Browse:Queen's Delight (Volume 1, entries 2215–2216)
Queen's Delight
Volume 1, entries 2215–2216. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → HANDS: MAGIC HELPERS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 2215
Atter it's chamber lye is] shet up three days airtight, stick a pin in it an' stick it in some candy an' let somebody eat dat. Well, dat candy - he say, "Ah 'clare dat sho' is good candy." Jes' one lil tip will do jis much good as a whole spoonful would. [No wonder I marked this man good root worker on original transcription.] An' dey go 'head an' eat dat air an' dey git gladdened. Dat's de best herb dey is in de woods, de Queen Delight - dat's fo' yo' blood. Dat will purify yo' blood. [He has changed to another rite.] Yo' git a root of dat an' yo' go 'head an' yo' boil dat root an' a Adam weed root. Ah doubt if dey's in flat country lak dis, Adam root. An' yo' boil dem two roots together an' git chew a piece of red shank an' put dem togethah [three roots], an' yo' go tuh de drug sto' an' yo' buy somepin dey call Beewee. It's jes' about dat long in a lil red box an' yo' put jes' a pinhaid outa it, jes' a pinhead, a lil bit, outa dat an' let it drop down in dere as yo' boil dem othah things. An' yo'll set dere den an' don't care who come in or not an' dey wanta drink of whiskey, if yo' kin jes' git a lil bit in 'em, yo' kin do whatevah yo' want. Yo' kin go tuh dere house an' yo' kin cuss an' argue, an' dere ain't a thing done about it. Shoot in dere an' dere ain't nobody know anything about it. If yo' kill some- body, dere ain't nobody know anything about it - de family, dey won't nevah tell on yo'.
Entry 2216
(What do you take?)
Queen's Delight an' snakeroot an' some John de Conker an' put it togethah an' keep it round joo all de time an' yo' go in any kinda place an' de law won't git chew. [See Queen Elizabeth, p.596.]