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Anyone got a good list of the potion ingredients?


I'm trying to mark up some jars for Halloween, and there are a couple of things Dr. Bedlo is rattling off that I can't quite understand.

Any help is appreciated.

jb

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I love knowing things like this so thank you for providing it.
Every time I saw the movie I could not understand "Janglings of a Gallow's Bird". I kept hearing "Changelings of a Gallow's Bird" which didn't make sense to me but I couldn't think of anything else it might be. Thanks for clearing that up.

What I hear also differs on a couple of the other ingrediants.
You list "Rabbit Slog" but I think he is saying "Rabbit's lard". You also list "The Eye of a White Regal" but I think he is saying "The Eye of a White Weasel".

I agree with you on the other ingrediants.

"Jes a few mo days fo to tote da weary load."

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I watched it again Friday night.

"Something so beautiful, it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache."

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I hope that this is helpful.
From the subtitles

You got some dried blood
of a bat in the house?

How about some chain
links from a gallows bird?

Jellied spiders? Rabbits' lard?

Dead-man's hair?

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Oh please I tried making up a batch the other night and I had Ravens coming in from as far away as Maryland.

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I've heard that Hitchcock used the same potion when he was filming 'The Birds.'

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Now what is it you need?
Dried bat's blood.
Chain links from a gallows bird.
Rabbits' lard. Essence of...
Slowly, slowly.
One thing at a time, please.
Now what is it?
Nothing.
What's that?
Entrails of troubled horse.
No, no, put it back.
- What's that?
- I can't read it.
Well, look inside then.
What is it?
I'd rather not discuss it,
if you don't mind.
You did say dead-man's hair?
Yes. That's one of the
prime ingredients.
All right, let's get on with it.
All right, all right,
that's enough stirring.
Now the tongue of a vulture.
Come on, come on.
You're the slowest
magician I've ever seen.
It's a very difficult recipe.
Is that all there is of it?
You've got the jellied
spiders in there?
Yes.
The eye of a white weasel?
Yes.
You didn't forget the
dead-man's hair?
No.
Well that should do it, then.
Hand it over.

From the films transcript: http://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/movie_script.php?movie=the-raven-1963


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