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1 EGG ON BREAST
Volume 4, entries 7439. 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 7439
Lay an egg on the dead man's breast. When that egg busts, the murderer will return. [Vicksburg, Miss., (?), 986:4.] Bury dead man with a black hen's egg on his breast. [Vicksburg, Miss., (?), 1032:5.] [For original notes, see attached pages in original manuscript.]