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(8) WAGON WHEEL AND HEBREW WORD

Volume 4, entries 8947. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → THEFT. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.

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Entry 8947

Volume 4 · printed page 3632 · New Orleans, La.

I tried it mahself. Yo' can take a wheel off a wagon an' dere's a word yo' use, but ah can't speak, but ah know it's in Hebrew. An' yo' spins dis wheeL An' at a certain time dey'll [thief will] bring it back. Take it off a wagon, see, but ah can't speak de words not by experi- ence of 'em. (I see, that will make them bring back that stolen article.

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