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OLD SINNER'S GRAVE

Volume 4, entries 7565. 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 7565

Volume 4 · printed page 3306–3307 · Newport News, Va.

If yuh livin' here an' ah don't want yuh here - perhaps ah wanted de house mahself, ah go dere an' git dat dirt offen an old sinnahs' grave, take dat dirt an' pass yore do', an' throw it up in dere an' say, "I hope yuh will go, " an' speak evil of yuh. De nex' day mawnin' yuh'll git up an' sweep de dirt on out. Yuh go out dere an' take yore broom an' sweep it on away. De nex' thing yuh know, yuh'll be movin'.

Related subjects: Broom, Dirt

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