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DECICAL FINGER AND HAND OF DEAD BABY
Volume 4, entries 8046. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → DEATH AND BURIAL AND GRAVEYARD → COFFIN - DOLL BABY - BURIAL - BONES → BONES FROM THE DEAD → TYPES OF BONES FROM THE DEAD. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 8046
An' den, yo' could take a dead man's fingah.
(A dead man's finger. Which finger do you take?)
The decical fingah. It's de only fingah dat is any good [demonstrates].
(Which hand is that?)
The right hand.
(But the little finger of the right hand.)
Yes, an' dis j'int.
(The first joint.)
Yeah - no - yeah. Dis one, de second j'int. Dis [demonstrates] de firs' j'int an' dat's de second j'int. (I see, the second joint at the top of the finger. All right.) An' yo' take dat an' carry it wit chew in yuh pocket. Ah could come right tuh yo' an' long as ah has dat, but ah have tuh have - now, dat's de decical fingah of de dead man. Ah have tuh have mah decical fingah on dis bone in mah hand, yo' see. See, ah'm goin' have mah hand shut, but ah gotta have mah fingah right on dere, mah decical fingah tuh, right on dis bone. Ah could come tuh yo' an' ah say, loan me a dollah, loan me five dollahs. Yo' will be, yo' couldn't hesitate at all.
(Almost anything you want, you get.)