84 MAGIC WORDS
once to the moonbeam and, uttering the word Saulem seven times, I go up
with everything and take it away with me." -- Pedro Alfonso, "The Foolish
Thief," First Spanish Reader, edited by Angel Flores (1964)
Scrumpledoggins
Common Magician's Applications: Production. For example, Master
illusionist Uncle Dave "makes you shout the magic word, 'Scrumpledoggins,'
to get the quarter" he produces from behind your ear.14
Secret
In Literature:
• "[Y]ou will . . . have the privilege of responding to a magic word: Secret!"
-- Lloyd H. Whitling, The Complete Universe of Memes (2002)
• "She had said the magic word . . . Secret!" -- Wallace Neal Briggs, Riverside
Remembered (1992)
Sedle Sedelie See
Facts: Sedle Sedelie See, What Are Thee? is a phrase used in conjunction with
clapping three times for activating a magic slate in Oral Storytelling and Teaching
Mathematics by Michael Schiro (2004).
Seem-Salamay Foofoo
In Literature:
• "You want a miracle or what? You want Seem-Salamay Foofoo and Abracadabra?
Then go to a magician." -- Rohinton Mistry, Such a Long Journey
(1992)
Selah
Mystique: "Is there anything more thrilling and awe-inspiring than the
calm before the crashing of the storm, or the strange quiet that seems to fall
14 Justin Racz, 50 Relatives Worse Than Yours (2005)