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Pepper
Volume 1, entries 597. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → DIAGNOSIS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 597
Jes' lak dey say somebody got chew down - yo' can't rise an' strive wit nuthin'. Dey got somepin roun' yore house fo' yo' an' de way yo' kin tell - dey say yo' kin nuse [use] dis bluestone an' red peppah while bathin' yore foot with it; yo' know, washin' yore feet with it. An' den yo' tote cookin' salt an' de red peppah in yore shoes - wear that an' make a pad like an' wear dat in yore shoes. An' if it's true, when yo' strike it yo'll know 'cause yo' give in to yore knee.
(You do what?)
Yo' give 'way - go down - give 'way tuh yore knees. Yo'll know when yo' run cross it.
(That is if you wear anything like this bluestone?)
Yeah, see, yo' have tuh nuse dis bluestone washin' yore feet an' it eat it up, an' ev'ry mawnin' befo' de sunrise, why yo' throw out chure night chamber lye yo know an' bluestone an' cookin' salt soaked in it, chew know - throw dat out - all round yore house - yo' know whut ah mean - put it all round yore house an' it kill it out. (Well, now what would cause you to sag in your knees - your knees get weak - what causes you to do that?) Say yo' run cross de root - de devilment ever whut it is dey got round dere fo'yo'- when yo' hit it why dat peppah an' salt weakens it but it let chew know yo' hit it 'cause yo go down. (In other words, as soon as you hit it, that pepper and salt will let you know by letting your knees get weaker.) Yassuh - go jes' lak yo' drop a curtsy.