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Oak

Volume 1, entries 1403–1404. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → FOLK MEDICINE → CURE AND PROTECTION. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.

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Entry 1403

Volume 1 · printed page 462 · Sumter, S. Car.

Go to a oak tree an' git jes' lak dis red oak bark, if a woman be's sick or anything with stomach trouble, an' take an' make a tea of it an' take a douche wit it. Why, it will cure stomach trouble.

Related subjects: Bark, Cure, Disease, Oak, Tea, Wash

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Entry 1404

Volume 1 · printed page 462 · Fredericksburg, Va.

I know one thing - you wear a acorn on a string around the neck beneath the shirt and that will keep spells away.

Related subjects: Magic, Protection

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