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FRESH GRAVE
Volume 4, entries 7532. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → DEATH AND BURIAL AND GRAVEYARD → HOW TO OBTAIN GRAVEYARD DIRT → DIRT FROM WHAT TYPE OF GRAVE. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 7532
If ah wanta do anything tuh yuh in yore foot, ah'll git some graveyard dirt an' come an' sprinkle it ip de front of yore do'. Sprinkle it jis' about de time when I think nobody goin' tuh sweep dere, befo' yuh do' where yuh gotta walk by. An' once yuh walk on it today, yuh'll tell de diff'rence tuhmorrah mawnin'. Yore feet'll [commence] swollin' an' dat'll run up [your leg]. It's called - dat's what brings on white swollin', white swollin', an' dat nevah comes till yuh die.
(Do you get any kind of graveyard dirt?)
Dere ain't but one kind of graveyard dirt.
(What kind?)
Jis' a natchel [natural] graveyard - from a fresh grave. Don't git nuthin where's dere already grass.