Browse:NEVER TAKE GRAVEYARD DIRT INTO YOUR OWN HOUSE (Volume 4, entries 7526)
NEVER TAKE GRAVEYARD DIRT INTO YOUR OWN HOUSE
Volume 4, entries 7526. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → DEATH AND BURIAL AND GRAVEYARD → HOW TO OBTAIN GRAVEYARD DIRT → THE SPIRIT IN GRAVEYARD DIRT. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
Entry 7526
Well, ah heard dat dey could go tuh de graveyard an' carry three pen- nies tuh some sinner's grave, tuh somebody dat chew know, an' dig a hole down about heah, 'bout lak neah de heart, an' ask in dese people's name fo' three cents' worth of graveyard dirt. An' dat wus tuh move a person, but not take it in de house, in yore house. An' ah've heard dat dat would really move a person.
(Well, what would they do with it after they got this dirt?)
Put it in dis person's house whut chew wanta move. Threw it on de ground, or if yo' kin git dere, throw it undah de bed. De neaheh yuh git it dere, de quickah dey'll go.