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Baby's Hand
Volume 1, entries 1711. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → HANDS: MAGIC HELPERS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 1711
Well, I'd say for 'n-instan' [an instance] a man - a woman's not much, but a man you know is the top piece of the earth. In other words, if you get a dead man's hand and take it and put it in alcohol and let all the flesh come off of this hand, that will molt, that hand will get jes' like that; see, the fingers will be drawn togethah, they'll go right in like that. That alcohol will draw it togethah. And then you take it and sew it in a piece of red flannel. And when you sew it in a piece of red flannel, then you tote it on you daily - care it in your bag. You'll make a bag, tie it around your waist and care this and you'll always have good luck. And you do a baby's hand the same way: The best hand is a baby. You get the right hand of a man. The baby's hand is the best. If you can go and git a baby's hand, you got something. [See later, Dead - Hands From, Thief's Candle.]