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SNAKE-SHED POWDER
Volume 4, entries 6650. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → FOLK MEDICINE → LIVE THINGS IN YOU. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 6650
Yo' kin take a snake an' take de shell [shed] off a snake or anythin'. Jis' git de dust from it. An' if yo' kin git real clost [close] an' let 'im git dat snake dust in 'im- let 'im git dat snake dust in 'im tuh create a snake in 'is system. Or dat way, a woman gits a snake in 'er. [Is informant saying this dust can be given in inter- course, women being more vulnerable?]
The printed account explicitly mentions dust. Its claimed bodily effects remain reported belief; the bracketed clarifications and speculative question are editorial.