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COW: BULL MANURE

Volume 4, entries 6750. 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 6750

Volume 4 · printed page 3117 · Sumter, S. Car.

Fo' spells [this is], if somebody put spells on a person. An' dey ases dat [manure] tuh make dat, if yo' wanta make a tea or anything fo' fits. Ah calls dem fits. Git dat [manure] - but chew know yo' boils it - from a bull cow or a bull calf. Dey use de he one. (The manure.) Yes, but chew ketch it whilst it's hot, an' den yo' boils dt. An' den aftah yo' boil it, yo' kin make a poultice of it. Dat fur as ah rgu of dat. He weahs it [the poultice]. Dat - why yo' jes' put it tuh de pr- sop. Dat's fo' fits or any kinda spell a person put on yo'.

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