Subject:Gravels
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Entry 4224
Well, yuh kin take a person's chamber lye an' yuh kin put it intuh a bottle an' yuh kin bury it undahneat' yuh step or de right cornah - yuh know, de right pillah of de cornah of yuh house, an' dat'll give 'em gravels an' keep 'em from nuratin' an' dey would die. [The lowland small house sets a foot or so off the ground, resting upon 4 or 5 pillars; low posts, large single stones, or small brick columns. The 4 pillars are at the 4 corners of the house, the fifth pil- lar is at the center of the house, making a quincunx. The right-hand corner depends upon whether you are looking at or away from the house.] (You mean the right-hand side looking at the house or looking away from the house?) No, de right-han' side as yuh...
(As you come to the house?)
[Informant is uncertain.]
Jis' bury it right by de pillah. Put it in a bottle an' stop it up tight sc no air can't git tuh it.
Entry 2317
I know a way you kin keep 'em away. Well, you kin git nine rocks - jis' common little gravel you know - an' they kin put it in a bag, an' jis' way- somevah that person travels 'long, you kin put it down 'is path. Bear [bury] it undahneat' de ground, you know, way he can't see it - put it down in 'is path. An' if he evah steps ovah it, if he [the law] evah move to [toward] you' house, he'd turn aroun' an' go back.