FOLKLORE SUBJECTS
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Little Rock District
Arkansas Name of Interviewer: Irene Robertson Subject: HERBS—CURES & REMEDIES, ETC. Story—Information (If not enough space on this page add page)
If you borrow salt it is bad luck to pay it back.
Parch okra seed grind up or beat it up and make coffee.
Parch meal or corn and make coffee.
In slavery times they took red corn cobs burned them and made white ashes, sifted it and used it instead of soda.
Beat up charcoal and take for gas on the stomach.
Sift meal add salt and make up with water, put on collard leaf, cover with another collard leaf put on hot ashes. Cover with hot ashes. The bread will be brown, the collard leaves parched up, “It is really good.” Roast potatoes and eggs in the ashes.
In slavery times they made persimmon beer. Had regular beer barrels made a faucet. Put old field hay in the bottom, persimmons, baked corn bread and water. Let stand about a week, a fine drink with tea cakes. It won’t make you drunk.
Comb hair after dark makes you forgetful.
Asafoetida and garlic on the bait makes the fish bite well.
Rub fishing worms on the ground makes them tougher so you can put them on the hook.
This information given by: Josephine Hamilton Place of Residence: Hazen, Arkansas Occupation: Field work and washwoman. AGE: