Subject:Hat bow
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Entry 5958
If yo' wanted to keep a person, yo' take de hair out of de mole of dere head, an' yo' take dis wit othah things dat I tole yo' 'bout concernin' de cloth dat dey use. An' yo' wrap dis togethah around. Jes' take yo' a cotton string an' ball dis hair togethah an' tie it jes' as tight as yo' kin. An' tie it in a little bag wit de bow of de hat.
Entry 4545
Take dat bow intuh yore hat an' dat will run yuh crazy. Take dat bow in yore hat an' put it intuh a bottle. Airtight dis bottle an' don't let no air git intuh it an' it will run yuh crazy.
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 3216
"Yo' could take dat little bow, yo' know, an' wear in de back of yore, in de calf of yore laig, when yo' rollin' yore stockin', yo' know, an' wear it in de calf of yore laig an' dat would git yo'. But yo'd have to be [use it], yo' know, wit intahco' se.
(What would happen? What sort of thing?)
Listen! Yo' umnderstan'. Yo' take de little bow outa de back of a man's hat.
(Yes.)
An' jus' lak yo' have intahco'se wit dat fellah, an' yo' could wear it in de back of yore stockin', yo' know, in de calf of yore laig an' use it, yo' know, 'casionly [occasionally] lak dat - use it once in awhile lak dat. (You mean get some of that off this fellow, when you have intercourse with that man?) Yes.
(And you put it in that stocking?)
In de back of yore stockin, yo' know, in de calf of yore laig. An' quite natchly [naturally], dat would hold 'is nature towards yo' - his nature toward yo'.
(I see.)
Entry 4641
Take de bow outa yore hat, de woman kin. Take de bow outa a man's hat an' git some of 'is hair an' take de seat outa his drawers an' weah hit. Only way she kin do tuh keep 'im, yuh know, feed 'im. Take fo' instance, her monthlies yo' know.
(What did she do with this bow? Did you say? How will she wear those things?)
She weah dem undah - right 'tween 'er laigs. Put 'em in a sack an' weah dem 'tween 'er laigs.
Entry 4642
Ah've heard dat a woman could take dat, dat little bow from de back of yore hat, an' take it an' tie it up in a rag an' tote it 'twixt 'er laigs. An' she kin do yo' anyway in de worl' she wanta do. Now, dat's whut ah heard about dat.
Entry 4650
Take dat bow offen a man's hat an' wear it in yore garment, in de seam nex' tuh yuh in yore skirt.
Entry 4659
A woman kin take dat bow an' jes' run yo' crazy wit it. She kin take dat bow an' she wear dat bow in her shoes. She wear dat bow way up in de mouth [toe] of 'er shoe, dat same little bow whut a man got in 'is hat back dere.
(That's all she has to do?)
Yes sir.
Entry 4683
Dat little bow in de back of a man's hat, take dat an' go tuh a green pine tree an' bo' a hole wit a augah, an' drive it wit sompin back dere tight. It will run 'im crazy.
Entry 12074
If a woman wears a man's hat bow, he can't stay away from her. [Balt- imore 51:6.]
Entry 12079
Wear it - a man's hat bow - on their neck. Tie it up in a sock, an they cain't fool around. [Wilmington (265) 184:6.]
Entry 12080
A man's hat bow worn on her neck or leg makes the man love her.
[Wilmington 115:2+85.]
Entry 12087
Woman wears man's hat bow on her waist, "he'll do anything you tell him." [New Orleans 1113:10.]
Entry 12091
Ah heard dat de women could take dat bow out of yore hat an' take it an' put it in salt an' pepper an' some kind of perfume [3 ingredients]. An' den yo' [man] would jes' be right wid dem always, jes' love 'em.
(What would she do with that bow after she got it?)
Take it an' wear it round her waist.[ Waycross. Ga.. 1718:8.]
Entry 12122
Sleep with the bow from a man's hat under your head 9 nights "to win you a boy friend." [Wilmington 194:3+85.]
Entry 12124
If you tie a man's hat bow up in a piece of new homespun and put it up over the door-facing, he will do what you want. [Wilmington 112:7+85.]
Entry 12100
"If she wants him back she git de bow out of his hat...put it in her garters." [Jacksonville 764:7.]
