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Sulphur and Combinations without Salt and Pepper
Volume 1, entries 1567–1579. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → FOLK MEDICINE → CURE AND PROTECTION. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 1567
You git a bran' new [corn]cob pipe an' yo' fill dat wit sulphur. Yo' smoke dat an' yo' inhale dat through yore nostrils. Dey all tell me dat relieves a spell by de haid - yo' know, in case dere somepin wrong wit yore haid an' yo' ailin', why dey say yo' git a brand-new cob pipe an' yo' put sulphur in dat. (What kind of a spell do you mean - that you have in your head?) Well, yo' know, probably jes' lak somebody may be gone off wit yore hat 'bout somepin an' probably put somepin dat's not right in yore hat. Dat will cause yo' tuh have haid spells.
(This would cure it?)
Yes, dat would cure it.
Entry 1568
Yo' mean if anybody try to hurt yo' - how yo' kin protect yoreself. Yo' kin take de least bit of sulphur in a teaspoon nine mawnin's, In de Name of de Father, de Son an' de Holy Ghost, an' yo' kin eat anything that anyone give yo' an' it won't hurt chew.
Entry 1569
Yo' go to de store an' yo' git chew a nickel box of sulphur - dat's a common way, an' after yo' git dat sulphur, yo' take dat sulphur an' yo' mix it up with a - take about three good heaping teaspoonsful or two tablespoonsful - yo' mix it up in some cream or milk an' yo' drink dat about twice a week. An' dat will keep anybody from harmin' yo' - nobody can't harm yo'.
Entry 1570
Yo' take sulphur an' black gunshell powder an' yo' put dem in a bottle, a pint bottle of watah, an' drink dat watah till yo' draw dat up. If dere snakes or anything live into you, take dat gunpowder an' kill all of it.
Entry 1571
Sulphur, dey tell me, if yo' burn three teaspoonsful on yore trash pile dat'll keep yo' enemies away.
Entry 1572
This is when they build a new house and you are getting ready to move in. They got old shoes, rags, sulphur, and made a smoke, fumicated [fumigated] the house. That was for to keep evil spirits away. And then they get a green pine bush and sweep the floor. That was the first thing they would sweep the floor with. That was for luck. [Ocean City, Md., (21), by hand; 40 or 50 years ago, before 1936, in Sussex Co., Va.]
Entry 1573
Well, yo' see, jes' lak if yo' jes' thought now that person had done something to harm yo' or hurt chew. Well, now yo' go to work, yo' take yo' some saltpeter an' yo' take yo' some sulphur. Yo' takes all dat an' yo' puts it in a bag an' yo' wears dat around yore wais' [waist]. Well, yo' see when yo' put dat round yore wais', dat saltpeter an' dat sulphur, yo' put hit in a bag an' wear. Well, yo' see dat kills all dat germ dat dey tryin' to hurt chew wit.
Entry 1574
If people poison yo', goin' poison yo', wear sulphur in yore shoes an' yo' takes sulphur.
(What will that do?)
That keep the poison out.
Entry 1575
They say, if you take sulphur and burn it - you know in de powder, you know it be's in a powder form - jis' put it in de fire and burn it, and put it in your shoe, and they say dat ain't nobody can't work no kin'a roots on you regard- less to what it might be. They couldn't harm yah a bit, see. This sulphur would keep down envy and keep de people from yah.
Entry 1576
Yo' could use brimstone an' sulphur in de bottom of yore shoes an' walk ovah anything - nuthin won't worry yo', won't hurt chew.
Entry 1577
Jest git chews - like ah said wit dat cologne stuff an' sulphur, an' sprinkle it around yore place. That kills all the bad luck an' de good luck comes in [cf. margin-title Begin Rite By Removing Hard Luck Spirits, p.328].
Entry 1578
Take the sulphur an' the bluestone an' mix it together an' yo' use it fo' nine mawnin's. Jes' sprinkle it around yore home that yo' dwell in an' say that will keep things from evah gitting bad - yo' know, yo' can't be bothered if yo' use that bluestone an' sulphur.
(People can't bother you?)
Can't bother yo' - interfere with chure business. [Wilson, N. Car., (1486) 2660:15.]
Entry 1579
A root doctor called one of his medicines swarproot medicine. [For other names of medicine, see Nos. 968-969, p.363f.]