Subject:Powder/Hot-foot powder
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Entry 4387
Well, yuh see, dey kin take de action of yuh an' put some wha' choc call Hot Foot Powdah.
(What do they call it? Hot Foot Powdah?)
Hot Foot Powdah.
(Where do they get that?)
Sen' off an' git it. An' take it an' mix it up wit de action an' put some cayenne peppah in dere an' git a stoppah. It's a kin' of a cork whut chew buy, a square block cork. An' take de fo' cornahs off dat square cork, yuh see. It's called de dragon cork. (Where do you get that?) Send off an' git it. An' take it wit dat action an' take dat powdah whut dey call Hot Foot Powdah, an' put five grains of whole grain black pepper in it. An' roll it up an' write dat individual's name, who dat action come from. An' roll dat up in de papah where dat name is wrote, an' burn it up. An' dose folks will have a bad 'tack [attack (of)] lock bowels an' kill 'em, dere wouldn't be nuthin unlock de bowels.
Entry 5150
Take yore shoes an' put some hot-foot powdah inside de inside sole of yore shoe. Dress dat shoe fo' yuh, dey kin put yuh walkin'. Dey kin dress dat shoe fo' yuh an' give yuh spells. Ah had a woman las' yeah dat went tuh a lady an' she tole her tuh - give her some oil an' tole her, say, "Now, yuh kin gain 'im if yuh git 'im drunk an' git dis in 'is shoes. Yuh git dis in 'is shoes. Git 'im drunk, unless dat he wise. He got plenty sense." Say, "Yuh git 'im drunk an' git dis in 'is shoe." An' say, "Yuh have 'im like yuh wanta." Say, "He'll leave his wife an' come an' stay wit yuh."
(What kind of oil was that?)
It was hot-foot oil.
(For you [the man] to come to her.)
[HOT FOOT POWDER (see p.590 and elsewhere) is used to run 'em 'way from dere. HOT FOOT OIL, not so common as hot-foot powder, runs a woman's husband away to a woman working the spell under the direction of a lady, a hoodoo worker.]
Entry 2015
Yo' kin git graveyard dust an' mix it with some of this heah hotfoot powder an' it will give yo' ill luck.
(How would they handle that? What would they do with that after they mix it?)
Dey tell me now that they jis' sprinkle it aroun'.
(What would happen then?)
Well, de individual dat livin' in dere, dey tell me, would move or some ill luck would happen to 'em.
Entry 2013
Then dey go to diff'rent places and ah've seen 'em use powder - some kin' of powder dey calls hotfoot powder. Ah have never used it but ah have seen 'em use it. Some of 'em if dey would git a chance, dey would sprinkle it around yore door an' inside yore door - anything like dat.
(What would that do?)
Dat was fo' tuh run 'em - run 'em 'way from dere.
Entry 2014
Ah see dat done, too - easy. Yo' has enemies an' dey want chew tuh move outa yore house, leave. Goes tuh work an' git yo's a powder dey calls de hotfoot powders - yeah, hotfoot powders. Hit's in de worl', anybody sell it to yo' dat kin git it - hotfoot powders. An' when yo' git dat hotfoot powders it looks white like sugah. Yo' take dat stuff an' go tuh his house by night - like dat's de house dere an' he stayin' in de house, he hard asleep jes' twelve or one 'clock in de night. Jes' go along an' put it down dere where he comin' out; if he comin' de fust thing in de mawnin' he done steps ovah it. You jes' sprinkle it right 'cross de do' lak dat. See. An' tell it, 'Ah lay yo' heah tuh work, do whut ah tell yo' tuh do." An' yo' walk right on - turn right aroun' an' walk on an' don't say anothah word. Walk right off an' leave dere an' don't say anothah word. An' ah heah, den yo's enemies goin' leave de house in nine day's time - he'll move, git off. [For nine day's time, see No. 1955, p.573.]
Entry 5015
All ah know 'bout it is whut chew might call a hot-foot. Dey have dose things dey call de movin' powdahs. Dis is somepin dat ah'm not familiah wit. Yuh ordah dis from de Crackahjack Drug Sto' in New Orleans. An' yuh put dat in de innah sole of a shoe, de same as ah tole joo befo'. Aftah yuh git it in de innah sole of yore shoe, yuh take a sock - one of de socks dat de person have been wearin' - an' yuh roll it to yuh. See [demonstrates], yuh start at de toe an' roll dat sock tuh yuh. Aftah yuh roll dat sock tuh yuh, yuh put it in de mat- tress, or somewhere - anywhere dey been sleepin' on. An' dat worries. 'em, gives 'em de hot-foot. Dey cain't be satisfied - yo' know, jis' figgity. [Crackerjack Drug Store is mentioned a number of times in HOODOO.]