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What The Old Folks Said

Source of Recipe


Hillybilly Cookin II






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Instructions



1. Thunder in summertime'll curdle milk.
   
   
2. Don't kill a frog, your cow will go dry.
   
   
3. A ringin in the ears means somebody has died.
   
   
4. Dream of bad luck three straight nights and somebody's a-goin to pay you an old debt.
   
   
5. A flock of sheep clouds means rain's a-comin.
   
   
6. Poke root an'leaves make good poultices for wounds.
   
   
7. Blue clay mixed with linseed oil makes good poultices for boils.
   
   
8. Tea leaves is good for nose bleedin.
   
   
9. Chimbley soot will help stop bleedin from a cut.
   
   
10. If a mad dog bites any of your folks, send for a man with a madstone to draw the pison out.
    
    
11. Willer, peach and apple twigs make the best water witches if you're a-goin to dig a well.
    
    
12. Spicewood twigs make the best brushes for you teeth.
    
    
13. Salty pigskin will make chiggers turn loose.
    
    
14. Boil slippery ellem(elm) till it's slick. Then use the water to dose a-body with stommick trouble.
    
    
15. Sassafas root tea is good for your blood in cold weather and spring.
    
    
16. A wad of cloves stuck in a juicy apple will make it last a life-time. And it smells good.