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1 BLACK HEN EGG BOUND INTO RIGHT HAND

Volume 4, entries 7436. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → MURDER → HOW MURDERER CAN BE CAUGHT. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.

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Entry 7436

Volume 4 · printed page 3277 · Memphis, Tenn.

If he foun' dat man dead an' dat dead man jes' dere. Well, if dat dead jes' layin' - Jesus Christ said, "He dat kill shall be killed." Yo' git a fresh black hen's aig an' put it in, bind it in dat dead man's han' an' turn dat dead man ovah on 'is face, an' dat murderer will come dere.

(You put it in either hand?)

Put it in 'is right han'.

Related subjects: Cadaver, Chicken, Fresh egg, Hand, Hen, Tie, Turn

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