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CATFISH BLOOD - 2 DROPS

Volume 4, entries 7005. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → FOLK MEDICINE → ALCOHOLICS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.

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Entry 7005

Volume 4 · printed page 3157 · New Orleans, La.

Mah sistah did it tuh make huh husban' stop drinkin' - wit it - becuz he wuz a pure drunkard. Dere wuz a ole fortunetellah woman wuz comin' along de street an' he always wuz drunk an' would throw 'is money away. An' he tole huh - she tole mah sistah tuh go tuh de rivah an' git 'uh a catfish, an' take two dropsa his blood an' drop it intuh dat whiskey whut he drink. An' he ain't nevah drink a drop since.

(Two drops of blood?)

Two dropsa live catfish blood. An' he ain't nevah drink a drop since.

Related subjects: Catfish, Whiskey

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