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EATING RED CLAY DIRT WILL DAMAGE THE BABY'S EYESIGHT AND
MAKE HIM DIRTY AT DELIVERY.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI ; Box 465 ; Milton, Jimmie
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; BLIND ; Clay ; Consume ; Dirt ; Eat ; PREGNANCY ; Red
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-18-1973
IT IS A COMMON BELIEF AMONG GRAVEDIGGERS (OR WAS) THAT
A DEAD MAN'S "REST" WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE QUALITY OF
THE EARTH IN WHICH HE IS BURIED--THAT IF IT IS SOFT AND
CLAYLIKE, HE WILL NOT BE DISTURBED, BUT IF IT IS HARD
AND STONY, HIS GHOST WILL BE RESTLESS.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): AFTERLIFE ; BELIEF ; Clay ; GHOST ; GHOSTS ; Grave ; Gravedigger ; Haunt ; Peace ; QUALITY ; Rock ; Soil
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |