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THROW 'EM [SALT] DOWN 'IS [LAW'S] BACK!
Volume 5, entries 9512. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → SALT AND ITS COMBINATIONS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 9512
Well, now, it ain't but two things tuh keep de law away from de place. To' spread table salt down where he is an' he ain't goin' tuh come up dere. Dat's all it is. Yo' jes' git tuh 'im an' throw 'em down 'is back an' put 'im in hard luck, an' he's goin' on away from dere. He's not goin' tuh come where yo' is. [Memphis, Tenn.,
(976).1581:2.]