Browse:(3) HAIR THROWN INTO RUNNING WATER MAKES CRAZY (Volume 4, entries 6284)
(3) HAIR THROWN INTO RUNNING WATER MAKES CRAZY
Volume 4, entries 6284. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → HAIR. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 6284
Well, ah've heard sev'ral times if a person git hold of yore hair an' Put it in runnin' watah, don't yo' see. YO' [the author] HAVE SEEN A RUNNIN' STREAM OF WATAH? AH 'MAGINE [they] said, if dey carry it to a ditch or, yo' know, any place dat de watah continue runnin', a creek or sompin lak dat, oby it will run yo' crazy. [Hoodoo has many informants, especially doctors, down- talking to me. This sort of treatment is surely the greatest compliment I ever received, I being one of them.]