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Squeezing Hand
Volume 1, entries 2313. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → HANDS: MAGIC HELPERS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 2313
Wild cherry white - it's a root, an' you take that an' you tie it up in a piece of cloth [this is a tied-up hand], an' then you keep in your pocket, your right-hand pocket. They say you jis' squeeze that jis' ever' once in a while, it'll be right hot, choo know. An' you squeeze it until your hands go to sweatin', an' you could tell if any- body got anything against you, about takin' [stealing] anything from you, any- thing like that.
(How can you tell?)
Well, you squeeze it an' your hands go to sweatin', you know; an' de same person that you figurin' on goin' to do that, you have him on your mind whilst you do the squeezin - see, then your hand go to sweatin'.