Browse:Crossroad Cure (Volume 1, entries 1004–1005)
Crossroad Cure
Volume 1, entries 1004–1005. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → FOLK MEDICINE → FOLK MEDICINE (1) PRINCIPLES OF HEALING. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 1004
Ah've learned dat chew kin go to de fo'k of a road an' yo' carry two needles with you an' cross them, an' if dere's anyone - (How do you cross them? Where do you cross them?) Jes' cross 'em at de fo'k of de road, jes' lak it's a road goin' disaway an' one disaway. Well, den dis is de fo'k comin' heah.
(When you cross them, you just hold them in your hand or what?)
Jes' lay 'em on de ground an' cross 'em an' yo' cross de needles in de fo'k, right at de fo'k. Yo' lay 'em down an' cross dem an' if dere's a person - dey call it a spell, jes' lak somebody has hurt yo' someway or 'nothah, an' yo' cross ovah those needles, why it will take de spell offa you. (Well now, if I would go out there and put those needles down, you mean I would have to cross over them or what?) De person dat's hurt would cross ovah them - if yo're hurt, if yo' feel dat yo' have a pain dat de doctors cain't cure, an' yo' take dose two needles an' yo' jes' cross dem at de fo'ks of de road an' jes' walk ovah dem. An' dat will take de spell offa yo' den.
Entry 1005
If yo' havin' chills like dat, why ah've heard of they cuttin' off they fingernails and dropping it at de forks of de road in a sack; jest tie it in a rag and somebody comes along and pick it up, why the chill will git off you and git on them. [Jacksonville, Fla., (608), 786:9.] [This is also part-for whole transference.]