!x—slavs Storiös	Pagei!wo	(j5
(Texas)





	“Dat not de o~liest thins da old. conjure men do. I~y powder up cis rattle offen de snake and tie it up in de little old rag bag and dey do devilment with it. Dey git old scorpion and make bad medicine. Dey git dirt out d.s graveyard and. dat dirt ‚ after dey speak on it, would asics you go crazy.

	il WIia n dey want s c onjure e~i, dey sneak rc~ind and git de hair c~bin‘ or de finger or toenail, or an~irthing natural ‘bout your body, and. works da hoodoo on it.

	“r~.y J1a~ce de straw ~an or di clay man and. dey pute de pin in h. leg end you leg gwineter git hirt ~r sOre jus‘ where dey puts de pin.

Iffen dey pits de pin throagh de heart you gwtneter die and atntt nothin‘

kin save you,

	“Dey mak:e de charm to wear round de neck œ‘ de ankle and dey make cli love powder, too, out de lore eine, what grow in di woods. D•y biles de laaves and. powder. ‘im. Dey eho‘ works, I done try em,