Browse:(2) BROOMSTRAW OR CORN FODDER TEA (Volume 4, entries 6871)
(2) BROOMSTRAW OR CORN FODDER TEA
Volume 4, entries 6871. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → FOLK MEDICINE → CURES FOR AND PROTECTION AGAINST AILMENT AND DISEASE. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 6871
Yo' kin take dat straw off de broom or de foddah, either one - de corn foddah off a corn stalk - an' make a tea outa it. An' dat'll make a woman's pains easiah. Yes, if she's in labor. Or den, if yo' take dis mistletoe, on de tree, if yo' got a cowan' she's in labor feed 'er on dat an' she'll bring de calf wit'out any trouble.