Browse:STICK MARKS GRAVE - SPREAD-OUT SHIRT BURIED (Volume 3, entries 4754)
STICK MARKS GRAVE - SPREAD-OUT SHIRT BURIED
Volume 3, entries 4754. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → SWEAT → CLOTHES EXCLUDING HAT, SOCKS AND STOCKINGS, AND SHOES. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 4754
A man undahshirt, a dirty undahshirt. An' jis' lak if yuh wuz a wo- man's husban', an' a woman got a sweetheart an' wanta keep yuh down, when dat sweetheart come home. She kin take one yore dirty undahshirt, an' take it right out dere in dat yard an' jes' dig a hole. Jis' dig a wide place where dat shirt will open out sompin lak dis [demonstrates].
(Spread out.)
An' bury dat shirt right tuh dat stick, an' yuh kin be in heah, disde husban'- man now, yuh kin be in heah an' yuh see dat sweetheartman comin'. Yuh li'ble [liable] tuh go out dere in dat back yard until dat man go.
(You go out in the back yard until the man leaves.)
Ah've seen dat happen.