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PINCH OF GRAVEYARD DIRT

Volume 4, entries 7675. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → DEATH AND BURIAL AND GRAVEYARD → GRAVEYARD DIRT MUST BE BOUGHT FROM SPIRIT → AMOUNT OF GRAVEYARD DIRT TO USE. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.

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Entry 7675

Volume 4 · printed page 3334 · St. Petersburg, Fla.

Ef anyone in yore neighborhood is doin' yuh any harm an' yo' don' want 'em in yore neighborhood, why yo' jes' go tuh de graveyard an' take a penny an reach down dere an' git chew some dirt chew know. An' take a pinch of dat dirt an' bring dat dirt back an jes' throw it on de flo'. An' dey sweep it out, why de spirits will worry 'em so dey has tuh leave dere, dey cain't evah stay dere.

(Whose floor do you throw that graveyard dirt on?)

On dere flo.

(Of the people that you want to move?)

Yes sir, wants tuh move 'em outa dere.

Related subjects: Dirt, Spirit, Sweep

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