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de direction where dat trick wn hid. Den when you find de trick, sprinkle a li‘i quicksilver over a piece of paper and put de paper on de fire, and dat trick gwine be laid forever.

MOld folks done told me how to rn~ke a c onjurer leave t own. Make up a


hick‘ry fire ~nd let it burn do~ii to coals. Den you take up two live coals. One dese ~wine be you, and de other gwine be de luck. Take up one dead cod. ‚ and dat

:~o~ enei~y~ Den ~ j~~t keep ‘Wake, till de rooster crow ~or midnight. Dat a~n de ~ of de day, Now you chunk de live con]. what ~ you to de south, de warm coun~ try; den throw de other live coal to de east; den chunk de dead coal, you enemy, to de north, de cold country. Nothin‘ of de conjurer can‘t git over fire, and ‘fore de w~e1c out, dat conjurer be leavin‘.

	‘~A old md ian who used to hang round. Marse Bill ‚ s place say t o git de be~~tof a conjurer, ~it soue clay from de mouth a crawfish hole, and. some dirt from a red ~uat‘e hole. Mix dera ~‘nd wet dem with whiskey or camphor. Śit some angleworxns and boil dem and add de wcn‘m water to de clay and dirt. I~fen you rubs de conjured .PUSBOn with dis ‚ he trouble d one go ‚ way.