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Turpentine
Volume 1, entries 2344–2347. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → HANDS: MAGIC HELPERS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
Entry 2344
Get some turpentine and brown sugar. Put as many drops as you is old on this brown sugar and hold it in the palm of your hand whilst you're talking.
(Talking to the boss?) Yes. And that's luck for a job.
Entry 2345
Git a bottle of turpentine an' po' it outside de do' - run up an' down lak dat ovah yore do', an' dey won't come dere. If dey come in dey'll talk very nice.
(That is to keep the law away?)
Yes.
Entry 2346
Mop in turpentine, bluestone an' dragon blood an' dat'll keep de law away; an' sprinkle lye aroun' yore house, aroun' de steps, all de way round de house.
Entry 2347
Dat's 'cordin' to whut kinda luck yo' mean. Ah know de gamblin' luck an' whut bad luck is given on dat, if a man's a gambler, see. Well, yo' kin take some turpentine an' red peppah, mix it, an' black peppah, an' mix it together. Now, if a man got a lucky hand, you kin put dat in his pocket, it will turn his luck. Dat's fo' gamblin' luck.