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WICKED MAN'S GRAVE
Volume 4, entries 7551. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → DEATH AND BURIAL AND GRAVEYARD → HOW TO OBTAIN GRAVEYARD DIRT → DIRT FROM WHAT TYPE OF GRAVE. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 7551
Yuh go tuh one of de wors' yuh knew dat died, some ole wicked person, an' git some of de dirt about midnight from dat grave, an' take it an' throw it roun' a person house, an' dat would drive de person away from dere home, or run 'em away [out of town]. Dey couldn't stay dere any mo'. Or eithah slip it in dere house some- where an' dey couldn't stay dere any longah. Ah heard dat.