Subject:Thrush

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Entry 6773

Volume 4 · printed page 3120 · Waycross, Ga.

Dey use dat fo' 'medicine. Yo' kin take dirt daubah nest an' make medi- cine outa it an' if a baby has measles or anything lak dat, de trash [thrush], yo' kin make a tea outa it an' wash dat baby's mouth, or bathe it when it got de thrash an' it done good. Now ah have made teas outa dirt daubah nest.

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Entry 6864

Volume 4 · printed page 3134 · Sumter, S. Car.

Ah use dat mahself fo' children, yo' know, when dey got thrash [thrush].

(Chew persimmon bark for what?)

Children when dey got de thrash.

(Children when they'ye got a sore mouth.)

Yes.

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Entry 1680

Volume 1 · printed page 515 · Fayetteville, N. Car.

Dey git de lightnin'-struck tree - a pine or what not, an' it cure de thrush. Jes' take an' boil it an' make tea out of it an' give it to whosomevah have de thrush - dat will cure it.

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