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BACK DOORSTEP - LEFT SHOE - BURIED UNDER

Volume 3, entries 5100. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → SWEAT → SHOES. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.

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Entry 5100

Volume 3 · printed page 2761–2762 · Waycross, Ga.

If he leave one of 'is shoes, any of 'is shoes at home, yuh take one of 'is lef' shoes. Yuh take his lef' shoe an' bury it undah de back step. Dat'll bring 'im back. [The mystery here is rather clear. Some involuted mind has produced this strange combination, because the back in back doorsteps and the back in bring back look like a magic coincidence or possibility!]

Related subjects: Bring, Bury, Step

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