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RHUBARB ROOT BURIED AT GATE PREVENTS VIOLENCE WITHIN
Volume 5, entries 12760. Source context: "CHANNEL DE WORLD". Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 12760
Yo' kin take dis heah bush yo' call rhubarb. Dere's a root chew call rhubarb bush. Yo' kin take dat bush an' maybe ah know yore mad wit me. Ah'll take dat bush an' ah'll carry it to mah house an' ah'll put it right down at mah gate. Yo' might done sont [sent] me word dat chew comin' ovah dere an' run me aWay: Or do SOmepin to me. AH'LL GIT DAT ROOT AN' AH'LL PUT IT DOWN AT MY GATE, AN' WHEN YO' COME IN DERE, YO'LL BE JEST AS FRIENDLY WIT ME AS YO' IS NOW. Now, ah done seen dat tried.
[A compliment out of the past for the author!]
A man sent de word by me to anothah individual dat he was gwine come ovah dere an' beat him or kill him, an' ah run back an' tole dis fellah an' he tole me, "Well, ah'm gwin [going to] stop him." He runs out an' git dat, kept it ovah in de new ground, an' got a piece of dat rhubarb root an' buried it down at de gate. Mr. Wade, he come - a white man couldn't - Mr. Wade come up dere - found out about it so dis fellah wouldn't be caught, some scandal come to a head. An' Mr. Wade got dere. Dis fellah he went an' got dat rhubarb root an' put it down at de gate. Mr. Wade drive ovah dere, got down an' come in de house, say, "Well, Sam, how come yo' pick that [cotton or tobacca?]? He say, "Well." An' say, "Ah tlecided ah wouldn't fool with dat." Now, he done tole me up dere to his house [before] he come down here an' whup him or kill him. But he walked in de gate jest pleasant as he wus wit me.