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

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