Browse:GRAVE OF YORE NEAREST RELATIONS (Volume 4, entries 7546)
GRAVE OF YORE NEAREST RELATIONS
Volume 4, entries 7546. 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.
Entries
Entry 7546
If yo' scared of de law or scared of de enemy comin' upon yo', dat's goin' try tuh 'venge yo', [they say] fo' yo' tuh go tuh de graveyard. If any of yore neahest relations have died an' are buried dere, yo' dig a hole right tuh de haid of de grave. An' put any amount of money dat chew wanta pay dem in dere; fifty cent or a dollah, anything dat chew wouldn't mind payin'. Put it in dat hole an' take yo' a tablespoonfulla dirt outa de hole. An' put dat money in de hole an' shut de hole back up. An' tell him, keep yore enemies from yo', an' yo' won' be no mo' [more] enemy-worried. Aftah yo' takes de dirt, an' take it about chure enemy's place, if yo' know dem - an' yo'll have tuh know yore enemies - an' sprinkle aroun' de do'steps an' he won' nevah worry yo' no mo'.