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Frog Dust, Toadfrog Bread, Devil's-Snuffbox
Volume 1, entries 1907. 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 1907
Dey kin take dis ole dust, frog dust [toadfrog-bread dust], dat in de Woods an' git it an' sprinkle it in a person hat an' dat will run 'em blind. It's little ole stuff dat come up in de groun' - yo' know, We call it toadfrog bread. It's a little white thing [mushroom] dat grows up an' after which it die an' it goes to a dust. [This is the devil's-snuffbox or puffball - various fungi which discharge ripe spores in smokelike cloud when pressed.] Git dat an' put in yore hat dey say - sprinkle it in a person hat an' dey say dey will go blind, or in dey han'cheff er somepin. [For frog bread, see No. 250, p.72.]