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... seek grandy ( grandmother ) . You shake man han ' , you no shake him heart . EDINBURGH : T. AND A. CONSTABLE , PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN , AND TO THE UNIVERSITY . Edinburgh , May 1873 . EDMONSTON & DOUGLAS ' LIST 182 NEGRO PROVERBS .
... seek grandy ( grandmother ) . You shake man han ' , you no shake him heart . EDINBURGH : T. AND A. CONSTABLE , PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN , AND TO THE UNIVERSITY . Edinburgh , May 1873 . EDMONSTON & DOUGLAS ' LIST 182 NEGRO PROVERBS .
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