Browse:Lice (Volume 1, entries 2556–2557)
Lice
Volume 1, entries 2556–2557. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → BUSINESS AND CUSTOMERS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 2556
Dere lucky, so ah heah de womens say. Ah wouldn't nevah fool wit 'em, but ah've seed women buy 'em. Ah've see 'em pay high as a $1.50 apiece fo' dem. [They were cheaper 50 years earlier - see No. 2417, p.672.]
(What kind of crabs?)
Dey call 'em a he an' a she.
(What are they body crabs or head crabs?)
Yes, crabs off of 'em.
(From the body. What do they do with them?)
Put 'em on 'em. Dey say dey gives 'em luck - dat makes 'em lucky if dey keep dem on 'em. But ah've nevah used none of those. Ah always try tuh git rid of all dat git on me.
Entry 2557
Yo' kin git crabs - de crab dat be's on people in de haid - an' take dem crabs an' keep 'em an' yo' kin win every game.
(Where do you keep them?)
Keep 'em in yore pocket.