Browse:DIMES - GRAVEYARD DIRT - BOTH UNDER DOORSTEP (Volume 4, entries 7622)
DIMES - GRAVEYARD DIRT - BOTH UNDER DOORSTEP
Volume 4, entries 7622. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → DEATH AND BURIAL AND GRAVEYARD → GRAVEYARD DIRT MUST BE BOUGHT FROM SPIRIT → 1 PENNY - AT MIDNIGHT - GRAVE OF SINNER OR MURDERER KILLED; DIRT FROM HEART SIDE - OATH - SALT - PEPPER - SULPHUR. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 7622
Take some dimes an' git chew a little graveyard dust an' bury it undah de front dō'steps an' dat finely [finally] make 'em leave. Yessuh, some dimes an' wrap 'em up right tight in a rag, an' put some of dat dust dere an' bury it undah dat do'step. (What is the idea of putting the dimes, I wonder?) Well, dem dimes - see, dey stay dere so long ah guess, an' dey cankers, see, an' yo' know anything dat cankers will gen'ly [generally] make anything go 'way. [Is this the reason? Or is the rare case of payment for the dirt being kept with the dirt?]