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MINNOW
Volume 4, entries 7042. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → FOLK MEDICINE → ALCOHOLICS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 7042
Yo' take dem li'le bitta minnow fish. Yo' see [you have seen] minnow fishes. Yo' take dem minnow fish an' git chew some whiskey an' let 'im [minnow] stay on it about two days. An' po' it [whiskey] off an' give it to 'em [man] an' he puke his entrails loose. An' he won' nevah take anothah drink. [The word entraiZs instead of guts is either false modesty, sheer habit, or respect for the white man. Fortunately this type of respect did not occur often. For other fish in this subsection on ALCOHOLICS, see preceding mar- gin titles CATFISH, FISH and following margin title MULLET.]