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ROTTEN EGG - FROM WHITE HEN

Volume 4, entries 9357. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → THE AMAZING CHICKEN EGG. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.

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Entry 9357

Volume 4 · printed page 3754–3755 · Savannah, Ga.

Git a white hen aig an' let it git rotten, an' throw it on de house an' dey'll have tuh move. (How do you mean, throw it on the house - where?) Anywhere roun' de house, jis' long as it bust de aig, aftah it's rotten. [Compared to eggs from black hens, an egg from a white hen is rare in hoodoo.]

Related subjects: Hen, Move

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