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Dragon's Blood

Volume 1, entries 1240–1242. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → FOLK MEDICINE → CURE AND PROTECTION. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.

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Entry 1240

Volume 1 · printed page 437 · Snow Hill, Md.

I've heard that people will take and burn dragon's blood on the stove and it's supposed to drive all their trouble away.

Related subjects: Burn, Stove, Trouble

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Entry 1241

Volume 1 · printed page 437–438 · Memphis, Tenn.

Well, she wus a woman, she sold whiskey an' she had a little tree whut be in her yard an' she would say a verse from de Bible to that tree an' den she would burn dragon's blood an' frankincense up undah de tree an' she'd grab de tree an' whip it an' den she jes' turn it back up. An' she'd burn that stuff right at the tree - right at the root of the tree she would burn it. Well, that wus supposed tuh keep away evil spirits an' de law or anything tuh bother her. [See margin-titles Whipping, p.388; Hitting Remedy, p.399.]

Related subjects: Bible, Burn, Frankincense, Protection, Spirit

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Entry 1242

Volume 1 · printed page 438 · Florence, S. Car.

Jes' take a dry piece of eelskin an' put it on yore wrist, if any pain in dere or somepin.

Related subjects: Dry, Pain, Skin, Wear

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