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EELSKIN SOAKED IN LIQUOR

Volume 4, entries 7020. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → FOLK MEDICINE → ALCOHOLICS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.

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Entry 7020

Volume 4 · printed page 3159–3160 · Waycross, Ga.

Well, if yo' is a real heavy likkah drinkah, a woman kin take a - jis' lak if she don' want chew tuh drink, she'll go tuh work 'erself an' buy yo' a quart of likkah. Well, now, yo' know she have it. An' git 'er a eelskin. Yo' kin skin a eel an' let 'im dry. An' aftah dat eelskin dry, take an' put it fn dat likkah an' let it stay in dere a night or two. Den take him out. He couldn't know it. An' den go an' give it tuh 'im. Dat'll break 'is likkah drinkin' up.

Related subjects: Alcohol, Soak

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