yarbs

From this she took several papers of dried "yarbs," some watermelon-seed, an old thimble, a broken tea-spoon, a lock of "de ole man's ha'r," and lastly, the foot of an old stocking, firmly tied up.

Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War Fannie A. Beers

Among these were different tonics made from "yarbs" (herbs), plasters made from mustard, and whisky, etc.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration

It was like many others along shore, -- single-storied, painted white, with green blinds, with a small garden in the rear, in which grew old-fashioned flowers and an abundance of "yarbs" that bespoke a mistress of Thompsonian leanings.

Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 Various

"Smother him in his 'yarbs' and roots," pronounced Cleo dramatically, and when they entered the path to Cragsnook, busy brains were concocting marvelously daring schemes to bring about the rescue of Maid

The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening Lilian Garis 1913

He and his good wife grew the wheat, the corn, and the potatoes, made the soap and the candles, the maple sugar and the "yarbs," the deerskin shoes and the homespun-cloth that met their needs.

The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor Oscar Douglas Skelton 1909

They were ignorant women, hollow-chested and wrinkled like witches because they had spent lives against dun-colored backgrounds, but they were wise in the matter of "yarbs" and simple nursing.

A Pagan of the Hills Charles Neville Buck 1904

His basket of "yarbs" was under the side of the rock in hoodoo-like shadows and the wagons of poor, innocent, sacrificed lambs and turkeys and sucking-pigs were backed up by the largest infernal pit.

The Tinder-Box Maria Thompson Daviess 1898

Many plants closely resemble one another, and some "yarbs," contrary to the popular impression, are deadly poison -- nightshade (belladonna) and the wild variety of parsnips, for instance.

Three Acres and Liberty Bolton Hall 1896

Her mother had been famous throughout those regions in the pioneer days for skill at "yarbs" and at nursing, and had taught her a great deal.

The Second Generation David Graham Phillips 1889

With the vehemence of her insistence her small wizened face would suddenly contract; the tortures of the rheumatism, particularly rife in such weather, would seize upon her, and she would cry aloud with anguish, and clutch her stick and smite her granddaughter to expedite the search for the primitive remedies of dried "yarbs" on which her comfort depended.

A Chilhowee Lily 1911 Mary Noailles Murfree 1886