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3 PENNIES
Volume 4, entries 7612. 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 7612
A man can use graveyard dirt in sprinklin' or fo' travelin'. Fo' in- stance if a person wus in de house an' ah want 'em tuh leave. Ah go tuh de graveyard an' ah carry three pennies, an' ah would dig down tuh Mah elbow an' say tuh de grave, "Ah will pay yuh fo' dis dirt when ah return, an' ah wan' chew take care of dis money until ah come back." An' whut chew wan'a do until yuh come back, dat spirit is always waitin' fo' yuh, fo' yuh promise tuh come back. An' wherevah yuh carry dat, why dat person is gotta move. Yuh jis' spread dat in de yard or on de steps or where dey carry it intuh de house. If anybody walk on it, why it's quite natchel [natural] some of it will be on dey feet.