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GARLIC - SULPHUR - MILK

Volume 4, entries 6812. 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 6812

Volume 4 · printed page 3125–3126 · Charleston, S. Car.

Ah know whut ah done tuh keep 'em from hurtin' me, aftah dey hurt mah chile. Ah put sulphuh in mah shoes. Dey say dat wuz good. An' dey tell me tuh drink garlic. Put watah on de garlic an' drink it, an' said put sulphuh in mah shoe, an' drink milk an' sulphuh. Dat's what dey tell me.

(Drink what kind of sulphur?)

Drink milk an' sulphuh.

(Milk and sulphur. Mix the milk together?) Yes, sir, an' drink it. Say dat's good fo' poison. (No one can hurt you if you do that.)

Related subjects: Garlic, Poison

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