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Black Cow Milk

Volume 1, entries 1733. 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 1733

Volume 1 · printed page 527 · Memphis, Tenn.

Yo' take gunpowder an' yo' take a black cow's milk an' yo' compound, yo' know, yo' mix all that together - that's really lucky an' yo' scrub with that. (What sort of luck is that supposed to give you? What do you do that for?) Yo' do that fo' jes' fast luck - yo' know, spo'tin' luck an' all lak that. An' it's good fo' gamblin' han' too, an' yo' wash yore han's - jes' wash yore han's in de black cow's milk an' jes' keep it. Jes' do lak that if yo' want to, yo see, jes' ovah yore han's when yo' git ready tuh gamble. Dat's really lucky.

[Here a liquid is a hand.]

Related subjects: Cow, Gambling, Gunpowder, Luck, Milk, Wash

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