i have a real good reason for the salt i always have with me

ah, salt. my favorite mineral compound.
folklore about it goes back for thousands of years.
greeks, romans, and hebrews alike all sacrificed it, considered it powerful [were they ever right!] and ate a bunch of it. the romans even salted there wine. today, some people salt their beer, because of an old scottish tradtion, in which a pinch of salt was added to a bach of mash to keep out witches. romisn legend has it womens that are preggers have to eat salt, or else they're gonna give birth to a bloodsucker. in japaneses folklore, ghosts are packed into jar full of salt. some olde books on ghosts and such read, " the devil loveth no salt in his meat."
and spirits loveth no salt blasted out if the barrel of a gun into there transparent tummys. no, it won't kill them, but it will buy you some time.
to keep spirits out of a place, line the doors and windows with salt. it holds them off.
and it keeps away the fey, too.
see? salt isn't just for french fries.