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HOLLY BUSH ROOT
Volume 4, entries 7037. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → FOLK MEDICINE → ALCOHOLICS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 7037
De root of holly bush, an' yo'll boil dat root - dat holly bush root down. An' if he don't drink nuthin lak tea or coffee where yo' kin mix dat wit, yo'll compoun' dat root up, yo' see, right fine, where yo' kin put it in 'is food an' he can't pertect [detect] it. An' dat's one [way] tuh stop 'is bad habit - hababitchal [habitual] drinkah. Take dat holly bush root an' ground it up. Now, if yo' boil de root an' put de juice intuh sompin where he won't pertect it, it's all right; but if yo' can't - he pertect it dataway - yo' grind it up fine an' put it [in his food].