Alaga syrup a brand of cough syrup popular in black communities, especially in the South.
Anglophile a term applied to someone who has an enormous admiration for and devotion to things British.
asafetida bags small bags often used in folk medicine, filled with a bitter, foul-smelling mixture from the roots of various Asiatic plants and worn around the neck in order to ward off disease.
Betty Grable An American actress and film star (1916–73), she was the most popular pin-up girl of World War II; she co-starred with Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in The Gay Divorcee (1934) and later appeared in such films as Moon Over Miami (1941) and The Pin-Up Girl (1944).
Big Mama and Big Papa Claudia and Frieda's grandmother and grandfather.
Black Draught a liquid, over-the-counter laxative; sometimes it is used to combat colds.
CCC camps the Civilian Conservation Corps, a federal jobs program during the 1930s and '40s.
Chittlin' here, a nickname; chitterlings, the small intestines of pigs, are a soul food staple-battered, deep-fat fried, and served with lots of catsup, along with corn sticks and cooked greens.
Christ's love of Mary Magdalene According to the Gospels, Mary of Magdala was cured of seven demons by Christ (Luke 8:2) and was at the foot of the cross when he was crucified (Mark 15:40). According to popular tradition, Mary Magdalene was also the woman who, on two occasions (Luke 7:37–38 and John 12:3), washed and anointed Jesus' feet, drying them with her hair. She has become symbolic of repentant sinners.
Clark Gable an American film actor (1901–1960) who personified his era's notion of the virile, adventurous American male. He won an Academy Award for It Happened One Night (1934) and is best known for his portrayal of Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind (1939).
Claudette Colbert An American stage and film actress (1903–1996) born in Paris, she won an Academy Award for best actress in It Happened One Night.
