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Indian Turnip
Volume 1, entries 2018. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → HANDS: MAGIC HELPERS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 2018
Git dat graveyard dirt - carry those three pennies down wit it an' go jes' as fur as yo' kin reach down an' bring up some of dat graveyard dirt. Git dat wit some brimstone an' sulphur an' put it together. Den if yo' kin git hold of dat Indian turnip [see later], jes' have some of it pound up an' [you] kin git inside de co'thouse - git in wit de man dat cleans up in dere befo' co't commence or dey's dere tuh take up co't. Go in an' sprinkle dat all around where all de officers stan' roun' in dere. Dey has benches up dere where de judge sit - have tuh sprinkle it all aroun' dere where de rest of de officers - go all roun' in dere. Dey throw it out.
(They throw the case out?)
Yeah. [Indian turnip, called Indian potato by an informant, is the root of jack-in- the-pulpit. I found the root rarely used.]