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SOME FOLKS USED TO PULL GRASS FROM THE EDGE OF THEIR
YARD AND CALL THIS "FEVER GRASS." THEY'D BOIL THE ROOTS
AND SERVE THEM AS TEA; THE TEA ACTED AS A LAXATIVE.
Submitter comment:
THE LAXATIVE ONLY WORKED IF THE ROOTS THAT WERE USED
TO MAKE IT WERE FROM THE CORNER OF THE YARD.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; PICKENS
Keyword(s): "NATURAL" REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-14-1984
WHEN I WAS A KID AND DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO BUY GLUE, I
USED HONEY INSTEAD.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; PICKENS
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Art Craft |
IN THE 1930s AND 1940s RURAL BLACKS USED GOOSE GREASE TO
LOOSEN A COLD.
Submitter comment: GOOSE GREASE HAS A TERRIBLE SMELL.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; PICKENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00001930S ; 00001940S