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Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942
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Item Title
Joe Mows, Witches and Hants
Author/Creator
Performer: Jack
Performer: Johnson, Berry
Created/Published
August 19, 1939
Notes
duration: 4 minutes, 36 seconds
The performer, identified only as "Jack," believes that spirits return after death, and contends that Joe Mows cannot help against spirits. He reports that some turpentine workers make Joe Mows (good luck items, also known as "Mojos," said to be helpful in winning at gambling games) by sewing up a corn cob in a piece of red flannel and carrying it around the waist, neck, or in the right hand pocket. Frog and salt can be used to "kill" someone else's Joe Mow.
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: Kennedy, Stetson
Speaker: Jack
Medium
sound recording
Language
English
Call Number
AFS 3527B:5
Part of
Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections 1937-1942
Digital ID
afcflwpa 3527b5
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afcflwpa.3527b5
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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]