tricken bagとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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tricken bag (複数形 tricken bags)

1. A type of love charm consisting of a bag containing a mixture of herbs and other magical ingredients.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 190:

     [T]he priest or priestess had to learn how to make love charms and various objects to cause enchantments; such as fingers-of-death, hands-of-love, luck balls and tricken-bags, the names of which adequately express their purpose.

   • 2013, David Murray, Matter, Magic, and Spirit: Representing Indian and African American Belief, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, page 58:

     "I have no belief in your tricken-bags, your luck-balls, your mysterious revelation from the snake, and spells from conjure-stones."