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EELSKIN DRIED AND POWDERED

Volume 4, entries 7018. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → FOLK MEDICINE → ALCOHOLICS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.

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Entry 7018

Volume 4 · printed page 3159 · Savannah, Ga.

If he's a drinkah, whut chew kin do tuh stop 'im from drinkin'. Yo' take de skin of a eel, a skinned eel, an' let de skin git dry. An' aftah it's dry, yo' beat it up intuh I powdah an' put it in some whiskey, an' give 'im dat. He'll nevah want any mo'.

Related subjects: Dry, Powder, Skin, Whiskey

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