Subject:Doorpost

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Entry 11198

Volume 5 · printed page 4145 · Waycross, Ga.

Dirt dauber's nest - take de dirt dauber's nest an' pound it with sulphur an' put it up ovah de do'post an' dat would separate a family an' make it go separately. [What is a doorpost? I would say one of the two posts of an un- ended door frame, such doors being fairly common.

Related subjects: Mud, Separate

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Entry 3373

Volume 3 · printed page 2399 · Wilson, N. Car.

Dey take yore hair an' dis - yo' know whut ah mean - an' yo' wrap it up in a dishrag or any kinda cloth an' yo' bury it undah de do'step which he travel through an' from, an' he cain't have anything tuh do wit any othah person but dat pahtic'lah one.

Related subjects: Control

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Entry 9218

Volume 4 · printed page 3724 · Savannah, Ga.

(Get a black hen egg.) Yes, yo' go dere twelve a'clock in de night an' yo' smash de black hen aig against de do' or de do'post of de house.

Related subjects: Door

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