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DOG MANURE IN SWEATBAND

Volume 3, entries 4521. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → SWEAT → HAT - SWEATBAND - BOW → SWEATBAND OF HAT EXCLUDING BOW. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.

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Entry 4521

Volume 3 · printed page 2645–2646 · Jacksonville, Fla.

Yuh git dis here dog stuff.

(Dog manure?)

Dat's right. Yuh lay dat dog manure right out dere an' let it be dried by de sun. Yuh can't do nuthin [with wet dog manure]. An' yuh put it out dere an' let it dry. When it dry yuh beat it up intuh a powdah. Ah reckon yuh know about dat? (No, no.) Git chure hat an' yuh take de rim [inside band] of dat roun', an' yuh take dat powdah an' sprinkle it aroun' in dat hat jes' dat way [demonstrates].

(Inside the rim.)

An' yuh goin' weah dat hat. DERE AIN'T NO DOCTAH 'TWEEN HEAH AN' PHILLIPPINES KIN CURE DAT. AN' HE WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT'S DE MATTAH. OH, DEY TRIED TUH CURE ME [WHEN IS WAS] DATAWAY. Ah [had] mah hat [dressed].

(What would it do to you?)

It GIVE YUH A BAD HEADACHE AN' IT WILL LAS' YUH TUH YUH GRAVE. Dey done me dataway.

Related subjects: Sweatband

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