Browse:Elder (Volume 1, entries 1245–1246)
Elder
Volume 1, entries 1245–1246. 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 1245
Dey takes a little alcohol an' elder root and go an' bath [not bathe] 'em, if it's [a live thing] in de laig - bath 'em right on out de laig.
[Jacksonville, Fla., (586), 752:6.] [Alder (p.411) and Elder are often confused.]
Entry 1246
My ole grandmother wus poisoned an' dey take elder [leaves] an' sulphur an' put it together [by boiling] an' [take] a feather an' an'inted her laig an' worms wus in her laig. [Wilmington, N. Car., (232), 156:3+85.] [An ointment is also made of 'elder, tobacco and lard to take out live things" - Wilmington, N. Car., (?), 234:1.]