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SNAIL BLOOD AND DUST

Volume 4, entries 6595. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → FOLK MEDICINE → LIVE THINGS IN YOU. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.

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Entry 6595

Volume 4 · printed page 3088 · Fayetteville, N. Car.

Yo' jis' take a snail an' beat it up real fine an' use dat dust.

(What will that do?)

Yo' know, use de dust, an' if yo' kin git a little drop of dat blood - well, jis' lak, now if yo' wanta do somepin tuh somebody, yo' take a drop of dat blood an'( dat dust from dat snail where yo' done parched it, an put it in whiskey an' give it tuh 'em. Well, yo' become tuh have live things in yo:. (What blood do you get, snail blood or blood from the/ person?) No, snail blood.

Related subjects: Dust, Snail, Whiskey

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