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GRAVEYARD DIRT AND FROG SACRIFICE

Volume 4, entries 7501. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → MURDER → HOW MURDERER CAN BE CAUGHT. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.

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Entry 7501

Volume 4 · printed page 3289–3290 · Mem- phis, Tenn.

Jes' take of dat dirt, yo' know graveyard, an' a frog. Yo' lay 'im on his back in dat dirt an' yo' put some weight on 'im an' cover 'im an' let 'im stay dere, so he cain't move no ways. Well, he's stay dere - see, he'll smothah in dat. Well, he's comin' back an' he'll find out.

(Well, where are you going to put this frog?)

Undah de steps. Yo' put dat weight ovah 'im, lay 'im on 'is back. (What do you do this for? For what purpose?) Tuh make him come back, de murderer.

Related subjects: Dirt, Frog, Immobility, Sacrifice

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