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Buckeye Hand
Volume 1, entries 1760–1762. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → HANDS: MAGIC HELPERS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
Entry 1760
Say yo' go to some kinda tree in de woods an' git somepin whut dey call a buckeye an' carry that with yo' all de time. Yo' have good luck.
(Good luck in what?) In gamblin'.
Entry 1761
Git chew a buckeye. Yo' know whut a buckeye is - it grows in a hull like a chestnut, great big one. Git chew one of them an' contin'lly carry it in yore pocket an' yore employer will always - seem like yo' nearer to 'em than any other one.
(Which pocket do you carry it in?)
Carry it in your right pocket. A buckeye - dey hard to git. That keep yo' job.
Entry 1762
Git de buckeye and wear it in yore pocket. Yo' wanta sprinkle it though about ev'ry other day with some Hearts Cologne and wear it in yore pocket, and git dis incense and burn it around de house co'se, an' git some peanuts and put on de front [but not in the house]. Dat buckeye now, yo' need tuh git on de no'th side of de tree. Dere's a he buckeye and a she buckeye, yo' wanta git dose on de no'th side of de tree. A he buckeye supposed to have two eyes and de she one. Yo' wear dem in yore pocket.
(This is to bring in trade?)
Yes sir.