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their tribal rituals with them. As the two cultures merged, so did the religions. Today, voodoo is an official religion in Haiti and is also widely practiced in Louisiana, where many former Haitian slaves moved in the 18th and 19th centuries.
    Many voodoo rituals are based on superstition. Followers believe in spirit possession, the power of dance to cure illness…and voodoo dolls. The dolls can be used for good or bad—their purpose is to affect the lives of the people they represent. And if you’ve ever wanted to make your own voodoo doll, here’s how.
    WHAT YOU’LL NEED
    Two sticks, moss, string, pieces of fabric (about 12 inches long), yarn that matches your fabric, a needle and thread, fabric glue, buttons, feathers, and scissors.
    Fireworks that explode into perfect circles are called “chrysanthemums.”
    GET STARTED
    1. Make a cross with your sticks, and wrap the string around the joint so it’s tight. Tie a knot to secure it.
    2. Wrap the Spanish moss around the sticks. Start at the joint and then move up and down to create the doll’s head and body. Be sure to wrap the moss tightly so that it doesn’t fall off; use string to secure it if you need to.
    3. Cut the pieces of fabric into two-inch-wide strips and wrap those around the moss. Leave a little moss poking out of each end (for hair, hands, and feet). Glue the end of the last fabric strip to the doll’s body.
    4. Get the buttons, feathers, needle, and thread. Sew two buttons for eyes and one for the nose. Glue feathers to your doll’s head to make hair.
    5. Now it’s time to personalize your doll. Write the person’s initials on the back, and then you’re ready to “cast” spells that wish luck or misfortune to the person your doll represents.

    If you happen to be in Norway and a fisherman walks by, spit after him It’s a way of wishing him good luck.

EWWW! BOOGERS!
    Lots of people will probably tell you not to be snotty, but we say, “Go ahead!”
    •About 70 percent of people say they pick their boogers. (And 3 percent of those admit that they eat what they pick.)
    •Eating your boogers is really gross…but it’s not necessarily unhealthy. In fact, because the booger mucus exposes your body to new and useful bacteria, it can actually strengthen your immune system. But the dirty fingers you use to do the picking are full of bad bacteria that can make you sick.
    •Eye boogers (those round balls of mucus that collect in the corners of your eyes and sometimes turn crusty) are made from the same stuff as the boogers in your nose.
    •Pure boogers are clear.
    •You get especially snotty in cold weather because when the temperature drops, your body produces more mucus to line your throat and nose. In the cold air, the mucus is usually thick. But when you go inside someplace warm, it thins and drips out.
    •Animals make boogers, too. If horses get stuffy, they just take a deep breath and blow hard through their noses. Other animals, like bison, have tongues long enough to lick their noses clean.

WHO SAID THAT?
    Want to learn to speak without moving your lips ?
    T ALK LIKE A DUMMY
    Ventriloquism got its start hundreds of years ago as a way (some people believed) to talk to the dead. Ventriloquists were considered to be prophets, and supposedly, spirits slipped into their stomachs and spoke from there. The word ventriloquism even comes from Latin words that mean “belly speaker.” Of course, the spirits weren’t really talking—it was the ventriloquist manipulating his voice to fool the audience.
    Today, ventriloquists make it sound like their voices are coming from a puppet. Ventriloquism isn’t easy, but if you work at it, you can do it just as well as the professionals.
    KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT!
    Ventriloquists use two main tricks. The first is misdirection. When the ventriloquist’s puppet is “speaking,” the audience focuses on it. That distracts people from watching the ventriloquist, or noticing if he makes a mistake.
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