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FORKS OF ROAD AND WARTS
Volume 4, entries 6797. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → FOLK MEDICINE → CURES FOR AND PROTECTION AGAINST AILMENT AND DISEASE. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 6797
When ah wuz small, a small girl, ah had lots of warts on mah han'. Mah han' wuz jes' fullah warts, an' ah went tuh a ole colored man an' he looked at mah han' an' he says, '"Yo' got lotsa warts on yo' han'." An' he says, "Ah'll tell yo' whut chew do, '' says, "yo' take dis needle an' pick dem, den take a knife an' kinda pull 'em out." Well, dey pull out lak li'le seeds. An' so he says, "Yo' take dese an' pick 'em an' pull 'em lak dat, an' when yo' git enough of 'em off, evah one yo' pick, " he says, "yo' take an' put 'em in a envelope an' go tuh de fo'ks of a road an' don't look back. Jes' drop dis lettah down an' don' look back, an' don' go right by [that place again]." An' he says, "Dat'll take de warts off yore han'." An' ah ain't got a wart on mah han'.
The opening recollection locates warts on the informant's hand. The man's later quoted advice is separate, and no treatment result is independently established.