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Quincunx
Volume 1, entries 2576. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → BUSINESS AND CUSTOMERS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 2576
Take some salt, a little pinch of salt, an' a drop of turpentine an' put it in each corner of de house an' put a drop of turpentine right in de middle of de flo'. [This of course is a quincunx - here a magic one.] Dat Will make de house lucky fo' yo' for anything yo' wanta do mos'. (If you want to sell anything?) Yes. [For quincunx, see No. 2550, p.704.]