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Frogs Tricked into You
Volume 1, entries 793. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → Tricks. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 793
Lak ah'm comin' heah an' yo' think yo' got frogs in yo'. Well, ah goes out an' git me about five or six frogs, an' ah come in an' have 'em in mah pocket or either tie it up in mah sleeve, up undah dere some- where, an' ah tell yo', say, "Now, whut's de mattah wit yo'?" Yo'll gi' me a hunderd doliahs if ah git 'em out. Yo' say, "Well, if yo' tell me whut's de mattah wit me, ah'll gi' yo' a hunderd dollahs." "Yo's fulla frogs." Yo' set down dere an' ah say, "Well, now, yo' set wit yore back to me," an' yo' git a ole slop jar an' have yo' settin' ovah de ole slop jar - well, yore back's to me. Well, ah'll draw dis heah string out an' let all dese frogs fall out down on dat flo' roun' yore feet an' up undah yore feet. Den ah tell, "Now, git up," say, ''now look down dere." An' all dem frogs, little ones an' big ones be's hoppin' round down dere. An' den yo' say, "Lawd have mercy, ah didn't know all dem things wus in me." She ast me whut's de mattah wit her. Maybe her feets were swole or somepin, an' [I] give her somepin yo' know tuh take dat swellin' out of her feet, an' in de next few days dat swellin' be's gone an' she - well, ah gen'rally tells 'em it's frogs. "Well, ah'll take dese on back to advertise - to show whut ah done." Well, she won't be thinkin', or he, whosomevah dey is. Dey go to anothah man an' he got snakes or lizards. Well, he got a gang of lizards an' he has 'em in a little bag up his sleeve, small an' big, an' he [patient] be's layin' in de bed hurtin' so an' gruntin' so, an' de othah ones gone outa de room, an' he'll dem loose up dere in de bed, so he kin ketch 'em. Jes' come in an' jes' raise de cover an' dere's de lizards an' scorpions an' things all up undah de cover. Yo' got money then - two or three hunderd dollahs. [I do not have this woman down as a doctor. She could have been a small-time worker or just a skeptic who thought live-things-in-you was by trickery.]