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Volume 1, entries 1036–1037. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → FOLK MEDICINE → FOLK MEDICINE (1) PRINCIPLES OF HEALING. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 1036
If yo' find dat anything occurs, yo' walk backwards three or fo' steps, backwards de same as yo' go farwards an' yo' walk ovah it, an' yo' cut de extents of it by walkin' ovah it, yo' know. Why aftah yo' walk backwards three or fo' steps an' then go back the same way three or fo' steps an' go on ovah it - dat cuts de extents of it, dere no trouble in it.
(You do that in case there is any harm in it - to protect yourself from it?)
Yes.
Entry 1037
If a person have did somepin tuh yo' an' yo' wanta try tuh git it off yo', yo'( come out every mawnin' a little befo' de sunrise an' yo' make nine steps backwards in de backyard - make nine steps backwards fo' nine mawnin's an' dey tell me dat will git off dem. Jes' lak if yo' have a spell - yo' havin' a spell an' if ah could git up nine mawnin's 'fore dat spell come on an' walk backwards nine mawnin's - make nine steps backwards an' forwards, dey tell me dat's gon'a leave me.