Wrap carefully in red cloth, this enclose in black cloth, over all wrap a large white handkerchief and place in public highway, await developments.... An innocent wayfarer comes down the highway, sees the ownerless package and gleefully makes off with it. Oh joy! you are already feeling better, and the one who so fondly imagines he has found a fortune wrapped up in a napkin, has only brought down upon his head the load of your disease!
Barrenness need no longer bring grief to those who long for the patter of little feet about their home.
Secure a white child and with the help of a brujo extract its heart and take in small doses!!
It is impossible to dispute the fact of this and other horrible cannibalistic practices to which the superstitious negros are addicted; the public can scarcely have forgotten the developments of the noted “Gabriel Case” when a number of Brujos were sentenced to long terms of imprisonment and one at least received the death penalty.
Not only in the greater joys and griefs of life is witchcraft used, but in the petty annoyances of everyday life.
The dread combination of sprinkling salt in an old shoe and placing it upon an upturned broom, has caused many an unwelcome guest to hasten his departure.
Some of the common superstitions are: never twist an empty chair.
Never read by the light of two candles; you are mocking death.
A moth flying about you at night means that you are to receive a letter.
A match which continues burning after being thrown away will bring you money.