her. The snake had a head on both end. Den a scorpren [scorpion] at de next time. Well, she said she continued takin' that. After that passed she begin to get all right. She had to pay fifty-five dollah.
Entry 4930
Yuh take yore stockin' - if de man wants a woman, he takes 'er right- footed stockin' an' he'll put a frog, a life toadfrog, an' he'll put dat frog in dat stockin', tie him up in dere, carry 'im tuh de sunpo'ch[!] an' put 'im right undah de steps, right in de centah of de steps an' bury it, bury dat right down dere. (This man puts the toadfrog in her right-foot stocking and buries it right in the center of the steps. Is that all he needs to do?) An' den git holt of candy or dope or sompin an' wear it. Yuh kin tote de stockin' but yuh have tuh tote de stockin' wit'out de frog in yore pocket.
(But what would that do then, after you bury that stocking under the step?)
That will hold 'er undah 'is - not 'er, but undah his'n feet. Dat keeps 'er.
(What did he do with his pee?)
Kin take dat - if she drinks whiskey or dope or anythin', give her some chqmber lye in dat. Dat will change her, dat'll keep 'er. Dat stockin' an' all dat goes tuhgethah. De stockin', yuh kin take it den - de stockin', yuh kin take dat an' de frog, an' yuh kin put 'em tuhgethah in - kin carry 'em tuh watah an' throw 'em ovah- bo'd. Dat will [make] 'em leave yuh.
(You keep that live frog in the stocking?)
Dat's right, dat'll make 'em leave.
Entry 4095
Onest ah wuz co'tin' [courting] a girl an' she didn't seem [to] like me so very well. So ah went an' got me some candy an' wet on dat a little bit, yuh know, care'd [carried] it tuh 'er an' give it tuh 'er, an' she fell in love wit me shuh [sure] 'nough.
Wet on dat remains the printed wording; no particular fluid or verified affection outcome is established.