Some enslaved Africans developed a concoction of this substance and pulverized roasted bat, which they would feed to their masters to promote good treatment. For 10 points each:
[10h] Goofer dust is primarily composed of sulfur, snakeskin, and what other inedible ingredient commonly used in apotropaic magic like gris-gris bags? Fugitive slaves covered their tracks with this substance to confuse pursuing dogs.
ANSWER: graveyard dirt [accept cemetery in place of “graveyard”; accept synonyms of dirt like dust and soil; prompt on dirt or synonyms alone by asking “from where?”]
[10e] Graveyard dirt and goofer dust are fixtures in the folk magic of this African American subgroup native to the Carolinas and Georgia, whose folklore also warns of the breath-stealing boo hag.
ANSWER: Gullah [or Geechee]
[10m] To ward off the police in hoodoo, one can either fill up a razor with graveyard dirt, or bury three roots named for a “conquering” African prince with this name beneath their gate. A folk hero with this first name likely died from silicosis and not cardiac arrest.
ANSWER: John [accept John the Conqueror root or High John the Conqueror; accept John Henry]
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