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Magic of the Opposite
Volume 1, entries 1035. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → FOLK MEDICINE → FOLK MEDICINE (1) PRINCIPLES OF HEALING. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 1035
De mockin' bird aig - ah heard dat dey take de mockin' bird aig an' give it to anybody dat can't talk plain. (What will that do?) Say dat will make 'em talk plain [because the mocking bird is a great talker and as a mocker talks plainly].[ {Sumter, S. Car., (1378), 2448:16.]