Entry 12107
"Take de bow out of a man's hat an' wear it in dere stockin' wit white lodestone...dey all worried tuh git where you at. [Little Rock 1462:6.]
Entry 12108
Woman wears man's hat bow on her stocking or princess slip. "Keeps him tuh home." [Little Rock 1466:12a.]
Entry 12114
A woman can control a man by wearing the hat bow from his hat in her shoe. [Charleston 608:10.]
Entry 1746
Take de bow out de back of yore hat an' make yo' love 'em.
(What would she do with that bow?)
She takes an' puts it into a bag an' puts Hearts Cologne on it an' she wears it roun' her neck jes' lak yo'd wear a neckpiece or somepin lak dat.
Entry 1747
Yo' could take de bow out of a man hat an' put dat in a bottle of perfume an' keep it or either wear it in yore shoe an' that'll make 'em love yo'.
Entry 1748
Sew it in a - you see, you can take ribbon - have a red and yellow ribbon for luck, and you take it and put it [bow] right between the ribbon with steel dust and sugar and wear it there, and he gives you lots of money and all. And it always be night when he come in, you press it. You take the little bow, and put that in one of the garters and put it on the left leg. You see, you take and sew the elastic - you know, you take the ribbon and put another piece under- neath that and make it like a ruffle on it [garter], but you put it in there. That's to keep him from paying attention to where it is. (It's hidden in that garter, inside where he can't see it.)
Entry 3214
(Tell me that again now. What would you do?)
Take de bow out of a man hat. Yo've seen mens when dey buy hats, pull de bow out de hat an' burn it up, haven't chew? Dey won't nevah - very seldom yo' see a man wit a bow in 'is hat. Take dat bow an' tie it an' wear it right roun' heah, roun' yore private, wit a string. Jes' wear it right roun' an' he can't raise no heart fo' no heart fo' nobody but chew.
Entry 3603
Inside a man hat, de women take dat bow an' whensomevah de man - dey take dat bow out of de man's hat. Whensomevah dey go wit a man, dey takes a special piece [of cloth] to vipe wit, an' aftah takin' de piece to wipe wit, dey take dat bow an' dey tie it up in dat piece wit nine knots an' wear it aroun' dere waist. Well, hit'll make him follah lak one of dose animal do when dey hook 'im in de nose [a bull] wit dat hook, yo' see. Dat's fo' sure. Huh voice am sound sweetah dan any othah ooman, huh cookin's taste bettah an' evahthin'. He jis' git devoted to her so, until dat if he happen to do anythin' aftah she doin' dat, DE LAW SHOULD TAKE SIDES WIT 'IM BECUZ HE'S NOT OF HISSELF. (I see. Will she take a piece and wipe it after she's had intercourse with him?) Absolutely.
(I see.)
Entry 4625
Take dat bow out de back a man's hat an' yuh kin take some needles, an' about two-three stran's of dere hair an' wrap it up in dem dere needles. Have dem needles turned all kinda ways, yo' see. An' put it in a bottle of perfume, see, an' jes'.keep it in a cornah somewhere, yuh know, where de sun kin kinda shine on it. An' dey tell me - say dat will make 'em love yuh.
(You put it so that the sun can shine on it?)
Where de sun kin shine on it, yes. Yuh know jes' in a place - yuh know jes' up on de top of de house. Yuh know somewhere in some close place, yuh see, where de sun kin hit it.
(You put any number of needles in it - any number?)
Yuh put about - ah think it is nine needles yuh put in dere.
Entry 4628
Take dat little bow out de back of man hat, an' she goes tuh work an' buys 'er some cologne, yuh know sweet, an' she'll 'noint dat [with] it. An' she'll lodge dat in 'er pillah where she sleep. Dat fur as ah know 'bout dat. But dat's good. (And that will hold him and make him love her.)
Entry 4657
Take dat bow an' wear it in de bottom of yore shoe. Wear dat bow in de bottom of yore lef' shoe. Dat'll make him crazy about chew.
Entry 4660
Ah heered tell de woman would take de bow outa man's hat an' put it up in de toe of 'er shoes, an' she always keep 'im down underneat' 'er foot. He be dere an' she always keep 'im down. Ah've heer'd tell of it.
Entry 4661
Take dat bow out of a man's hat an' put it in de toe of 'er right shoe, an' wear dat an' he'll always love 'er, until dat bow wears out in 'er shoe.
