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WILLOW - SOCK - GRAVEYARD DIRT

Volume 4, entries 7927. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → DEATH AND BURIAL AND GRAVEYARD → COFFIN - DOLL BABY - BURIAL - BONES. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.

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Entry 7927

Volume 4 · printed page 3385 · New Orleans, La.

Yo' take a sock an' put dat dust in dere. (What dust?) Yo' take dat sock an' yo' git some graveyard dust [and put in], dat willah leaf an' yo' put dat in dere, but yo' gotta let it stay in de sun an' let it dry good. An' dey put dat in de ground. It's all dif- f'ren' kinda ways [to use graveyard dirt] an' dat's a simple thing tuh do.

(What will that do if you put the willow leaf in that sock?)

Put it in dat sock? Dat'll run yo' crazy.

Related subjects: Dirt, Dust, Willow

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