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.]