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Ashes
Volume 1, entries 1111–1112. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → FOLK MEDICINE → CURE AND PROTECTION. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 1111
Jes' take some dose ashes out de fireplace dere an' put some sulphah wit dose ashes. Yo' understood [understand] dat good - put some sulphah wit dose ashes an' yo' takes dose ashes [wrapped up in paper and cloth] an' tote 'em in yore pocket. Dat'll keep dat person from hurtin' yo'. Ah've tried dat. [Ashes out de fireplace dere - see my comments about weather and fireplace at Waycross in Introduction.]
Entry 1112
Whut ah was sayin' 'bout luck, yo' kin go in de left-hand side of yore fireplace an' take a fire coal, take two fire coals an' wear 'em in yore - put 'em in a little sack an' wear 'em in yore left pocket an' no one can't do yo' no harm. [These fire coals in country districts were small pieces of charred wood.]