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Magic Sand
Volume 1, entries 2091–2094. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → HANDS: MAGIC HELPERS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
Entry 2091
[Magic sand - black and white - is what some persons called powdered lodestone, black lodestone and white lodestone - see preceding margin-titles Lodestone.] In gambling, we say yo' kin take a little piece of High John de Conker, we take three guinea seeds, you take a piece of lodestone and you take magic sand and you sew this in a piece of cloth. Upon your hands you would use oil of van-van. Then you hold this lucky charm in your hand whilst you are playing with a piece of money and you will be lucky.
(What is magic sand?)
Magic sand is a thing that is made to go with this lodestone - somepin like - looks like black dust, but it comes with lodestone - you buy lodestone and dey give you dis sand with it.
Entry 2092
(White lodestone? What does that do?)
Dey has a kind dey call de magic sand an' dey take hit an' put it wit de lode- stone. Say dat supposed tuh draw money. Dey put it in a yarn rag, put it in flannel, an' dey wear it in two sacks - put red flannel next to it an' put it in a white little sack, an' keep it wet with Heart Cologne or lucky oil, either one.
(What will that do then?)
Dat will draw de money - dat's fo' gamblin', dat give yo' luck.
Entry 2093
You get live lodestone, Horseshoe Brand.
(Horseshoe what?)
Horseshoe Brand, magic sand.
(Horseshoe Brand, magic sand.)
Magic sand and lodestone powder. Well, you mix them three mixes together, and you puts it in a piece of brand-new red flannel - you have to go buy the red flannel. And you sews it up. And anything that you goes for, well they couldn't turn you down. You may be the last man he'll turn off of the iob.
(What are these things you mix up now?)
Horseshoe Brand magic sand and a piece of live lodestone and lodestone powder.
(And lodestone powder - those three things?)
Yes. [Here lodestone powder is different from magic sand. We could say it is lodestone powdered but this would conflict with the live lodestone here.]
Entry 2094
Uh-huh, dis a gamblin' hand. Well, yo' git magic sand, an' git Adam an' Eve, an' yo' place dat together an' yo' git lodestone, an' put all that to- gether an' combine dat an' mix it. It makes a good lucky gamblin' hand...yo' put that in red flannel.