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CROSS OF SALT
Volume 5, entries 9471. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → SALT AND ITS COMBINATIONS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 9471
Husban' or wife or jis' a frien'. Well, dat salt, jis' as yo' come in, wherevah yo' set or wherevah yo' went in de house, sprinkle dat salt dere an' den lak dis [demonstrates two strokes making sign of cross]. If yo] step ovah de salt, dey says dat's misfortune wit yuh mind, an' yo' jis' forget about evahthing an' yo' won' come back.