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Sinnerman's Grave
Volume 1, entries 824. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → THE DOCTORS THEMSELVES: BIRTH TO DEATH: DESCRIBED BY LAYMEN. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 824
They say they get dirt from a sinnerman's grave, and they say they kin take dat and they kin put you out de world with dat. They say dey'll take that and make a heavy wish on it - and some people they say, mix sulphur with it - dey take and sprinkle it around, sprinkle around, you know, in de air, and you inhales it. And they say, then you'll go down on de bed, you'll stretch out on de bed and be in, you know, what you call a lingering spell, until after a while you commence to - what dey call withering away. [For sinnerman's qrave, see No. 656, p.221; for inhales it, No.655.]