Light A Used Match



Effect :



You take out a box of matches and go to light your cigarette or candle but when you



open them they are all used.



You then say I hate that when people put used matches back in the box, oh sorry it



was me I hate it when I do that. You then proceed to take out the used match and



strike it and it lights. You can have them already stashed in the dirty ashtray and



take one out and then light your cigarette or candle.



Secret:



All you have to do to make it look like it is a used match is dip the match in black



ink, and then wait for it to dry. Then dip it in ash and it will look like a used match



but when you strike it the match will light like any normal match.



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Floating Ring Trick



Make some really thick salt water. REALLY thick. soak a piece of thread in it



somewhere between 45 and 60 minutes. take it out and let it dry. Now you are



ready. Ask someone for a ring. Tie it to the end of the thread. Hold the string so its



like a pendulum. Now take a match and light the string down by the ring. The string



will burn but the salt crystals can hold up a fairly light ring. An awesome effect.



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Devil's Ash

From - David Blaine on Street Magic



EFFECT:

Ash from a cigarette rubbed into your palm mysteriously travels to the spectator's.



This trick is an excellent quickie in a bar or restaurant where people are smoking.



Done by David Blaine on Street Magic





Part One:

Before you begin, get a little ash on your right middle finger. This is easily done in



the act of picking up and ash tray and moving it to your table or under some other



ploy. Next, ask someone to hold out their hand palm down. Demonstrate what you



mean. When the person does this, grasp their hands (your thumbs on top and



fingers below) momentarily while you say, "no just a little farther out, please." In



the process of doing this, your right middle finger places the ash mark on the



spectator's left palm, which they can't see because their hand is palm down. Be sure



to release their hands quickly. If this is done causel, off hand manner - the spectator



will never remember you touched their hand.





Part Two:

What comes next is the most important part of the trick. It's where you build this



simple little stunt into a miracle class. Tell the person to close their left fist and keep



it closed tight. Next take a cigarette and tap a little ash onto your own left palms.



Say "watch." Slowly, rub the ash into your palm. Ask them if they can see it. Keep



rubbing until it's gone. "The ash is no longer here, but it's not gone. Would you open



your hand please?" The person does and there on the center of their palm is the ash



mark!



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Ice Ice Baby !!!



Effect



Pour some water into a cup, blow on the cup and then turn it upside down where



out pops some ice cubes.



You need a cup or glass that you can't see through. You also need a small sponge



and and some ice cubes.



Method:



Prepare the cup by placing the sponge into the bottom of the cup. Then, drop a few



ice cubes on top of the sponge and you're ready to go.



To perform pour a small amount of water (about an inch) into the cup. The sponge



will absorb the water. Blow into the cup, wave your hands over it and dump out the



ice cubes.



If you are using a disposible plastic cup for the trick, just throw it away at this time.



Watch the look of surprise on your friends faces.



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SUM TRICK, A MAGIC

Friends during a recent visit to a magic show, a person was asked to think of a



3-digit number, whose 100th digit was bigger than the rest numbers, for ex. 971 or



956 i.e. 9 > 5,6. And all the numbers should be distinct. Then the algorithm of the



magic went like this :

1- Take the number and from this number subtract the number obtained by



reversing the digits,

2- Now having this number add this to the number obtained by reversing its digits



(the new one, the above one in 2-part),

3- The number obtained will always be 1089!!! and i was shocked how could it be?



Funny isn't it but my question is that can anyone prove this with a mathematical



base. I tried it with a good success, its a challenge to all.

This example will clear any doubt in the algorithm:

Let a number be 871, the reverse number is 178. And now, 871-178=693.

Now reverse of 693 is 396. So 693+396=1089

It is believed that this trick was derived from a Russian Olympiad where students



were asked to prove this but only a handful of them could prove it.





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