Oh I see that Guest Nancy Silverrod wanted confirmation of that theory OTHER THAN the Susan B. Anthony House. I guess we're still waiting for that.

However, in the meantime, I retract my earlier theory about the alligator purse being carried by a herbalist (though I still admit that it makes sense since in many versions the representatives of the established medical profession fail & are consequently treated harshly by the narrator while (in those versions) the lady with the alligator purse succeeds in healing the baby and is treated better because of that success).