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LARKSPUR AND GRAVEYARD DIRT
Volume 4, entries 7818. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → DEATH AND BURIAL AND GRAVEYARD → WHAT TO DO WITH GRAVEYARD DIRT. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 7818
Dey would put hit an' larkspur tuhgethah an' dat would create confusion in de house. (They would put this graveyard dirt and what to- gether?) Larkspur, a flower. Sprinkle it aroumd yore house an' it will create upstirs.
(Make confusion in the family?)
Yes.
(Now, in using that larkspur, they just take the whole plant or?)
Take de flowahs, de flowahs off de larkspur an' pound dem up aftah dey dry - wit de graveyard dirt.