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Basil
Volume 1, entries 1713. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → HANDS: MAGIC HELPERS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 1713
Git it rented agin? Yessuh, yo' cer'inly kin. Now, yo' know whut yo' would have tuh do tuh git it rented? Yo' would take - jis' lak now if yo' want this house. If yo' wus in a house an' yo' wanted it rented, well de way yo' would do, yo' would jis' make a wish lak this, yo' say, "Well, ah want this house rented, an' whoevah takes it ah want 'em tuh pay the rent fo' it." Well, yo' would take then an' you would say then, 'Well, ah know whut ah'll do." Says, "Now ah'm goin' git me a piece of sweet basil." An' yo take that sweet basil an' let hit git dry an' tote it in yore pocket an' make a wish to yoreself, an' yo'll git yore house rented.