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PORIE - A NEW DOCTOR IN SAVANNAH
Volume 4, entries 7239. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → FOLK MEDICINE → A FEW MORE DOCTORS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 7239
(Where did you come from?) Why ah came from Nassau City, Nassau. Ah wus born dere an' in Nassau an' raised up in Miami.)
(You were born in Nassau and you were raised in Miami, Florida.)
Yes, sir.
(How old were you when you came to Miami, Florida?)
Well, ah wus only three yeahs old.
(How did you learn this work? From some other person?)
Through my dad.
(Was he a root doctor in Nassau?)
Yeah, a root doctor intuh Gongi Islands dey call it. He wus dere. An' he had dose four disks, yo' know, li'le roun' disks lak li'le silvah-lookin' things. Mah dad wus usin' dose but he'd nevah give me dat one. He would nevah give me dat. Well, he's daid now. But he died in Miami, at 555 N. W. 15th Street.
(He did root doctoring in Miami?)
Yes.
(HoW long ago did he die?)
Been daid fo'teen yeahs.
(His name was what?)
Doctor Walter Parsons [originally Porie.]
(How do you spell your name?)
Willie - P-O-R-I-E. (You have only been here five months, but before that you worked mostly in Florida.) Yes, sir, St. Petersburg.