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BEHIND DEPARTING PERSON - SALT THROWN WITH CURSE
Volume 5, entries 9447. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → SALT AND ITS COMBINATIONS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 9447
Dey say if yo' don' want a man an' if a man come out chure house - ah don' know what dey [do but] ah know yo' kin keep 'em from yo' house. Yo' kin take jis' as he come out dere house an' jis' take some pot salt, an' chunk 'em aft' 'em [after them], [saying], "Yo' son of a bitch, don' come back heah no mo'." An' he'll nevah come back tuh yuh house no mo'.
(I see, you throw the salt after them.)