Entry 4664
Git de little bow from yore hat. An' dey supposed tuh take an' put - prob'ly yuh may say a little black [pepper] or eithah a little salt an' soda, an put it in a little small rag, jis' small as it kin git. An' take yore right shoe off, put it in yore shoe an' take a little piece of thin, yuh may say a cigarette papah, an' plas- tah dat in de bottom of yore shoe. An' dey claim dat supposed tuh make love - bring fo'th luck lak dat [in love]. [Cigarette paper - dating this rite - 1s used because shoe is so old it does not have an insole!]
Entry 4665
Yuh kin take dat li'le bow out of a man's hat. Ah've tried dat mahself. Ah jis' tried it on a person tuh see would really [happen]. Ah didn't care nuthin about de fellah. Ah taken an' slip de bow out of 'is hat an' walks wit it two days in mah right shoe an' three in mah left. Dat's five days. Yuh know in six days it's broken [he fell in love with 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 4671
Yuh take de bow out of a man's hat an' carry it home an' put it in matchbox an' put it undah yore haid, an' dey say dat will make 'em love yo'. [I stopped machine too soon and had to add:] (You said sleep on it.) [The matchbox, a coffin symbol (confinement) and the match, a sexual one - a frequent combination in HooDoO - explain them- selves.]
Entry 4672
Ah heard dat yuh kin take dat little bow an' take it an' sleep on it. An' aftah yuh git through sleepin' on it - yuh heah whut ah say? Yuh take it out an' yuh wrap it up an' yuh put it in yore shoe an' yuh walk on it. Yuh see, yuh walk on it fo' a length of time an' dat makes de man crazy 'bout chew. (You put that in your shoe?) In yore left shoe. [Yuh heah whut ah say? in some form or other occurs often in HOODOO, because I was not supposed to hear well. Call this an unfair ruse, if you like, but I often had trouble with people talking too low or too fast for my comprehension, hand over mouth, mumbling, occasionally stut- tering, dialect, unknown plants and animals, etc.]
Entry 4586
Take dat an' wear it aroun' yore wais' or on yore gartah somewhere, an' yuh got dat man.
Yes, ( dat little bow, or de sweatban' eithah.
The interviewer asks about the sweatband from his hat. The informant names the little bow or sweatband as alternatives; the entry does not require both or make the objects synonyms. Earlier agent reviews of the printed page attribute the answer to the informant despite the extra opening parenthesis retained in this transcription. The reported outcome remains a historical source claim.
Entry 4609
(They tie this little bow.)
In three knots an' wear it roun' dere waist.
(What will that do?)
Dat will tie dem tuhgethah.
prompted physical bow knotting plus informant's intended interpersonal binding. Preserve the exact ordered role vector and never make the interviewer prompt informant speech. intended people-together relation, not ingredient mixing. The participants and relationship status remain unspecified; the effect is claimed, not proved. These are attributed source occurrences; outcomes remain unverified. The canonical source heading lists this entry under BOW FROM SWEATBAND OF HAT. The interviewer says little bow; the informant supplies three knots and waist wearing. Hat attribution comes from that heading, not an informant quote, and creates no general little-bow synonym.
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Entry 11099
Wear man's hat bow around your neck in a bag, or hang any of his garments on the front of the bed or make a pillow of it, and he'll come back.
[Wilmington 123:4.]
Entry 12120
You should keep a hat bow shut up for awhile in a bottle with cologne and witch hazel and then wear it in your shoe for love. [Wilmington 133:3+85.]
Entry 12123
Soak a man's hat bow in cologne and lay it over the door for love.
[Wilmington 231:4+85.]
Entry 4579
On a dog's tail an' cat's. Three stran's of dog hair an' three stran's of cat hair an' put it in dat bow. [See later.]
(This bow on a man's hatband?) Yes. An' dat'll run 'im crazy. (What you do is let it stay on thebow?)
Yes, put it in de bow of de hat an' let it stay dere.
(Three strands from the dog's tail and three strands from the cat's?)
Three stran's.
(From where?)
From undah 'is tail. Yuh know dat an' kinda plat it tuhgethah-like an' put it right in dat little bow on de hat.
Entry 4582
Dat bow be's right back dere. Now yuh kin take dat bow out chure hat, ah've heard dat. Yuh take dat bow out dat hat an' yuh kin, whut chew call dress it. Yuh dress dat bow an' yuh kin take dat.
