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PERSON KNOWN BY YOU
Volume 4, entries 7543. 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 7543
Well, if yo' know where dey live yo' kin take yo' some graveyard dust an' put chew some red peppah in dere. Git dis dirt off a grave dat chew know, from a person dat chew know is buries, an' put chew some red peppah in dere. Yo' don' have tuh go in de house dat's goin' - sprinkle it in de walk an' throw it up on de po'ch. Dey'll walk out an' git dere feet in it an' git mad lak anything an' done walk away. [Graveyard dirt from the grave of a person known by you is quite common.] [Little Rock, Ark., (897), 1470:3.] [Graveyard dirt from the grave of a weZl- known person is not frequent except for gambler, criminal, etc. For unusual example, See later margin title GUN - GRAVEYARD DIRT SHOT FROM.]
direct sprinkling in the walk, distinct from throwing onto the porch. Retain walk-sprinkling and porch-throwing as two different actions; neither establishes a Sprinkle/Throw/Scatter alias. These are attributed source occurrences; outcomes remain unverified.