The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

MY AUNT ESTER WAS SUPERSTITIOUS. A WOMAN USED TO COME OVER
TO TELL HER ABOUT SOME MAN THAT THEY HAD TROUBLE WITH.
HE HAD BEEN THERE AND WENT AWAY.
THEY DID NOT KNOW WHERE HE WAS.
HE LEFT HIS HAT AT THIS WOMANS HOUSE.
SHE TOOK THE HAT PUT IT IN WATER AND BOILED AND BOILED IT.
THE MAN RETURNED FOR HIS HAT QUICKLY.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THIS CONTAGIOUS TYPE OF
MAGIC OR ANY OTHER KIND OF MAGIC.

Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN

Date learned: NOT GIVEN