(With what?)
Yuh take dat bow an' yuh kin dress it.
[As we now learn, it is dressed with sweat.]
Jes' lak a woman take a bow outa man's hat. She kin take dat bow yuh see an' den rub it undah her arm, also between 'er laigs [to dress it]. An' when she take dat bow an' do dat, take it an' wrap it up in a piece of red flannel. [This is now a hand, see p.519f.] She kin eithah wear it roun' 'er neck or roun' 'er waist or eithah put it ovah 'er do'. Well, now if she put it ovah 'er do' or wear it anywhere, keep it anywhere in a close place, it'll always keep 'is haid kinda wandahin' - his mind. He'll nevah have no good mind. Jes' keep 'im wan- dahin'. He's heah today an' tuhmorrah 'is mind jes' wanta go. He can't be con- tented nowhere he goes.
Entry 4583
Yuh take dis little bow here an' take some devil's-shoestring dey call it. Take dat devil's-shoestring an' dis bow an' some cinnamon bark an' salt [and] black peppah. An' dey takes dis bow an' put it in de sole of yuh shoe. See, like yuh got a shoe, a woman would do dat. Dat's tuh make her - make yuh stay. Yuh goin' tuh stay right wit 'er. An' she'll take dat an' put it in de sole of 'er shoe an' wear it dere. As long as she got dat thing in dere, yuh can't leave her.
Entry 4584
Dey takes dat bow an' dey carry it home an' dey bury it undah a brick in dey fiahplace, an' he can't no mo' stay wit dat woman no mo'. Evah time he goes tuh dat woman house, his haid begin tuh hurt 'im an' he cripple himself up an' den he fall. Evah time he see her he gits maddah an' maddah wit 'er. She puts it undah a brick, de cen- tah brick in de pipe [flue] - undah de centah brick.
(Well, who would do that?)
Now lak yo' wanted tuh - see heah, if she wanted 'im tuh leave dat house ovah yondah an' come heah. Well, she git dat bow an' she carries it an' put it right down dere undah dere. See, dat man can't visit yondah no mo'.
Entry 4595
A man's hat - a man's bow outa 'is hat an' yuh kin take Hearts Cologne an' put it in. Yuh see yuh shoe heah has a last [insole] in it, see; an' yuh pull dat last up an' put it undah dere an' po' dis Hearts Cologne on dat bow an' yo' keep it wet. Dat will make him go crazy about chew, too.
Entry 4597
Dat bow - yuh take a bow out of a man's hat an' git chew a bottle of Heart Cologne, an' yuh dip it in de Heart Cologne an' yuh sew a cord string aroun' dat bow an' tie it round yore waist. Dat'll make 'em crazy 'bout chew, jes' love no one but chew.
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 4630
(Do you know how they do that?)
Well, dey take dat bow an' dey take dat bow away from yuh hat an' dat thread off dat bow. Dey take dat an' dey sew it up intuh de mattress. An' aftah dey sew it up intuh de mattress, dey'll git some of dis here essence of cinnamon. Yuh know, de essence of cinnamon from de drug store - from de Crackahjack Drug Store. (Yes.) [= continue.] Well, dey git some of dat an' dey git two brass pins an' dey stick intuh dat bow an' aftah dat dey sew it up - evahthin' intuh de mattress. An' dey fix yuh wit dat.
(What will happen? What does it do to you?)
Dey'll fix yuh so dat yuh won't nevah be no help tuh yuhself or nobody else.
(I see. What do they call that stuff you get from the drug store?)
[A mumbled answer was almost unintelligible but it was essence of cinnamon, which may be the same thing as oil of cinnamon (2458-2459, p.681).]
Entry 4631
Dey tell me if yuh kin git a chance, yuh know, tuh git 'is hat or any- thin' lak dat yuh know, an' take it an' wear it roun' in yore pocket, he come tuh like yuh an' care fo' yuh an' DAT'S DE WAY DIS LOVE COMES ABOUT an' dat's de way yuh gits de girl. (What do you wear in your pocket?) Dat bow out de hat.
Entry 4633
Dey takes dat bow tuh ketch yo'. Dey ties it up where yuh can't git it, prob'ly carry it in dere pocketbook. An' she keeps dat. Long as she keeps dat, why he can't git away from 'er. He'll love 'er.
