Where the Southern Cross the Yellow Dog: 19th Century Kentucky Hoodoo (Patreon Tier 3, December 21st, 2021)
Hello, everyone, and thank you for supporting "It's All Ephemera"! This week in "Where the Southern Cross the Yellow Dog," i present a black Kentucky woman's first-hand memories of 19th century folk magic and folk medicine.
1) "19th CENTURY CONJURE DOCTORS OF KENTUCKY" by Mrs. Duncan, from "A Folk History of Slavery in the United States, From Interviews with Former Slaves, 1936-1938."
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This fully illustrated page brings us an interview from 1937 with Mrs. Duncan, in which she describes the Kentucky conjure doctors of her youth. Born into slavery prior to 1855, she documents the use of silver dimes, horseshoes, herbs, and a glass pistol in hoodoo spells of protection and curing.
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The Southern Spirits web site includes material about hoodoo gathered from old books, magazine articles, newspapers, and fragments extracted from novels and short stories, heavily annotated with interpretive and comparative notes. If you are not yet familiar with the public portion of the site, check it out!
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