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NEW GRAVE NOT YET RAINED ON
Volume 4, entries 7535. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → DEATH AND BURIAL AND GRAVEYARD → HOW TO OBTAIN GRAVEYARD DIRT → DIRT FROM WHAT TYPE OF GRAVE. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 7535
Jis' go right down tuh de cemetery an' dere's a grave dat a man's bur- ied dat jis' been made. Take de dirt off de middle of dat grave outa dere. Take it an' cork it [in a bottle] an' take it de side of de house, de side dey rents dat yo' wish dem tuh go, an' throw it on de side of de house an' leave an turn roun', go an' don' look back. Dey will go.
(What kind of a grave did you say that was?)
It has to be a new grave, one dat dey's buried an' haven't rained on. See, yo' take dat an' throw it in any way dat yo' want 'em tuh go. Now ah take dis dirt from dis new grave, see, dat hasn't rained [on] an' cork it, an' den gits to de place [and says], "Ah wan'a take dis house heah an' ah wan' 'em tuh go from heah." Ah go on dat side of de house, yo' see de sun goes down ovah dis side. But if ah wan' 'em tuh go east, ah goes ovah heah an' put it on heah.
[I stop recording, informant continues, compelling me to ask for repetition.]
(What did you say over there?)
"Yo' go from heah tuh yondah, In de Name of de Father" - now yo' see yo' mov- in' 'im - "de Son an' de Holy Ghost, go from heah."
The informant specifies a new grave not yet rained on and gives prescribed departure words. Hyatt explicitly notes stopping recording and requesting repetition. Bracketed additions and the interviewer's questions remain distinct from the speech.