Browse:Garlic (Volume 1, entries 1908–1912)
Garlic
Volume 1, entries 1908–1912. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → HANDS: MAGIC HELPERS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
Entry 1908
Ah've heerd of 'em usin' garlic. Jes' say fo' an instance, ah wanted to be lucky in a skin qame. Ah would take a piece of garlic an' place it into Hearts Cologne. I would stick it in dere an' ah would go dere an' ever' time ah would make a bet into a skin game, ah would take an' po' some dis stuff into mah hand. An' 'long as ah was doin' dat ain't no way ah could - ah would win all de money into dat game 'long as ah used dat stuff.
Entry 1909
Yo' jes' wear garlic fo' luck. Yo' kin take it an' jes' wear it in yore pocketbook. Co'se yo' know yo' eat it, it's good fo' yore nerves - hot
[cooked with food].
Entry 1910
Then you kin take garlic and put it in your pocket - just like you gambling, put it in your pocket and if the other person got something [a hand] to gamble with, that will kill theirs. Garlic you kin use for many different things.
Entry 1911
Yo' kin git chew a piece of garlic, yo' know whut dat is, an' yo' takes dat garlic an' yo' git nine pieces of garlic an' make yo' a little sack like if yo' were canvassing. Yo put that garlic in yore pocketbook. Quite natural it's gon'a smell. An' anything yo' doin' an' wants tuh bring luck in yore place, why yo' use that garlic. Tote it in yore pocket or in yore pocketbook or in yore sample case or anything like dat.
Entry 1912
An' also yo' can have luck by goin' to a store an' stealin' a piece of garlic. Don't let 'em see yo' git it an' don't buy it an' don't ask fo' it. Jes' steal it from de store or anywhere an' put it ovah the door or put it in yore truck or most anywhere, or carry it in yore pocketbook - anywhere. Yo'll always have luck with yo' business.