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LAMP - BURN IN - NAME OF THIEF
Volume 4, entries 8917. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → THEFT. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 8917
Somepin you - ah write dey name on it.
(You say in case you know who they are? This person that stole it from you?)
Yeah, dis person dat stole it, hit's goin' run in yore mind who got it, yo' see. Yo' goin' purtty near know about who de last person was in yore house, yo' see. An' take an' write dey name on a piece of papah an' put it in dat lamp an' burn dat lamp. An' de longer dat fuel - dat coal oil burn in dat lamp an' dat begin to makes him get worried. Make 'em feel bad, yo' see, an' dere conscience will condemn 'um. Dey'll say, Ah'm - ah took dis frm [from] him, ah'm qoin' carry it back to 'em. If dey don't bring it back to yo', dey'll put it where yo' kin get it, yo' see.
(I see.)
Dey'll bring it back in yore house - dey get a chance an' dey'll lay it down somewhere an' yo' find it.