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GRAVE OF BABY WHO NEVER CRIED
Volume 4, entries 7582. 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 7582
Take broom straws an' some dirt on a baby [grave] whut didn't nevah cry, an' some parch eggshell an' put 'em up on a person's do'steps. An' dey say it will make 'em lame in dey laigs. (You take the broomstraw?) Yuh take de broomstraws, nine of 'em from de large part of de broom, an' eggshell, parch 'em, an' take some graveyard dirt, an' dis person in de hollah of dey [foot] track, an' mix it up. An' dey say dat makes 'em lame. Makes yuh laig bothah yo'.
(What about this baby that never cried?)
Yuh git some dirt offa de baby's grave whut nevah cried - yuh know, whut born daid or somepin.