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BOSSMAN: SPRINKLE SALT NEAR HIM WITH INCANTATION
Volume 5, entries 9452. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → SALT AND ITS COMBINATIONS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 9452
Anythin' lak dat yo' wanta do an' jis' be's aroun' dere [the bossman] an' yo' have dis pot salt in yore han'. An' why? Yo' know, yo' jis' throw it aroun' an' it's some words yo' say an' it'll work: Mah jus- tice comin' from de Lord an' ah trust 'im tuh regulate all mah affairs. An' it's de words dat yo' kin repeat in de Bible an' it'll work out all right.
(And this boss will give you a job?)
Yes.
(Are those all the words you say?)
Yes.
(Do you say those words just once?)
No, yo' jis' [do] dat [demonstrates]. (While you are sprinkling that salt around. That's in the Bible, you say? Those words are in the Bible?) Yeah, it's in de Bible. [Those italicized words are not in the Bible but the two ideas expressed are Biblical.]