Love Medicine vocabulary
Grandma got mad at Grandpa and so she hopped up quickly and slugged Grandpa between the
shoulderblades to make him swallow.
to tamper with something (255) -
The love medicine was stronger than Grandma and Lipsha had thought it would be. Lipsha was
afraid and said that they shouldn't have tampered with it.
to quill (260) to arrange (fabric) in flutes or cylindrical ridges, as along the edge of a garment,
hem, etc.
One night Marie found a skin bag, which had one end quilled with rawhide strips of pale, washed-
to-sand colors, dyed with butternut, wild grapes, ocher, fading sere.
to sprawl (261) to spread the limbs in a relaxed, awkward, or unnatural position.
When Marie saw Gordie again, the circle of Gordie's motion grew rounder and wider until in one
movement he uprooted himself and sprawled headlong.
a quilt (261) a type of bed cover.
Marie unfolded a quilt cut and repaired it with woollen clothing.
fervour (265) An intense, heated emotion.