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SNAKE POWDER MADE WITH A WISH

Volume 4, entries 6643. 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 6643

Volume 4 · printed page 3099 · Florence, S. Car.

Say, if ah wanted tuh' do sompin tuh yo', ah would git me a snake an' kill 'im an' put 'im intuh a sompin an' bake 'im, an' ah would use mah wish. Ah would take de ashes an' ah would drop it in- tuh yore meal or intuh de watah yo' drink, an ah would made de wish fo' whut ah wanted tuh happen tuh yo'. An' it would happen.

(Do you mean you would wish anything?)

Anything dat yo' wanted tuh wish. Dat's de way ah heard of it.

(Wouldn't that dust create certain things in you or what?)

[My question is leading but the live things are obvious.]

Yes sir.

Related subjects: Ashes, Make, Snake, Water, Wish

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