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RED PEPPER PODS MASHED AND SCATTERED ABOUT HOUSE

Volume 4, entries 6899. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → FOLK MEDICINE → CURES FOR AND PROTECTION AGAINST AILMENT AND DISEASE. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.

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Entry 6899

Volume 4 · printed page 3142 · St. Petersburg, Fla.

If yo' got some peoples in yore house is evil an' bad luck tuh yo', all yo' gotta do is sprinkle plenty a red peppah roun' de house. Git de pod peppah whut grows lak yo' fingah [finger peppers] an' crumble it up. It's got seeds in it, little seeds fine an' white. Jis' sprinkle dat round de do' an' dey says none yore enemies will come 'bout. Ah often do dat times mahself, jis' keep up wit dis ole [turn machine off too soon].

Related subjects: Evil, Misfortune, Protection, Seeds, Sprinkle

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