Pow-Wows: Arts and Remedies: Gypsy Protection Sentence
Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend, by John George Hoffman, [1820]
A DIRECTION FOR A GYPSY SENTENCE, TO BE CARRIED ABOUT THE PERSON AS A PROTECTION UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES.
Like unto the prophet Jonas, as a type of Christ, who was guarded for three days and three nights in the belly of a whale, thus shall the Almighty God, as a Father, guard and protect me from all evil. J. J. J.