Browse:GRAVEBOARDS OF RELATIVE TAKEN HOME BRING LUCK (Volume 4, entries 7696)
GRAVEBOARDS OF RELATIVE TAKEN HOME BRING LUCK
Volume 4, entries 7696. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → DEATH AND BURIAL AND GRAVEYARD → GRAVEYARD DIRT MUST BE BOUGHT FROM SPIRIT → HEADBOARD AND FOOTBOARD. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 7696
[He can take] de haidbo'd an' footbo'd, see, dem two li'le pieces, one at de haid an' one at de foot at de graveyard, dat [belong to], some of 'is rela- tives. Kin take dat at home an it will be lucky tuh 'im. (You mean the relatives of this dead man will go out and take these boards, and that gives them luck?) Sho' [sure].