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Rabbit
Volume 1, entries 238. Source context: SPIRITS → SPIRITS AND ANIMALS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 238
It wus a long time ago. I hear mah father use to offten talk about it. He said it wus a man had something down fer another man, an' it wus a rabbit that passed acrost his path ev'ry day he wus going from work goin' his home. An' he wus tellin' some his friends about 'im [the rabbit]. An' he [the friend] tole 'im, he said to go an' see a witchcraft, you know, who knowed something about root things. He say it wusn't quite nachural. An' this rabbit he would pass acrost de road ev'ry day when this man would be goin' home at night. An' he vent to de witchcraft an' he wus tellin' 'im about it. An' the man he fixed [dressed] a long hick'ry stick an' he tole this man, he said, "When this rabbit cross the road," he say, "you wan'a take this stick an' fling it af' tim [after him]." An' he said, "An' when you fling it af' tim," he say, ''if it hit de rabbit," he say, "the person that put it down they [there], he'll die. An' he said, "If yo' can't hit de rabbit," he say, "you come back an' you see me." So he took the hick'ry stick along with 'im. An' he wus comin' back home an' he took an' had de stick with him, an' the rabbit wus crossin' his path, an' he took the stick an' fling after de rabbit, an' de stick rolled to it an' stick through de rabbit, an' the rabbit then run through [between] two trees an' it stop 'im. An' the next day he came along de rabbit wus dead. An' fin'lly, three days after that, this man, de man that put it [some root] down they [there], he died.