95. 122 E1~ you do, it‘s pwer is dead, IIoo..‘doo; ‘Cause it is all right in de head, Iloo-.doo; Save de head and do buttons, too, Fer de work you‘ll have ter do, You will need ‘em till you‘re thru, Hoo—doo. Ketųh a live scorpen wid you han‘, Hoo~doo; Drown in a~are‘s nülk in a pan, Hoo‘.ddo; Den dry it on a pure lime rook, Ninety~..nine minutes by do ~ lock, Ho~—dco. Den git a hand vrhich is a bag, Hoo—doo; L~ade uv a.ny sort iiv rag, Hoo-.doo; J~T let de top be color‘d blue, Den git do hair frum out de s~oo, Hoo-.doo. ~ we‘n you find de folks ain‘t well, Hoo~doo; An‘ dey wants yu to move de spell, Hoo—doo; Git your ~redionts together, Ster dora up wid a goose foather, In sum clark an‘ cloudy weather, Hoo-doo. Den put ‘em in de hoo-.doo bag, Hoo..‘doo; In dat little blue top rag, Hoo~doo; Den slip ‘em in between de ticks, 1~f you wnat de conjure fixed, I~ de way you do de tricks, Hoo.~doo. Ef dey wants you to git teni well, Hoo~doo; Dat is de han‘ dat moves de spoil, Hoo~doo; T~j~0 it out before der eyes, ~T you mus‘ he awful s‘prised, ~nd dey will think dat you is wise, Hoo~doo. Den lay right down on your back, Hoo..doo; Ef you hear de timbers crack, Hoo~.doo; Den yer kno‘s yer trick has won, Den you‘ll ast er~bout de mon, For you kno‘s yer work is done, Hoo~.dōo.. Nov~ ef you wants de conjure fixt, I‘Ioo..dōo; ni you do is to turn de tricks, Hoo-doo~ Jes git dat bottle what you had, An‘ to make your patient glad, Is but to make do conjurer mad, Uoo~..doo. . . HOPKINS co.(M. Hanberry) In this county practically no one owned ri~e than one or two slaves as as this was never a county of large plantations and large homes. These slaves were well housed, in cabins, well clothed and well fed, not oir6rworked and Seid~ sold, were in closer touch with the “white folks“ and therefore more