Subject:Sleep-talking

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Entry 6966

Volume 4 · printed page 3151 · Florence, S. Car.

If yo' wan' anybody tuh tell sompin an' dey talk in dere sleep, yo' could git a knife, a pocketknife an' dey call yo'. Yo' walk tuh dere baid an' take dis pocketknife an' open it an' lay in de pa'u [palm] of dey han' lak dis [demonstrates]. Shet it up in dere han' lak dat [demonstrates] an' dey'll tell yo' evah'thin' dey evah did in dere life.

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Entry 6947

Volume 4 · printed page 3148–3149 · Brungvick, Ga.

Jes' lak she runnin' out on yo' an' doin' bad things an' yo' know it. She comin' in an' she kinda drinkin' a little. If she don't come in too high [drunk or intoxicated] an' don' let 'er be [something]. Yo' take a basin of watah an' take an' put 'er ban' in it, an' ast 'er a question while she's sleepin'. She'll talk wit chew jes' lak she wide awake an' tell yo' ever'thin', where she been an' whut she done an' all.

Related subjects: Pan, Sleep

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