blues question

[Muddy]

So ...

Exactly who is Little John the Conqueroo ???

[Guv]

Why not put something more informative than question in the subject of the thread?

Then people who neither know nor care about your subject will not waste their time looking at the thread.

Also, those who do know or care might take a look instead of bypassing it.

[DerFarm]

I know of several "John the Conquerer", most of which are fairly minor and of interest only to perverts.

Which particular one do you reference?

[DerFarm]

Ok, since now I know that you're talking about blues, John the Conqueroo is the nether stem part of St. John's Wort. In the Delta (and presumably the other parts of the deep south) this was a sovereign remedy against a voodoo hex of any sort.

Various local legends enable the root to blow up the spell (southern Florida) or deflect it (LA, MS and AL). In the deflection process of LA the spell would be deflected back onto the caster. In MS, the spell would search out the nearest person of color that resembled the object.

It was most often used in LA and FL.

Sorry about the spelling mistake, but it's very hard to tell on this board......