Hand of Glory

[rycar007]

No: HPFGUIDX 32845

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "christi0469" <christi0469 at h...> wrote:
> I looked up the lore on the Hand of Glory. Supposedly it had to be 
> cut from the body of a hanged criminal, drained of blood, and 
> treated with certain materials and incantations. It was used by 
> thieves to give light while the household in question slept. 

It's a bit more complicated than that, but yeah, that's correct. 
There's another type of Hand of Glory as well, in which the hand is 
actually a snake. It involves the conjuration of a spirit in the form 
of a snake by mixing some things together and saying "Dragne, Dragne, 
Dragne"; in four days a serpent will appear; you are then to say "I 
accept the pact." The operator is to place an amount of money in it, 
and the next day it will be doubled. Take out the amount of money you 
placed in it, and leave the rest. When you want all the money, you 
dismiss the serpent. Probably no relation to HP, but I can't 
resist :) 

Rycar

-PS I read an article the other day about this intelligence officer 
(ie spy), and he has a little amulet in the shape of the Hand of 
Glory.