Browse:(4) CAT OR DOG (Volume 4, entries 6874)
(4) CAT OR DOG
Volume 4, entries 6874. 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 6874
Dey kin take dat aftahbirth, or whutevah waste dat she have when dat baby wuz bo'n, an' give it tuh a dog an' [or] let a cat git holt tuh it, an' den she's nevah no mo' good. (What do you mean, she's never no more good? In what way?) Well, she'll live, yo' know, but she won't - huh periods will nevah be right any mo' an' she'll always be backward an' she'll nevah be any 'count [account]. She'll jis' be po' yo' know an' skinny until she dies. Dat's jis' suffahin' an' Zingahin'.