MAGIC WORDS an outsider, approaching, would greet them with the magic word, and immediately they would bow and smile, and answer, 'I forgive.'" -- Irving Bacheller, Silas Strong (1906) Boo Common Magician's Applications: Transformation. For example, during a trick entitled "Fraidy Cat Rabbit," "The magician displays a black rabbit and places it into a large frame. The door to the frame is closed and the frame turned around, showing a brightly colored door on each side. The magic word 'Boo' is chanted, and when the door is opened, the black rabbit has turned white with fright."28 Boodoongapita Origins: Boodoongapita originated in India. In Literature: • Boodoongapita is featured in a folk story about a fussy boy who learns from a traveling magician a magic word to make anything displeasing disappear. 29 Booga Booga (see also ooga-booga) Facts: Booga Booga is a favorite magic phrase of professional magician Frank Tougas. 0 The Booga hag is "a haunting spirit said to suck the soul out of you during the night," and may be scared away by indigo-colored doors. 1 Variations and Incantations: • Booga, wooga, cooga, booga, cooga, googa -- Lois Griffith, Action (1997) • Sanka dali; booga, booga -- Joe Nickell & James Randi, The Mystery Chronicles: More Real-Life X-Files (2004) 28 Bill Gormont, EmpireMagic.com (2004) 29 Gita Madhu, TranslatorsCafe.com (2004) 0 TheMagicCafe.com (2005) 1 Sue Monk Kidd, The Mermaid Chair (2005)