GLOSSARY

Drums and Shadows, by Georgia Writer's Project, [1940], at sacred-texts.com

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ahmeen--spoken in a prayer

ameela--spoken in a prayer

anansi, An Nancy-spider

balonga--watermelon

belambi, hakabara, mahamadu--spoken in a prayer

boo-boo-no--circular African house of sticks and straw, plastered with mud

cop--to cut, to bleed

cunjuh--magical practices, the casting of spells

de big raid--War Between the States

deloe--water

diffy--fire

dose--conjure mixture

figlin water--wine

flim--pancake

gran--grandfather, grandmother

ground house--African dwelling

gumbo--okra

hakabara--spoken in a prayer

han--a magic charm carried to insure good luck

heaby root--a powerful spell

hoodoo--magical practices, the casting of spells

juba haltuh--water bucket

line scahs--tribal marks

maduba--mistress

ma-foo-bey--ejaculation of surprise

mahaba--master

maulin a bumba--thunder

mojo--charm.

mosojo--sojo--pot

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nayam--to eat

nyana--seafood

planted--place an evil charm

plat-eye--especially dreaded ghost

put down--place an evil charm

rootin--casting an evil charm

saraka--flat rice cakes

settin-ups--wakes

shadduh--ghost

shoutin--rhythmic beating of hands and feet

skinskon--expression of anger

strikin roun--working conjure

tabby--a mixture of lime and oyster shell, used for building material

totem, taboo--forbidden article of food

tuh fix--cast a spell

voodoo--magical practices, the casting of spells

wukin roots--curing by magic