Subject:Corns
Entries
Entry 6949
Take a snail an' jes' lak if yo' have corns or Warts an' things on yo', yo' kin take a snail an' rub 'im on dere an' hit will carry dem away.
Entry 1563
Take de snail an' put it on a corn, an' jes' rub it on de corn when de moon's a shrinkin', an' dat corn will leave dat foot.
Entry 2306
Yo' take a snail now. Regardless to how a person is, dey tell me if a person is fast an' as pert as dey wants tuh be, yo' kin take a snail. Yo' kin take a snail an' take 'im an' rub it on anything - yo' kin rub it on corn dat be on yo' feet or a bunion or anything. If you do dat it will care [carry] it off.
(What about rubbing that snail on a person that is fast?)
Well, yo' take it an' yo' rub it on a person dat's fast, jes' rub it nine times on a person. It'll git dem to de place where he jes' kin mope along - he can't go, he jes' be draggin'. People might say, "Well, ah wonder what ails So- an'-so," say, "he used to be jes' as fast, an' now he can't hardly git along." Well, dey don't know. It's someone dey done got a snail on him - dat's whut chew cail puttin' a snail on him.