Browse:HOLD TESTING MIRROR BETWEEN YOUR LEGS (Volume 5, entries 10102)
HOLD TESTING MIRROR BETWEEN YOUR LEGS
Volume 5, entries 10102. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → BLACK CAT LUCKY BONE AGAIN. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 10102
Yo' take a live black cat an' tie 'im, an' put 'im intuh a large pot what have a covah - live. An' yo' boils 'im alive. Yo' kill 'em [by boiling]. Co'se dat's jis' de same as goin' tuh de crossroads. When yo' boil 'em, yo' boil 'im so's [so he's] right off de bones - meat comes right off de bone. Yo' git a mirrah, yo' know a small mirrah an' yo' put it right between yuh two laigs. An' yo' takes evah one of dem bones, one by one, an' pass it through yuh teeth. An' de one dat yo' passes through yuh teeth lak dat an' yo' cain't see yuhself, dat's de one dat yo' want. Dat de bone dat yo' keep, see. Dat's fo' yuh appearance an' disappearance.