Noteworthy in Nola

Doing some research today for the new Voodoo section of the store, I came across this description of a particular gris gris from www.themystica.com:

Another favorite gris-gris of gamblers was made of chamois, a piece of red flannel, a shark’s tooth, pine-tree sap, and dove’s blood. The dove’s blood and sap were mixed together, and this mixture was used to write the amount that the gambler wished to win on the chamois, which was wrapped in the red flannel with the shark’s tooth between the two layers, all of which was sewn together with cat’s hair.

You took this bit of lovely, sticky, smelly goop and stuck it in your left shoe, then hobbled off to your gambling venue of choice, where, I suppose, you won because everyone folded their cards just to get the hell away from you.

Gris gris (meaning grey/grey- neither black nor white magic) are small packets that have a combination of herbs, stones and suchlike to bring about the outcome you’d like- there can never be more than 13 items, and there must be an odd number. The ones we carry are a lot more pleasant to carry than the one described above:

• Differences in racial directness.
• Hair, Fur & Nylon Donations requested
• Red Dragonette
• “Wheres the boobs?”
• Some of that Museum Mojo…