Browse:BED WILL 'COME DE WAY DE DUST IS (Volume 4, entries 7518)
BED WILL 'COME DE WAY DE DUST IS
Volume 4, entries 7518. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → DEATH AND BURIAL AND GRAVEYARD → HOW TO OBTAIN GRAVEYARD DIRT → THE SPIRIT IN GRAVEYARD DIRT. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 7518
An' dey put it in yore bed.
(This graveyard dirt?)
Yes sir, eithah sprinkle it aroun' yore house or anything like dat. (Well, what do they put it in the bed for? What will that do if they put it in the bed?) Well, yo' see, de dead would come where de dust is. Dat'll harm. Yo' see, yo' can't sleep at night. Take it - an' de bed will 'come [become] de way de dust is, if it wus somebody who wus evil, becuz dey done me like dat.