The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

Belief

Anything that I dropped on the floor or the ground, I would
kiss it up to God. By doing this, I felt that nothing would harm
me. I had a special saying that I used to ease the pain of
dropping something good out of my hand, "God made dirt, dirt don't
hurt. Put it in your mouth and it will work."

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 06-00-1974