Browse:Red Eyes (Volume 1, entries 852–854)
Red Eyes
Volume 1, entries 852–854. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → THE DOCTORS THEMSELVES: BIRTH TO DEATH: DESCRIBED BY LAYMEN. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 852
People said if a man's eyes is red or somepin like that, then he could do diff'rent things to you. I know there was a man in my home [Chattanooga, Tennessee] he was a ole fellah, he had very red eyes - real dark [complexion], he had very red eyes. People was skeered of him around there. They said he could do anything he wanted to do to you. Well, I know he commanded lots of respect of all de colored people. [This belief comes from the Bible: and his eyes (were) as a flame of fire - Rev.1:14,2:18; 19:12.]
Entry 854
They claim that people with deep red eyes and they can't look at people straight - they're born cunjures.