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(10) INSIDE OUT SHIMMY ACROSS HIS HEAD

Volume 4, entries 7110. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → FOLK MEDICINE → TO KEEP PERSON ASLEEP. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.

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Entry 7110

Volume 4 · printed page 3173 · Sumter, S. Car.

Sho', jis' take yore shimmy whut chew weahs. When he drops tuh sleep, yo' in de bed wit 'im, pull off yore shimmy an' turn it on de wrong side, an' hang it, lay it right cross 'is haid. An' he won't wake up till yo' come an' take dat shimmy from off dere.

Related subjects: Garment, Sleep, Turn

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