Alli, the only thing that I can definitely recall is the vile taste, but I can add the taste was unlike any other concoction ever in my life tasted. It did make us vomit; we had diarrhea. Each of the eleven cousins was assigned an area of the land on which to lie until the induced illness passed. We then went to the well and drank water. While weak as could be, the next day we were again carrying on as usual. I have one living cousin near my age who was raised with me by same Granny. I will ask her if she recalls a distinctive taste other than vile. FWIW: looking back I wonder if the smell made us sick or if the realization of what we were to endure made the drink smell terrible. Forgot to add that Granny administered the concoction as a warm drink, something we children rarely had---a warm drink. Fran Chinkapin On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Alli :) <iamcheroke@gmail.com> wrote: > Outside of vile, do you remember the taste? > Like Rootbeer, vinegar...the flavor > > Sounds gross > > -----Original Message----- > From: cherokee-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cherokee-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Fran West-Powe > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 7:22 AM > To: CHEROKEE@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Cherokee Circle] Black drink > > Continuing with writing my history, I am reminded of a black drink Granny > gave us kids every spring. Ordinarily, she sent me to "fetch" this or that > root/plant but for the black drink she herself went and gathered so I have > no idea what plant/root was make into the black drink. I do know it made > all > of us really sick but Granny said it was her spring tonic. > > Granny told us their men folks used to have this drink on certain occasions > but due to lack of good food during winter our systems were full of "stuff" > so the vile black drink was administered. > > Does anyone on this list happen to know from what plants/roots, etc. this > drink was concocted? > > TIA > > Fran > Chinkapin > ======*====== > List archives > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ======*====== > List archives > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I don't think I'd want to suffer in hopes that I don't get sick from something after this drink LOL But its interesting to learn about it -----Original Message----- From: cherokee-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cherokee-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Fran West-Powe Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 9:18 PM To: cherokee@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] Black drink Alli, the only thing that I can definitely recall is the vile taste, but I can add the taste was unlike any other concoction ever in my life tasted. It did make us vomit; we had diarrhea. Each of the eleven cousins was assigned an area of the land on which to lie until the induced illness passed. We then went to the well and drank water. While weak as could be, the next day we were again carrying on as usual. I have one living cousin near my age who was raised with me by same Granny. I will ask her if she recalls a distinctive taste other than vile. FWIW: looking back I wonder if the smell made us sick or if the realization of what we were to endure made the drink smell terrible. Forgot to add that Granny administered the concoction as a warm drink, something we children rarely had---a warm drink. Fran Chinkapin On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Alli :) <iamcheroke@gmail.com> wrote: > Outside of vile, do you remember the taste? > Like Rootbeer, vinegar...the flavor > > Sounds gross > > -----Original Message----- > From: cherokee-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:cherokee-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Fran West-Powe > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 7:22 AM > To: CHEROKEE@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Cherokee Circle] Black drink > > Continuing with writing my history, I am reminded of a black drink > Granny gave us kids every spring. Ordinarily, she sent me to "fetch" > this or that root/plant but for the black drink she herself went and > gathered so I have no idea what plant/root was make into the black > drink. I do know it made all of us really sick but Granny said it was > her spring tonic. > > Granny told us their men folks used to have this drink on certain > occasions but due to lack of good food during winter our systems were full of "stuff" > so the vile black drink was administered. > > Does anyone on this list happen to know from what plants/roots, etc. > this drink was concocted? > > TIA > > Fran > Chinkapin > ======*====== > List archives > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ======*====== > List archives > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ======*====== List archives http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It sounds interesting..I wonder how it tasted? Walks In The Spirit > On Mar 28, 2014, at 11:23 PM, "Alli :\)" <iamcheroke@gmail.com> wrote: > > I don't think I'd want to suffer in hopes that I don't get sick from > something after this drink LOL > > But its interesting to learn about it > > -----Original Message----- > From: cherokee-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cherokee-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Fran West-Powe > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 9:18 PM > To: cherokee@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] Black drink > > Alli, the only thing that I can definitely recall is the vile taste, but I > can add the taste was unlike any other concoction ever in my life tasted. > > It did make us vomit; we had diarrhea. Each of the eleven cousins was > assigned an area of the land on which to lie until the induced illness > passed. We then went to the well and drank water. While weak as could be, > the next day we were again carrying on as usual. > > I have one living cousin near my age who was raised with me by same Granny. > I will ask her if she recalls a distinctive taste other than vile. FWIW: > looking back I wonder if the smell made us sick or if the realization of > what we were to endure made the drink smell terrible. > > Forgot to add that Granny administered the concoction as a warm drink, > something we children rarely had---a warm drink. > > Fran > Chinkapin > > >> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Alli :) <iamcheroke@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Outside of vile, do you remember the taste? >> Like Rootbeer, vinegar...the flavor >> >> Sounds gross >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: cherokee-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:cherokee-bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On Behalf Of Fran West-Powe >> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 7:22 AM >> To: CHEROKEE@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [Cherokee Circle] Black drink >> >> Continuing with writing my history, I am reminded of a black drink >> Granny gave us kids every spring. Ordinarily, she sent me to "fetch" >> this or that root/plant but for the black drink she herself went and >> gathered so I have no idea what plant/root was make into the black >> drink. I do know it made all of us really sick but Granny said it was >> her spring tonic. >> >> Granny told us their men folks used to have this drink on certain >> occasions but due to lack of good food during winter our systems were full > of "stuff" >> so the vile black drink was administered. >> >> Does anyone on this list happen to know from what plants/roots, etc. >> this drink was concocted? >> >> TIA >> >> Fran >> Chinkapin >> ======*====== >> List archives >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ======*====== >> List archives >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ======*====== > List archives > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ======*====== > List archives > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokee > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message