Browse:Stones or Rocks (Volume 1, entries 2316–2317)
Stones or Rocks
Volume 1, entries 2316–2317. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → HANDS: MAGIC HELPERS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 2316
[He and the girl are walking down the road.] Dey been on a quarrel an' he leave 'er [and runs down the road] an' de firs' stone he git to, he take a ole stick an' put underneat' dere an' turn it ovah, an' den he come on back up dere [to the girl] an' den she'll still love 'im. Dere won't be no quarrelin'. He roll de stone ovah on top de stick.
Entry 2317
I know a way you kin keep 'em away. Well, you kin git nine rocks - jis' common little gravel you know - an' they kin put it in a bag, an' jis' way- somevah that person travels 'long, you kin put it down 'is path. Bear [bury] it undahneat' de ground, you know, way he can't see it - put it down in 'is path. An' if he evah steps ovah it, if he [the law] evah move to [toward] you' house, he'd turn aroun' an' go back.