Browse:SPIT INTO SWEEPINGS MADE BEHIND VISITOR (Volume 5, entries 9687)
SPIT INTO SWEEPINGS MADE BEHIND VISITOR
Volume 5, entries 9687. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → SALT AND ITS COMBINATIONS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 9687
If yo' don't want no one in yore house, in yore room, an' when dey leave out, yo' take de salt an' sprinkle it in behin' 'em an' sweep, an' den spit init. Dey'll nevah come in yore house ag'in.