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TERRAPIN
Volume 4, entries 5683. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → SWEAT → FOOT TRACK. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 5683
Yo' kin git dere tracks, jis' like ah wuz firs' tellin' yuh a while ago 'bout de rivah, but chew don' take it tuh de rivah. Yo' take dis an' put it in a tree an' let it stay dere fo' nine days. An' den yo' take a yo' know, if yo' don't git dat wood whut [has that] in it [what?], den yo' ketch yuh a terrapin. If yo' kin git one, bo' [bore] a hole in 'is back an' put dis dirt in dere. An' he'll finely [finally] go on away jis' like a terrapin crawl off somewhere an' nevah come back any mo'. [An old note of mine reads: tree = cross; 9 days = 9 hours on cross.]