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FIG LEAVES
Volume 4, entries 7027. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → FOLK MEDICINE → ALCOHOLICS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 7027
Yo' take de fig leaves. Yo' git green fig leaves an' yo' put 'em somewhere or 'nothah lak yo' grind 'em up. Powdah 'em up yo' know jis' lak yo' would throw terbacca [tobacco] until yo' poun' dose green leaves up. Yo' know whut ah mean. Yo' let dem git dry enough till yo' poun' dem green leaves teetollay [teetotally] up intuh a powdah, an' yo' kin use it. Dat sup- posed tuh be wit candy or chewin' gum or anythin' else. Jis' sprinkle a li'le of dat powdah on de chewin' gum or candy, an' dat'll absolutely break 'em from drinkin'.
(Drinking liquor?)
Yes sir.