Subject:Chimney/Back of
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Entry 8548
Ah've heard that if dere's two people dat chew wanted, tuh break up, yo' kin take two names an' yo' give 'em names of each one of dem two people an' drive 'em in de back of a chimley [fireplace] an' that will separate 'em.
(In whose chimney would you put those two names?)
Yores.
Entry 11507
"If you wanted a person to move from a place [they say] that you get their shoes and put 'em to the back of the chimney - just put the whole track of the shoe on de back of de chimney...make a track in de back of de chimney... [and after the fire has burned away these impressions] that person will disappear from that place, they couldn't stay there." [Elizabeth City 411:1.]