Browse:(2) BURY HAIR FROM MOLD OF HEAD (Volume 4, entries 5798)
(2) BURY HAIR FROM MOLD OF HEAD
Volume 4, entries 5798. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → HAIR → A FEW EXAMPLES: HAIR TAKEN FROM BODY STILL GROWS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 5798
Dey say dey kin take yore hair an' run yo' crazy. Dat why so [many] people is crazy today. Dey say yo' kin take dis top cleft from de mole of yore hair, an' dey say yo' kin take an' bury dat, dey say, an' long as yo' live, dey say, yore hair jes' begin to grow, grow longah. An' dat make yo' lose yore mind. (What hair grows longer? On your head or the hair they take?) De hair what dey takes, what dey kin git from yo'. Well, yo' see, dey take an' plant dat hair. Well, long as dat hair is planted dere, an' yo' livin', yo' see, it will grow; but when yo' die, well it will quit growin'.
(I see.)