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How To Become Invisible

Find a black cat. On a full moon go to where the roads cross
and boil a kettle of water. Drop the cat into the water. Boil
the flesh off the bones. Put the bone between your eyes and then
in your mouth. This will allow you to become invisible. Take
the bone out of your mouth and you will become visible again.

James Callow comment: See Hyatt 5: nos. 10061, 10076, 10078, 10082-10086, 10091-
10095, etc. for the invisibility (disappearance) effect. Also
see Hyatt 1: 74-97 for an earlier section on the black cat bone.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Lansing

Subject headings: Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration
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BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Mammal
BELIEF -- Moon
BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications
BELIEF -- Color

Date learned: 02-10-1992

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