Subject:Stave

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Entry 13230

Volume 5 · printed page 4451 · Waycross, Ga.

Take a stave an' nail it down dere, jes' nail it down an' make a wish. Wish nobody could nevah live dere again, an' nobody can't live dere again, an' nobody can't live dere in peace. If dey move in dat house dey'll move out, dey jes' can't live in dere.

(Where do you put that stave?)

Jes' kinda in de middle of de lot-like. [Here is the center of a square or parallelogram, a quincunx rite.] If de lot got a garden or anything yo' know, jes' stomp it down, an' say, "Ah wish dat nobody would nevah live an' have suc- cess heah any mo'."

Related subjects: Drive, Living, Make, Nailed, Quincunx, Rite, Wish

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Entry 4867

Volume 3 · printed page 2708 · Waycross, Ga.

Dey tell me dat if yuh wanta drive a person away wit dey own clothes, dat yuh kin take an' care it tuh a runnin' stream. An' take a stave an' stob

[or stahb] it up through de [mud]

an' let it stay down on de mud at de bottom wheresomevah dat it hit. An' whensomevah dat it stay dere an' rot, an' keep afraging away, dat dey will jis' be walkin' - driftin' de balance of yuh days.

(They drive that down into the mud with the stave.)

Related subjects: Drive, Stake, Walk

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