Beef Tongue That In Park Smacked Of Hoodoo Spell

There may be more than meats the eye to the needle-studded beef tongue that sent a Manhattan dog to the vet.

The tongue, found in Central Park, may have been left over from a "hoodoo" spell designed to keep a witness from testifying in court, experts in the African-American form of folk magic told the Daily News yesterday.

"It's a very old and popular spell used to silence people," said Catherine Yronwode, 60, proprietor of the Lucky Mojo hoodoo-supply shop in Forestville, Calif. "It can be used in any case where there's a witness that's going to speak against you." Full Story

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