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HEADBONE OR SKULL

Volume 4, entries 8049. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → DEATH AND BURIAL AND GRAVEYARD → COFFIN - DOLL BABY - BURIAL - BONES → BONES FROM THE DEAD → TYPES OF BONES FROM THE DEAD. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.

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Entry 8049

Volume 4 · printed page 3415 · Charles- toa, S. Car.

Ah hear'd about dey gittin' de bone, de haid part.

(A bone from the head?)

Yes, sir. Ah hear'd dat dey go out an' git dat, goes out dere an' dig it up. Git de haid of a pusson. An' when dey git de haid of a pusson, beat up dat an' make some kinda diff'ren' li'le thin's dey calls hands, so dat dey have good luck an' all dat. Dat's what dey do wit dat. [For headbone see also pp.38,282 & 283.]

Related subjects: Human bone, Dig, Head, Luck

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