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taught school. De name was Spring Grove.

	“My father dl ed. and mother ‚ she moved over in Ca—lina on General butler‘s place. \She work in de fields. I wouldn‘ go to school but three

months in de year. When I growed up I work for Colonel Doctor MeKie In de house. He de fines‘ doctor I ever knowed. I got married to General Butler‘s place where my mother was. I done had six chillun before I come to A~ugusta. I nused to work for Dr. Sam Litchenstein, 17 years. He moved to Louisville end dat thow me out anything to do. He tried to git me to go down dere wid him but I fell in bad health. Den niy daughter and dis yere grandchild, I couldit‘ bear to leave dein. I cried when Dr. Sam lef‘, he wa.s good to me. I nused to carry dis grandchild to his house wid me all de time.“

	As Nancy‘s plantation recollections seemed vague, she w~s prompted to talk about remedies and cures and on these her mind worked with speed arid deci si on.

	“I had high blood pressure so bad I coulcin‘ walk right. My head nused to spin, laying down all night, couldn‘ res. One night I doze off in my sleep and a lady‘s spirit come to me. Her and my mother was two friends, her name was Cyndle Garde~1gh. She say: ‘Honey, in de morning when you~ git up, you glt you some ~ixnpson weed and put lt wid cookin‘ salt and bind it on your head.“ I done dat. I nused to have long bair to my shoulder. Jimpson weed done cut my hair off, but it cured my blood pressure. Mus‘ did kill ‘emi“

	Asked how she treàted her rheumatism, Nancy replied:

	“Git a pint glass wida pint of kerosene in it, and a block of camphor. Cut up de camphor and mix it round in de kerosene. Pat it on when de pain come. Villen I got up dis morning, dis yere hand I cou.ldn‘ move, and now it feel a heap better • Lord ‚ I done work so hard thoo ‚ life ‚ and all done tuk from rae I

	A moment‘s silence brought shadowa to Nancy‘s face. A twinge in her knee reminded her Of rheumatism cures. She rubbed the painful spot an. resumed:

“You know what I am wearin ‚ on my leg now?