Subject:Drawers
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Entry 3173
(Cut the seat out of his drawers?) Where his private lay, yo' know, whilst he's dressin' yo' know - jis' whutevah side it lay on, cut dat off an weah it aroun' dey waist on dis cord.
(What will that do?)
Dat would keep 'im from foolin' wit anybody...any time he'd git tuh...
Entry 4520
If yuh have a girl fren' an' yuh love her an' she didn't seems tuh care very much fo' yuh, why yuh could sometime in goin' roun' 'er, an' git a chance tuh git 'er hat. Take de ban' from roun' 'er hat. Take de band from roun' 'er hat an' git a piece she's wearin' close tuh 'er. Take it an' some of 'er hair from a [below]. Yuh kin git chance tuh make a date wit 'er an' git some of 'er hair from roun' 'er. An' take it an' wrap it up in a piece of red flannel an' wear it nex' tuh yuh skin. Why den she come back tuh live wit chew.
(What piece of clothing do you get?)
Git de seat out of 'er drawahs. (And the hair from down below. That will make you have power over her.)
Entry 4666
Ah kin tell yo' 'bout mahself, ah have used it. Mah husban' wuz a man, he wuz runnin' about. Mah husban' used to make gud on evah job dat he got on, an' ah couldn't see where his money went tuh. He wuzn't givin' me not a thing. All ah could see, he would buy a little groceries. He'd say he wuz gittin' two week's groceries an' dey wouldn't last a week. An' ah took de bow outa his hat - ah stole it out dere an' put it undah de bottom of mah foot, an' den put mah stock- in' on. An' aftah den, when ah put dat in dere, ah took 'is dirty drawahs an' cut de seat out of it, an' ah buried it undah de step where he walked in at. He nevah did stay home, an' aftah ah did dat - ah did dat jes' lak today, an' ah didn't know whut it 'twas fo' him tuh come in de early part of de night. His early part would be one aclock; if not dat, all night. Aftah ah done dat lak today, he went ag'in. When he come in de night, he nevah took time hardly tuh eat. He went out dat night. So aftah dinnah - he commence comin' in den, an' ah jes' got tired of 'im stayin' home. He stayed home so much an' he wuz so nice to me - he'd bring me his check den to have it cashed; if not dat, he'd tell me tuh meet 'im tuh de Union Station, goin' wit 'im an' havin' 'is check cashed. An' he done so nice an' we stayed home so much, dat ah couldn't turn. Ah went back an' dug it up fo' him tuh go some, an' took de bow out from undah mah shoe. Dat's whut ah done.
(What shoe did you wear it in?)
In mah right shoe.
(Didn't do anything else with it? Anything?)
Didn't do anything else to it.
Entry 4753
Ah heard dat chew kin git de seat of 'is drawahs or 'er drawahs an' take a hickory stick wit a fo'k an' place dat in between dere. Dig a hole undah yore step an' place it undah dere an' dere where he'll be. Place him at home, yuh see [demonstrates]. (You take this [forked stick], do the [stick] like this [hold upright] and place it [each leg] right in that fork. And bury it with the fork up like that, standing up.) Standin' up. [As in the preceding rite, here is another symbolical burial. Similarly we have another cross, the forked stick being a Y cross.]
Entry 4782
When anyone leave home, jis' lak de man leave home an' gone, de woman she'll take his, some of 'is clothes, his drawahs whut he's had, his undahweah, an' tie it nine knots tuh her, an' take an' put it in some secret place undah de house, or undah de sill undah de house, or in de bedroom flat down undah de dressah, an' he cain't stay away. He got'a come, he got'a come. Ah know dat.
Entry 4791
If yuh wanted 'em tuh stay away - a woman or man, eithah one, yuh git a piece out de seat of 'is drawers an' den call 'im by 'is name. Take it tuh de rivah - don't take it tuh dese little ole branches, tuh a rivah, an' throw it in dere. An' long as it run down de stream, he gon'a go an' leave yuh alone.
Entry 4805
Dey kin cut out de seat of 'is drawahs, de man's drawahs. Take dat an' mix it up wit salt an' peppah an' take it an' bury it on de roadside. An' dat'll keep a man always wit a mind tuh go. He won' be contented at home. [Burial on roadside is rare; in a road, no.]
