Browse:SWEEPING SALT BEHIND VISITOR (Volume 5, entries 9529)
SWEEPING SALT BEHIND VISITOR
Volume 5, entries 9529. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → SALT AND ITS COMBINATIONS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 9529
If yo' know de person dat's goin' dere, if yo' seein' 'em an' it's jes' somebody whut visit yo', dat yo' don' wanta visit yo'. Well, now whenevah dey leave, yo' jes' throw jes' a li'le pinch of salt behin' dem, an' sweep it in de direction dey gone. Dey can't - dey won't come dere, dey'll stay 'way.