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Clover, Oil of
Volume 1, entries 2462–2464. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → BUSINESS AND CUSTOMERS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 2462
Have John de Conker root and you chew it. They got stuff to throw by the name of oil of clover.
(Oil of clover?) Yeah, oil of clover - it's a green-looking oil. (And how would they throw that?)
Well, they throws that around the place.
(This place of business.)
For luck, yes.
(Just for luck. And that'll keep the law away?)
Yes, for luck and for protection against the law.
(I see. And you have to chew that John de Conker root the same time?)
Yeah, they chews it all the time. That root, many people think it tobacco
[you are chewing] lots of times. [New Orleans, La.,9782), 1084:1.]
Entry 2463
Ah heard 'em say dat tuh keep de law away, yo' git chew some John de Conker root an' yo' git chew a piece of lodestone, an' git chew a bottle of oil of clover an' wet that lodestone in it, an' dis heah snakeroot. Yo' git hit an' John de Conker, dat's two roots. Dat John de Conker, yo' chews hit, an' den yo' git a piece an' put it in some whiskey with this little piece of lodestone. An' when yo' mops yore place out in de mawnin', yo' mops with a little of dat in de watah, an' dat will keep 'em all away an' dey won't bother yo'. If dey come in dey won't bother yo' an' won't 'rest yo'.
(You chew the John de Conker root?)
Yes, when dey come in - when dey go out, spit behin' dem.
(Do you put any root in this water that you use?)
Yessuh - what yo' use, dat John de Conker, same root in de watah.
Entry 2464
You go to the drug store and you get some cinnamon and some oil of clover, and you get some of this yere steel dust and lodestone and you mix that together, and take some parsley and boil it down, and you mix that [all these] together and then you put that down and you sprinkle it all over your house - in the four corners of your house, you see. Sweep in inwards, don't sweep it out; sweep it inwards and then someone will rent the house.