Browse:CROSS 2 PINS OR NEEDLES IN WOMAN'S CLOTH (Volume 5, entries 9786)
CROSS 2 PINS OR NEEDLES IN WOMAN'S CLOTH
Volume 5, entries 9786. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → NAILS - NEEDLES AND PINS - TACKS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 9786
If a man wanted tuh do somebody some harm, jes' say, lak it wus a woman, an' yo' know whut happens yo' know in de month. Well, if yo' take needles an' pins an' cross, if yo' could git aholt of dat [piece of hers], yo' cross one [demonstrate]. Yo' see, put one dis way an' one dat way - jes' cross 'em.
(Needles or pins?)
Needles or pins.
(Just two?)
Well, yo' kin use many as yo' want, but when yo' do dat she be all up an' down fo' de balance of huh days.
(What would you do with that cloth then?)
Well, yo' jes' - anything yo' wanta do. Yo' could bury it or throw it away or anything, jes' so yo' leave dem needles in dere. Yeah. Don't care whut chew do wit it.