The Toby (or the Gambling Hand) is a hoodoo work popular with gamblers. It is thought to bring luck in games of chance. The work is so old that its ingredients are no longer common place. A toby is created by drilling a hole in a whole nutmeg and filling the hole with a bit of hair, blood, or semen and quicksilver, then sealing the hole with wax. Nutmeg is believed to clear away the negative vibes and the quicksilver is believed to bear out its name a bring winnings fast and easy. Very few of these are made today. While it is easy enough to find a whole nutmeg, studies have proven that quicksilver, better known by its scientific name, liquid mercury, is a carcinogenic and should not be handled everyday. #hoodoo #toby #gambling #gamblinghand #cards #dice #chips #nutmeg #quicksilver #liquidmercury (at Strawberry Mansion, Philadelphia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B36JbNng-Vt/?igshid=8x8hd7jhitdx
