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2 LIGHTNING-STRUCK SPLINTERS STICKING OUT OF MOUTH
Volume 5, entries 12311. Source context: "CHANNEL DE WORLD". Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 12311
Well, dat's de greates' ah evah heah about. Dey said dat if yo' take de lightnin'-wood an' go in a crowd of mens, yo' know rowdies, yo' take de splinters of a lightnin' tree. Git de splinters an' stick 'em an' yore teeth swell up: An' yo' go dere an' everybody will fear yo'. Yo' kin rampage an' nobody won' say nuthin to yo'. Dey scared of yo'. [These splinters are also a protection, see following rite.]
(Just take these two splinters from a tree that is struck by lightning.)
Take de splinters an' put 'em in yore teeth. [This means that the two ends of the splinters are sticking out of his mouth.]