Browse:URINE OF TOADFROG THROWN ON PERSON CAUSES WARTS (Volume 5, entries 9923)
URINE OF TOADFROG THROWN ON PERSON CAUSES WARTS
Volume 5, entries 9923. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → FROG AND TOADFROG. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
Entry 9923
Ketch a toadfrog an' put warts all ovah yo'. Take dat an'.git 'is oranoah lye, yo' know, when he make watah, an' git warts all ovah yo'. Take dat an' put dat chamber lye on yo' an' dere comes warts all ovah yo'... (How would they put that on a person?) They would throw it on 'em. [Wilson, N. Car., (1573),! 2680:3.]