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BANANA
Volume 3, entries 3984. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → URINE. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 3984
Well, [take] jis' a little chamber lye an' git a banana peelin' an' put in de chamber lye. An' den parch it inside de stove an' it comes tuh ashes-lak, yo' know. Den crumble it up. While dey [the banana-dust maker] walk along out of dat house [the house of a person he wants to move, he drops that dust]. Dey [person living there] can't stay in dat house. [A theory lies concealed here. A banana peeling is a slippery, a dan- gerous object to drop upon your host's floor. Besides he could see it. But equally potent, as well as a magic substitute, would be a little banana- peeling powder! As soon as the renter or owner walks over the invisible powder, he will soon slip out of that house. Banana-peeling powder turning back into a banana peeling follows the same law that turns back snake powder into a person's food into live snakes (see 690-691, p.230; etc.).]