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Entry 8904

Volume 4 · printed page 3619 · Memphis, Tenn.

If a person stole a.thing from yo' an' yo' wanta find out if it's dem dat did it, yo' gotta git chew some coffee grinds [grounds] aftah de coffee's [coffee has] been made. Git dose coffee grinds. An' den yo' take some coffee grinds an' let dem set outdo's [outdoors]. Don't leave dem in de house, yo' let 'em set outdo's. An' den yo' will git chew a bottle of turpentine. Now, dey done stole it an' yo' wanta find out de fak' [fact]. An' den, when yo' git some turpentine an' dose coffee grinds - an' den yo' take dat eggshell an' brown hit an' put it in dere. An' den yo' take dat eggshell - aftah yo' take dat egg- shell. An' yo' make yore wish while yo' fixin' it up. Yo' make yore wish while yo' fix it up an' den yo' take dis eggshell. An' den yo' take an' beat up some garlic an' brown dat garlic. Yo' gotta brown evahthin' yo' use. An' den yo' take, if yo' have an idea who got it - if somebody tell yo' dese people got it an' yo' know where dey live at...

(If you have an idea who did, what do you do with it then?)

Take it tuh dere do' an' bury it right up undah de centah of dere do', right up undah de centah of dere house eithah much [if you prefer]. [Center of house makes this a quincunx rite.] An' if dey got it dey'll bring it back. Dey'll bring it back.

Related subjects: Door, Eggshells

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Entry 2507

Volume 1 · printed page 695 · New Orleans, La.

Now, if you kin git it, I use that Holy MAMMY Oil, if you kin git it. An' you git one of these little blue moun's - BLUE MOUNDS it's a incent [incense], a little pointed [come-shaped] thing; it's a blue moun' [mound]. An' there's a little brown one. Well, you burn de brown one in the mornin' an' the blue one in the afternoon. That'll bring jis' wha' choo want.

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Entry 5312

Volume 4 · printed page 2820–2821 · Brunswick, Ga.

It's anothah thing. Yo' could take one dese great-big ants. Yo' kin Spot [easily see] it, yo' know. It ain't none dese little-size ants, [it is] one dese heah run by hitself all de time. Yo' take one dem an' git de middle of somebody's track, if yo' wants tuh run 'im 'way. An' yo' put it intuh a bottle. An' put dat ants in- tuh it an' carry it tuh de rivah, an' throw it ovahbo'd an' it will run 'imcrazy.

(How many ants do you put in that bottle?)

One, jes' one. Yo' ain't goin' see but one. Dere jes' be one by itself all de time.

(What color is it?)

It's kinda brown-spotted lookin' ants, 'bout de colah of dat shade up dere.

Related subjects: Crazy, Overboard, River, Tracks

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Entry 6394

Volume 4 · printed page 3052 · Jacksonville, Fla.

Dey take fingahnails an' toenails an' cut 'em up, an' place 'em intuh a stove. Parch 'em - parch de fingahnails brown. Aftah dey is parched brown, den dey takes 'em an' carry 'em, an' when dey git tuh yore do' or de front do', or dey git someone else dat's stayin wit yo' tuh place 'em ovah yore head, don't chew know, aftah dey parch 'em in de stove. Dat's de way ah learned of dat.

(What will that do to you then?)

It will cuz yo' not to leave home.

Related subjects: Door, Fingernails

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Entry 6584

Volume 4 · printed page 3086 · Little Rock, Ark.

Git 'em - an' yo' take dese heah stingin' scorpions, too. Git 'em an' parch 'em up. Let 'em git good an' brown. Cook 'em an' den powdah 'em up right good, an' put 'em in a bottle of watah an' stop 'em up real tight fo' awhile. An' den if yo' wanta poison dat indi- vidual, why yo'll po' some of dat out intuh 'is watah.

Related subjects: Keep, Powder, Scorpion

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