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Entry 3793

Volume 3 · printed page 2495 · Savannah, Ga.

A woman kin give a man some of 'er - sickness. But de way dat chew have to do is git yo' some red shank.

(Red shank. That's a root?)

Yes, kin git dat red shank - lak rusty when yo' dig out de ground, an' as far as it bein' rusty, why it's got plenty of blood in it yo' know. Yo' kin take dat an' make a tea out of it an' yo' drink dat, an' yo' drink a good mouthful of dat tea evah night twelve nights, an' aftah dat twelve nights, aftah de twelve nights is ovah yo' kin go out an' try it. Yo' kin do a little bettah, de nex' night bettah, de nex' night bettah, an' on an' on until yo' jes' cooperate things lak yo' wanta. (That is if a man has lost his nature because some woman has put a spell on him. This restores his nature?) Sure.

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