Entry 5679
(This woman whom the man has left, she would get hold of his left sock?) Git holt of 'is lef' socks, 'is drawahs, an' take an' take dem home, an' put 'en undah de do'steps. Don' let nobody see or know yo' put 'em undah dere. An' den take yore broom, when he come inside de house. an' sprinkle salt down evah'where he walks. When he's goin' out, don' sweep it out do's, sweep it back in de house. Seep it all back in de house. Sweep 'is track all back tuh de kitchen, an' let dat stay undah dere, an' dat will bring 'im back.
Entry 5866
Yeah, if yo' kin git hold of some of 'is hair an' de seat out of 'is drawahs an' put 'em togethah an' bin' dat up an' put dat in de drippin' of de house - bury it down in de ground. Or put it underneath yore steps - bury it down dere in a bottle.
(What will that do?)
Dat will make him come back.
(Make the man come back home.)
Entry 7136
She'll take 'er drawahs an' pull 'em off whut she had on an' put 'em undah 'is haid; take her right-footed shoe an' turn it bottom upwards undah de foot of 'is baid, an' take his lef'-footed shoe an' turn it bottom upvards. An' he'll sleep dere until she come an' wake him up. (Where does she put his shoe?) Jis' turn it bottom upwards undah de baid. Put 'is shoe, one tuh 'er foot an' one tuh 'is, right side by side undah de bed.
(But she puts her drawers under the pillow?)
Ease it undah 'is pillah.
(And what would happen then?)
He jis' sleep.
Entry 7138
Ah tell yo' whut a woman kin do. Jis' lak if 'er an' 'er husban' gone tuh baid an' she wanta step out, she'll git up an' she'll take his shoe, turn 'em bottomside upwards in undah de foot of de baid. See, he cain't wake up until she come back an' turn dem shoes ovah. Den a man kin - he kin, jis' lak if he wan's tuh go out an' leave her dere asleep, all he's gotta do, jis' git up yo' know an' take his pants off or some of 'is drawahs, yo' know it's dirty, an' hang: 'em ovah de top of de baid ovah 'er haid dere, an go on off about 'is business. An' she won't wake up until he come back an' move dem things.
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 7939
[To kill her husband this Wo- man took the seat of his drawers and some of his hair [to a root worker?)
and buried it in the cemetery (in a little grave) and placed a stick at the head and another stick at the foot.] [This rite was "not transcribed, not much and too diffuse."]
Entry 10232
De only thing dat ah heard, whether dey tried it on dem or not, dey say if a woman wants to keep a man home, she kin take her drawers, yo' know, an' boil it. Make a tea out of it an' give it to him. An' he kin go out dere. Any place dey give dem tea, like if yo' be done eatin' in a place an' dey fix chew tea an' dey kin po' it in yore tea. An' yo' kin drink dat a couple of mawnin's - three or fo' mawn- in's - an' yo' kin go out but chew ain't goin' be no good out. Yo' jes' be out dere, it ain't a thing yo' kin do out dere.
Entry 12106
I would get me a tie, this bow tie off of a man's hat, and cuttin' a piece out of his drawers, and takin' some of his ministration [semen] and stickin' it in his shoe, his right shoe, and that'll make a man love you or stay with or be good to you. And when you put it in his right shoe, you take some of your ministration [menstrual blood] and a little cloth, and hold it over a cloth, and po' [pour] water over it [preceding cloth acts as strainer]; and if he drinks coffee or tea, put it in that. And that'll make him love you. You do both that together: let him drink it. Wear it [hat bow] in your shoe. And the time he wears those shoes out, he's fixed [hoodooed] for you then.
Entry 12898
Woman's drawers, why you gotta tie nine knots in them.
(How do they do that?)
How would jew do it? Jes' take a cord, you know jes' like dis is heah [electric cord from my machine to floor plug]. You see, dat cord. An' tie it round dere nine times. Take it down, see, and you measure it up side wit sompin of yours, and then put 'em back. Well, she'll go out. She can't sleep with no man, she's gotta come back.[ The magic here is simple and direct, the woman is unable to stretch her legs apart!]