Entry 4634
Why she takes de little bow. Ah'm goin' tell yuh whut she do's wit dat, an' it'll work. If she wanta gain 'er sweetheart, if he won' notice her, she gits de little bow outa his hat an' she pins it right ovah - she pins it right ovah dere, right ovah her private place. An' he'll follah 'er all ovah dis worl'. He cain't git shet of 'er until she takes it outa dere.
Entry 4643
Ah heah dat a woman could take dat li'le bow in de back of a man's hat, an' wear it ovah her private an' keep it dere, tuh make a man go wit 'er.
Entry 4645
Dey take dat bow - de wlmmin take dat bow of yore hat, see, if dey want chew tuh continue go wit 'em, can't go wit nobody else. Dey take dat little bow in de hat an' dey take dat bow an' dey'll put it in - yuh know, put it up in 'em, in de hole where a man have connection wit 'em. Den take dat an' put it in a bottle.
(They take it out then and put it in a bottle?)
Take it out an' put it in a bottle, see, an' put some cologne - John de Conker Cologne. Dis heah cologne, what chew call it?
(Hearts Cologne?)
Hearts Cologne in de bottle 'bout half full. Keep it stopped up an' yuh cain't go wit nobody else but 'em.
Entry 4647
Take dat bow outa de inside of a man's hat an' yuh put de Hearts Per- fume on it. An' yuh take dat bow an' yuh wrap it intuh a red silk, a little piece of red silk cloth, an' yuh sew dat bow up. An' yuh put dat bow, if yuh wanta make a man love yuh an' stay wit yuh too, yuh put dat bow in de toe of yore left shoe an' yuh wear dat bow in de toe of yore left shoe.
Entry 4651
Tuh hold 'em, take de bow or de band of a man's hat. Yuh could take dat an' wear it in de bottom of yore shoe. [To wear a sweatband in the shoe could be a problem.] Jis' lak yuh want a sweetheart or tuh hold a man, jis' when he come tuh yore house yuh jis' take de bow outa his hat an' put it in de bottom of yore shoe an' wear it. An' dat'll hold 'im.
(Either shoe?)
Eithah one of yore shoes - yore own shoes. [Bottom of the shoe usually means in the hallah = palm = center or middle of the shoe, the article worn being con- cealed under the insole; and if no insole, a false one is made from paper or cardboard - even a cigarette paper can cover the hidden object.]
Entry 4653
Git de bow of 'is hat an' put it in yore shoe an' wear it in yore shoe. Dat will make him love yo'.
Entry 4655
Take dis bow, see dat sits back dere in yore hat, an' put it in yore shoe an' wear dat in yore shoe. Wear dat an' make love.
(Who would do that?)
A man, eithah a woman. Dat whut ah use. Eithah one of 'em.
Entry 4656
Take dat bow an' wear it in de bottom of 'er shoe, de wimmins do.
(What does that do?)
Well, he love 'er. He goin' come tuh love 'er an' he follah 'er roun' or want tuh follah 'er roun'.
Entry 4688
Takes dat an' soaks it in chamber lye, de bow from de back of man's hat. Soaks it in chamber lye an' puts it in de bottom of 'er shoe. She got de man. Evahwhere she go, he's follahin' 'er.
(She can wear it in either shoe?)
Either shoe. Jis' de innah sole yuh know, take dat out an' soak it in chamber lye, eithah put chamber lye in dere an' put de innah sole down ovah it, an' he follah her evahwhere she wants tuh go.
(Whose chamber lye does she put in there?)
Hers. She use her own chamber lye.
(She puts that in the man's shoe?)
[My question or statement shows me napping, caught by the words he follah her, I momentarily forgetting what went before.]
Entry 4690
Dey tell me yuh take dat bow out dat hat an' puts Hearts Cologne on it an' a little of yore chamber lye. An' put it in a flannen rag an' wear it right nex' tuh yore flesh. Say dat will make a man love yuh.
Entry 12115
Dey tell me dat de bow be's in de back of his hat, dat flat lil' bow. [take] an' wear it in dere shoes an' make him like yo' - care mo' fo' yo'.
[Fayetteville 2519:15.]
The informant reports being told of the flat bow at the back of a hat, followed by an attributed wearing instruction and affection claim.