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Incense

Volume 1, entries 1346–1347. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → FOLK MEDICINE → CURE AND PROTECTION. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.

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Entry 1346

Volume 1 · printed page 454 · St. Petersburg, Fla.

To give you bad luck, if yo' have a enemy or somepin like dat. Dey come to your house - dey got stuff dey call de insent [incense] - yo' kin burn dat incent in yore house an' drive dat evil spirit away from yo' out de house. Ah've witnessed dat mahself. Yo' kin buy dat at de drug store.

Related subjects: Luck

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Entry 1347

Volume 1 · printed page 454 · Washington, D. C.

Then burn this plain temple incense. Plain temple incense brings the good spirits to you and the evil spirits can't stay there. Sulphur, you know, that drives them away, too.

Related subjects: Incense, Spirit, Sulphur

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