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Ginger
Volume 1, entries 2494. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → BUSINESS AND CUSTOMERS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 2494
Take sulphur an' ground ginger an' mix it together an' put it in a newspapah or any kind of papah an' put it in a ole can an' burn it in de middle of de flo', an' says dat will bring luck to yore house an' make yo' go way ovah yore [usual number of customers]. (That is to bring customers in to buy from you?) Yes. [Sulphur purifies; ginger gingers - makes lively.][ Wilson, N. Car.,
(1477), 2657:15.]