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Entry 9377
Yo' take a aig if yo' wanta run a person away. Yo' take dat aig an' de sharp point of it an' go tuh de rivah, go down tuh de rivah in de mawnin', soon in de mawnin' 'fo' sunrise, an' turn yore back tuh it, tuh de rivah, an' throw it ovah yuh lef' shouldah. An' if anybody anywhere roun' dat chew don' want aroun' yuh, dat aig will float down [the river] an' jes' as long as dat aig goes, dey'll go. (What do you do with that egg? Do you do anything with that egg before you throw it in?) Don't do nuthin tuh it but chew take dat aig an' write dere name on it. Yo' write dere name all roun' on dat aig. Don't write it on de edge [ends] nowhere, write it around dat, all around on dat aig.
(Throw it over what?)
Throw it ovah de lef' shouldah, an' den yo' come [home]. Don't look back at it.
Entry 10036
Ah hear'd tell of 'em usin' a black cat. Yo' kin take a black cat an' yo' put 'em in a pot of watah, an' let 'im cook till all de meat cook off 'is bones - come off 'is bones. Well, aftah all de meat is off 'is bones, yo' go an' git dem bones. Yo' carry dem bones tuh some runnin' watah an' de bone whut run back up de stream - not where de watah runnin', goin' dat way - yo' git dat bone. Dat's de luckiest thing a man kin git on earth.