Subject:Dancing
Dancing as an intended skill or activity in the source-described procedures; conditional claims remain conditional.
Entries
Entry 359
You go out under a holly tree for nine Sunday mornings and whatever you wanted to be or to play, on de ninth Sunday morning de devil would come himself. On the ninth Sunday morning if you wanted to be a dancer, the devil would come himself and strike a step. But he [a man known to the informant] couldn't stand it. The pressure was too heavy. I heard him laughing about it many a time. [For holly tree, see also No. 355.]
Entry 10541
Dey go to de forks of de road at midnight an' prac- tice dancing, an' dey become to be a natural dancer. Say de devil will meet 'em dere between midnight an' ( one a'clock an' dey will prac- tice. Go dere fo' nine nights an' dey'll become to be a natural professional dancer.