Browse:HOUSE - TOP OF: (Volume 4, entries 9280–9282)
HOUSE - TOP OF:
Volume 4, entries 9280–9282. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → THE AMAZING CHICKEN EGG. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
Entry 9280
Go an' git chew a fresh hen aig. Take it an' write dere name on it, see. Take it an' chunk it up on top of de house. In de nex' day or two dey gone
[move away].
Entry 9281
Well, yo' kin take a aig, any kinda aig, black hen aig, any kinda aig. Jes' lak dose folks stay ovah dere dey fuss wit chew all de time an' yo' cain't live by 'em atall. Yo' wait until one night when dey go tuh baid, an' jes' take dat aig an' throw it ovah on top de house, an' let it break anywhere, say: Yo' son of bitch, go! De nex' mawnin' dey be moved.
Entry 9282
An' ah've hear'd 'gin, dat if yo' have enemies an' dey livin' close by yo', why yo' kin take a aig. Find a aig dat wuz laid tuhday an' write chure [his] name on it an' throw it up on top of de house. An' as yo' throw it, say, "Ah throw dis In de Name of de Fathah, de Son an' Holy Ghost, an' ah want chew tuh move from round heah." An' de aig bust on de top of de house it sure tuh rum down, an' dey jes' git upsot [upset] dey cain't stay.