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MUSTARD SEED
Volume 5, entries 10445. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → HAG AND WITCH RETURN. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 10445
Dese dey call such as witches. Ah heard de older folks say dat dat wus sompin similar to somebody dat wus an enemy to yo'. See, lak dat. Dey came dere an' worried yo'. Dey claimed dat yo' kin take sech as de mustard seed, carry dat in dere an' jes' sprinkle it all around de place. Yo' see, when dey came in dat [the seeds] dey would have tuh stop an' count each an' every seed befo' dey could interfere; an' befo' dey'd git through counting de seeds, why it's day would break on 'em an' dey would have to go.
The informant reports an older-folks claim about sprinkling mustard seed around a place; the counting and daybreak effects remain attributed.