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16    The Conjure Woman

He tuk de basket in, en had a long talk wid Aun' Peggy.

"De nex' day Aun' Peggy come ter de vimya'd. De niggers seed her slippin' 'roun', en dey soon foun'out what she 'uz doin' dere. Mars Dugal' had hi'ed her ter goopher de grapevimes. She sa'ntered 'roun' 'mongs' de vimes, en tuk a leaf fum dis one, en a grape-hull fum dat one, en a grape-seed fum anudder one; en den a little twig fum here, en a little pinch er dirt dere, - en put it all in a big black bottle, wid a snake's toof en a speckle' hen's gall en some ha'rs fum a black cat's tail, en den fill' de de bottle wid scuppernon' wine. W'en she got de goopher all ready en fix', she tuk 'n went out in de woods en buried it under de root uv a red oak tree, en den come back en tole one er de niggers she done goopher de grapvimes, en a'er a nigger w'at eat den grapes 'ud be sho ter die inside'n twel' mont's.