Browse:(3) COME DOWN LIKE YO' GOT CONSUMPTION (Volume 4, entries 6386)
(3) COME DOWN LIKE YO' GOT CONSUMPTION
Volume 4, entries 6386. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → FINGERNAILS - TOENAILS - FOOTSKIN. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 6386
(They trim them? Well, what do they say they do with those [nails]?)
De trimmin's of 'em, dey takes 'em an' scorch 'em, an' scorch 'em - scorch 'em tuhgethah. Aftah dey do's dat, dey buries 'em in a piece of papah. An' when de papah begin tuh rot away All dis dust of dey trimmings go down in de dirt, dey say yo' begin den an' molt away, come down like yo' got consumption.