Subject:Kingsnake
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Entry 2555
Yo' take a white man and he like a king snake, an' yo' take a nigger an' he like a blacksnake. All right, den. Now ah want show you. Now yo' take dat - you kin git dust. You don't have to git nuthin but that graveyard dust and carry dat and throw it down all by yo' [his] doorstep where he gotta come in at. And suh, if he come in dere, ah pray to die - jes' as soon as he walk up dere his mind will change. Ah don't kere if somebody son [God's Son?] in dere. [Penciled note on original transcription reads "to keep law away."]
Entry 2044
Dey got a root dey call - well, dis root dey call de kina-snake root. Dey takes dat an' wears it. An' den dey gits this other thing dey call - dey burn it in de house - incense, burn it in de fo' corner of de house. Dat will gain yo' customers.
Entry 2105
A king snake, git his hide yo' know an' skin 'im. Take his hide an' make yo' a underwearing belt out of it - make it jest lak yo' make a money belt. Dey say if yo' put a dollah in dat belt or any piece of paper money - yo' jes' put it in dere an' wear it, dey say if yo' gamble, don't care how much money yo' lose, when yo' git back to dat dollar yo' goin' win in de game. Long as yo' kin keep dat dollar in cir- culation yo' won't nevah lose it when yo' wear it in dat belt. When yo' quit yo' jes' put it right back in dat belt.
Entry 7040
If he a heavy drinkah - if a man a heavy drinkah, yo' git chew a king snake. See, a king snake about dat size [demonstrates]. Aftah yo' kill de king snake, yo' take his haid. An' yo' take de tip end of 'is haid an' yo' boil dat down. Boil it down tuh a medicine-lak, jis' about dis much, tuh put in a vial. An' aftah he goes tuh drink - he might drink wit chew. An' aftah he drink wit chew, yo' put about dis much of dat lik- kah in de whiskey. An' aftah he taste dat, he won't drink no more. Make him sick fo' 'bout twenty-some [twenty-one?] days. [The king snake of the southern United States of America is called king because it kills other snakes. Actually it lives chiefly on mice and rats.]