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EEL - 1 DROP OF BLOOD FROM

Volume 4, entries 7023. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → FOLK MEDICINE → ALCOHOLICS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.

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Entry 7023

Volume 4 · printed page 3160 · New Orleans, La.

(You get what?) A eel, yo' see, one of dem fisheels. Yo' git chew a live fisheel an' git one drop of blood from 'im. Now yo' take dat drop of blood an' yo' drop it in de drink dat de man is goin' tuh drink, an' den he ain't goin' tuh drink no mo'. (I see.)

Related subjects: Blood, Drink, Drop, Living fish

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