| Show USE FOR SNAKE SNARE PANGS FANGS Speaking of oC catching snakes said an old ohl the tho onole fan fang Industry used USEll to yield a good revenue n here and In other parts paris of the South That was wa In iii the palmy da days s of Snake c fangs are arc supposed sup sup- po posed to have han u IL peculiar charm when It cornea COnICS to the bu business S of or forecasting and divining things anti anil no thoroughbred voodoo voodoo von von- doo doctor could afford to be bo without They were supposed to bo ho necessary necessary sar sary in the business and nd If It tho the voodoo doctor could not corral a a. snake e himself he woud have havo to tn pay nay the price pre pre- v tl In lh the snake Can fang market and amid get ct tilt tho gonds Then Thou Ih there rc was the tho hoodoo bag IL u p peculiar cullar contrivance now exten exten- I sl used b bv by negroes In tho the South The Tho hoodoo big Is a n curious com combination hi nation of oC i things AM J of them hera do o not con contain lain snake fa fangs nn 11 ss s. s yet et fangs fanes an art aro believed to add much mooch to the power po which a possessor c of or ono one of oC so strange things may mur get et front from them fh These se bags are generally very small mall sometimes some some- times mica s a small bottle with a cloth covering being used for Cor the tho purpose They flue fh ar are arG- tilled hued with wit sit all torts of things thine The contents of the urn used b by tho the witches of oC In t the e star story o of Macbeth are arc nothing In comparison with the tho hod hodgepodge hodge c- c podge rge in to be tic found In the h N oO ba bag bap AntI And tho thu negro who practices I Is looked upon us having hl ic rf power when it a t c. c to tho the material bt than any set et o of 01 witches ever pr f U u. u no so o far tar as ns the Iho I negroes who believe In such things aro are concerned Tho Thoy to b be he great tat gold under and hardworking hard Industrious nf neg oes oe hr have hrc c been known to up a bi part Jart of their salary Ian while under tho the fn- fn nUnc of oC the man with tho the hoodoo bag Not ot Infrequently tho the police have been forced to Interfere ou account of ot the rob rob- tier ter bery of or ne negroes In this w way lint Hut shako shake fangs do not command munch much of oC a price now because has 1115 been on tho the decline n and negroes J f who believe e in tho potency for or good bood or bad of oC the hoodoo bag hive havo been heen fort fortunately natel on th the tho de tie cr cru Still a sufficient number of oC tho thue credulous remain to enable a few shrewd negroes to make a Jiving Ivins without working work work- ing New ing-New New ew Orleans Times Democrat |
