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COOTER
Volume 4, entries 5842. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → HAIR. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 5842
Ah heard dat chew kin git dere hair an' go to a pond an' ketch yo' a cootah an' tie it on de cootah feet an' dat will keep 'em agoin'. See, when de cootah die, well yo'll die. Dat's whut ah heard. [Cooter is a word confined to the U. S. A. for one of several turtles or tortoises: (l) common snapping turtle; (2) box tortoise; and (3) any fresh-water tur- tle of the genus Pseudemys.]