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Baby Slobber
Volume 1, entries 1712. 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 1712
Yo' kin git baby's slobber an' put that in a pocket hans'scuff an carry it with yo' - lak yo' wipe a baby's nose, a little baby. Co'se it'll kill de baby, but chew kin do that an' git luck. An' then yo' kin ketch a leatherwing bat. (Wait a minute. Do you mean the slobber from a baby's nose or from his mouth?) From his mouth.
(Well, why would it kill the baby?)
Well, it will kill de baby cause when de luck take effect on yo', well dat kills de baby - that throws bad luck on the baby an' kills the baby. (When you become lucky in gambling, the baby will die. What about the bat now?)