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MAKE FROG SWALLOW DIME - CARRY WHEN GAMBLING
Volume 5, entries 9989. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → FROG AND TOADFROG. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 9989
Dey say yo' ketch a toady- frog an' make him swallow a dime, an' put 'im in a paper bag an' tie it up tight where he couldn't ketch no air, an' go ahead on tuh de game. Bet chew be lucky in gamblin'.
(You carry that though in your pocket?)
Yeah, jes' take it in yore pocket. Make him swallow a dime an' tie de end of de bag up an' carry dat on in yore pocket.