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RATTLESNAKE MASTER POWDER THROWN INTO EYES - BLINDS

Volume 5, entries 12753. Source context: "CHANNEL DE WORLD". Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.

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Entry 12753

Volume 5 · printed page 4394–4395 · Brunswick, Ga.

De rattlesnake master [plant not snake] hit got dust in it dat will blind a person. Well, yo' see, keep it till it git dry. When it git dry jes' shake dat dust out of it into sompin an' den when yo' shake it into sompin, yo' gi' where somebody wanta blin' somebody wit it. Throw it at 'em, throw it in his face. [Whether rattlesnake master powder actually blinds, I do not know. Anything into eyes would be dangerous. There are a number of these throwing- into-the eyes rites in HOODOO.]

Related subjects: Eye, Rattlesnake, Throw

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