Browse:(3) GRAVEYARD DIRT TO RELEASE FROM CHAIN GANG (Volume 4, entries 9037)
(3) GRAVEYARD DIRT TO RELEASE FROM CHAIN GANG
Volume 4, entries 9037. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → COURT CASES. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 9037
Dead person dust offa dem [off their graves]. Dey use dat fo' re- leasin' people from chain gangs.
(How do they use that?)
Jes' slip it tuh de person in - it's dust - in a papah or somepin. An' evah- where dat dey kin git a chance of stirrin' aroun' in de prison or at de [chain gang] camps, dey sprinkles it. In a few days somebody'll come fo' 'im. Yo' see, tuh releas- ed 'im, pay 'im out or released him some way.