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Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942
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Item Title
[Joe Mows]
Alternate Title(s)
Joe Mows, Witches and Hants
Author/Creator
Performer: Byrd, James
Performer: Byrd, Bill
Performer: Byrd, Joe
Created/Published
August 19, 1939
Notes
duration: 2 minutes, 18 seconds
James Byrd, 30-year-old turpentine worker, discusses "Joe Mows," good luck items (also known as "Mojos") usually including a lodestone which, kept in one's pocket, are said to be helpful in winning at gambling games. He says that good Joe Mows must be ordered from Louisiana or Mississippi. Some are made by workers at the turpentine camp, and sold for $2 each, but he doesn't believe in that kind.
Subjects
African Americans
spoken
Ethnography
Music
Narratives
Interviews
Beliefs and superstitions
Office of the Aycock & Lindsey Turpentine Camp
Cross City, Florida
Dixie County
Object Type
Related Names
Collector: Kennedy, Stetson
Collector: Cook, Robert
Speaker: Cook, Robert
Speaker: Kennedy, Stetson
Speaker: Byrd, James
Medium
sound recording
Language
English
Call Number
AFS 3527B:4
Part of
Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections 1937-1942
Digital ID
afcflwpa 3527b4
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afcflwpa.3527b4
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[Joe Mows]
Record made August 19, 1939 in the office of the Aycock & Lindsey turpentine camp, Cross City, Florida. [Textual Transcription]