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Wrestling (Rastlin') Hand
Volume 1, entries 2396–2397. 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 2396
I used to hear the old-time people set down and talk about rastlin'. A man one time couldn't be thrown - dozens of them tried him, he throwed them all. They come to find out - he told them he caught a blacksnake, skin him, stuffed his hide and wore it as a belt around his waist. It's impossible for a man to throw a man if he has one of those belts on him. That's in the Civil War period. There's some they wear them now. [For rastlin' roots (wrestling roots), see No.723, p.240.]
Entry 2397
If dey wanta be a rastler an' nobody kin throw 'em down, dey'll ketch a blacksnake an' skin him - de black an' green one - an' stuff dat wit sawdust or manure or somethin' to dry it. Den git all dat stuffin' out an' sew dat round in de bindin' or dey underwear - sew it round dere waist. It's purtty hard for man tuh throw 'em down. Ah've tried dat mahself.