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BLACK CAT BONE DRESSED BY ROOTMAN
Volume 5, entries 10145. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → BLACK CAT LUCKY BONE AGAIN. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 10145
For a lucky hand boil black cat, throw bones in running water. The bone that come on top will turn around...an' spins." You must have it dressed by someone. [For example of bone being dressed by professional work- er, see No.308, p.92, v.l; there are other examples.] [Wilmington, N. Car., resume, 119:9.]