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Volume 5 · printed page 4185 · Richmond, Va.

Yeah, a goiture [goitre]. You kin go to a spring [running water] an' if it's [goitre] is bad, it might care [carry] you away [you could die]. You kin take - now, you go to a spring an' get choo some watah an' ever' momin', well, you'll jes' take that spring watah an' put it in a pan. Well, when you put it in a pan, you put a piece of ice about so big [demonstrates] in this watah an' wait till it git real col'. You kin put it on ice that night, if you wan'ta. Then in the mornin' pour it in a pan, then put a piece of ice on it an' you know it be plenty col'. Well, then you jes' take that like this here, look [demonstrates] put it right on that goijure [goitre]. Well, put it on there as the moon hit [it] waste away. But choo got ta do it when it [goitre] first begins. You can't let it git large on you. If you do, tain't no cure for you.

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