How do I get my Documents folder back on the Dock?

I have Snow Leopard 10.6.8, and I've read a string of similar questions/answers. I've tried dragging the documents folder from the sidebar in Finder, but it won't drag to the Dock by Trash. Where else should I look? I've tried to 'control-click' Applications, but the only options available are 'Open', 'get info', rename documents, & 'remove from sidebar'.

Okay, no problem - first, go to the Finder menu here:
click on Preferences, then General, and make sure your hard disks are checked to show on the desktop.
After that, you should see something like this in the upper right corner:
Yours may say Macintosh HD (I renamed mine), but the icon should be there. That is your hard drive icon - that is where everything is.
So, doubleclick or right click on that and make sure you have list view or column view selected, like this and then follow the path I outlined above:

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