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Two Fighting Devil-Heads Equal Aesop
Volume 1, entries 917. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → Consultation Technique. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 917
I heard of two old devil-heads. They used to call a cunjure devil-head. They had a lot and they had a tree on the line. One said, "I'm going to cut the tree down." The other one said, "Don't cut it." He goes there and starts to cutting in this tree and the other man come out and told him to stop. So they go to arguing. And he [the second man] say, "Now, I want you to cut this tree down. I'm just as strong as you are." So this other fellow starts to cutting and he can't do a thing. Then this other fellow gets a axe and Was going to show him he could cut it down. He couldn't do nothing - the other fellow used his power against him. Then both of 'em devil-heads start to cutting and they couldn't even skin the bark of that tree. That tree is still standing there. That is up in Glouster County [Virginia]. That was in slavery times.