Subject:Spigot
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Entry 3323
If yo' have a spigot - lak yo' got a spigot out in de yard, a hydrant or a pump, or a well, she do yo' dis way. She take dis heah same pocket han'ker- chuf or towel, she dry yo' off, jes' lak dat - damp it. All right, she fold it an' stick it in undah de bed lak dat. An' yo'll go ahead. Now, she'll take dat, aftah yore gone, she'll take dat thing long as it rolled up an' fresh an' wet, take dat thing an' go tuh dat hydrant, or spigot, or well, where yore watah hits de ground. Where it hits de ground dere a moist place dere all de time. Take dat thing an' bury it down in de ground, right down dere jes' lak dat. Dig a hole an' bury it right down udah dat watah. An' as long, undahstan', [as] dat watah hittin' dat rag dere, untll hit rot - co'se dat will rot in a yeah or two - yo' ain't no mo' good fo' nobody but 'er.
Entry 3968
Fixin' a woman where dey'd flow to death. Yo' take it an' stop it up airtight in a bottle an' put it to a pump where it stay wet, where yo' pump wa- tah, or to a spigot where watah run on it mostly all de time. An' dere can't a doctor [M.D.] 'twixt here an' Europe stop it, unless yo' git dat bottle an' take de stoppah out of it an' pour it out.