Browse:(4) BABY - MEASLES - THRUSH (Volume 4, entries 6773)
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(4) BABY - MEASLES - THRUSH
Volume 4, entries 6773. 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 6773
Dey use dat fo' 'medicine. Yo' kin take dirt daubah nest an' make medi- cine outa it an' if a baby has measles or anything lak dat, de trash [thrush], yo' kin make a tea outa it an' wash dat baby's mouth, or bathe it when it got de thrash an' it done good. Now ah have made teas outa dirt daubah nest.