A type oflovecharm consisting of abag containing a mixture ofherbs and other magical ingredients.
1936, Rollo Ahmed,The Black Art, London: Long, page190:
[T]he priest or priestess had to learn how to make love charms and various objects to cause enchantments; such as fingers-of-death, hands-of-love, luck balls andtricken-bags, the names of which adequately express their purpose.
2013, David Murray,Matter, Magic, and Spirit: Representing Indian and African American Belief, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, page58:
"I have no belief in yourtricken-bags, your luck-balls, your mysterious revelation from the snake, and spells from conjure-stones."