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SALT - PEPPER - EAST-SIDE-OF-HOUSE DIRT
Volume 5, entries 9602. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → SALT AND ITS COMBINATIONS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 9602
Dey tell me that chew go to de east side of yore house an' yo' dig a small little pail full of dirt an' yo' pat hit full of salt an' peppah an' yo' put hit right out in front of yore door where yo' gotta enter de steps an' dey say hit'll keep it away but...
(That will keep the law away?)
[My use of word "law", already used by informant, causes nervousness.]
BUT AH DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT! AH'VE NEVAH TRIED IT! Your enemies, well dat's de laws.