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Volume 4 · printed page 3060–3061 · vicksburg, Miss.

Dey hoodoo - tell yuh whut dey, yuh know [with] whut dey. stick on stamps.

(Mucilage, it's like gum?) [This sort of thinking can happen!]

Dat's right, somepin like gum.

(Mucilage, paste?) [Again I OFFEND THE OCCASION with MUCILAGE!]

Yes, sir. Put dat in a bottle an' put it in dere wit de fingahnails an' toe- nails an' shut it up, stop it up. (What else did you say? You said you put something else in that bottle. What did you say?) A little limewatah.

(A little limewater and what else?)

Dat's all.

(Did you say something else about water?)

No, sir.

(I see. And what will that do?)

Well, jis' keep it - tote it.

(Well, what will it do?)

Whut'll it do?

(Yes.)

Well, it'll cuz yuh tuh have - toenails, fingernails, lose all of 'em, see. Toenails always be sore, toes always be sore.

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