Browse:2 PENNIES - SPEAK TO DEAD (Volume 4, entries 7610)
2 PENNIES - SPEAK TO DEAD
Volume 4, entries 7610. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → DEATH AND BURIAL AND GRAVEYARD → GRAVEYARD DIRT MUST BE BOUGHT FROM SPIRIT → 1 PENNY - AT MIDNIGHT - GRAVE OF SINNER OR MURDERER KILLED; DIRT FROM HEART SIDE - OATH - SALT - PEPPER - SULPHUR. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 7610
Yuh takes yo' two pennies, jis' lak now. It's diff'rent thin's tuh make a person move. Lak yuh say, "Ah want So-an'-so tuh move." Well, ah go dere at night an' give dat dead dose two pennies an' jis' as fur as ah kin go in dat dirt. Well, ah goes back an' dress dat house. Dose people can't stay dere cuz dose spirit worryin' 'em. It'll make 'em move.