Subject:Hookbone
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Entry 9899
About de frog. Now, if ah had a girl, seed [saw] a woman dat ah wanted an' ah co'dn't [could not] git 'er no othahwise, ah'd take me a frog an' put 'im in a box. Cut some holes in de box an' care [carry] it tuh a red ant baid, one dese big raid ant baids. Put 'im dere an' let dose antses sting 'im tuh death. Stay away a couple, or three or fo' days until ah find he's done rotten an' quit stinkin'. Ah goes back in dere an' ah pulls dat hide off 'im an' dere's two bone in dere. One bone look lak a hook an' one is made lak a spade. Well, ah comes on back where dis woman is an' ah take dis hook an' pass by an' happen tuh scratch 'er ahm wit it. Hook it in 'er clothes an' ah go on. She'll follah me. She be mah woman from den on, until ah gits mad wit 'er or wanta git rid of 'er. Den ah could use de spade. De spade will bring hatred, make her hate chew. Lak yo' made her love, dat spade will make her hate chew. She'll hate tuh even see yo' comin'.
(What do you do with that spade to make her hate you?)
Ah keeps de spade all de time. Den ah take de spadebone an' do de same way wit it, yo' know, strike her, scratch 'er anywhere wit de spadebone, see. Den throw it away.