Subject:Stingers
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Entry 12768
(Well, how do you get them out with prickle feet?)
De prickle feet is shaped jes' like my hand [demonstrates]. See how my hand is shaped. All right, you shape it sompin like dat an' she [root] got a bobble [bump] on top. (What?) See, dem little ball. All right. Sometimes you find 'em wit three balls, sometimes dey come out wit one. She got a face in it. An' yo' picks de teeth out. Yo' cut it in half. Don' let de stingers hit chew because dey sticks in yo' finger an' yo' have to pick at it all day long tryin' to git one out - half hour to git one stinger out. An' yo' cuts dat [root] open an' set 'em on [in] de bes' whiskey yo' got an' give it to eny person if dey got a cat [dog] in 'em. She'll pass 'em out. If she got a rat in her, dat bring it out. If it in yore haid, it come through yuh mouth - mouth, nose an' ears. Can't nowhow stay in 'em no less dan ten minutes aftah yo' git dat medicine. Comes right out of 'em.
(What is this prickle feet? A plant or a fish?)
Dat's a plant, dat's root. [Charleston, S. Car., (519), 614:1.]: