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MUD PUT ON MOSQUITO BITES STOPS THEM FROM ITCHING AND MAKES THEM
GO AWAY FASTER.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 08-00-1969
FOR ARTHRITIS, PEEL A POTATO, TAPE IT TO THE AFFLICTED AREA
AND THE POTATO IS SURE TO DRAW THE SORENESS OUT.
Where learned: FRIENDS HOME
Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
FOLK REMEDY/ TOMATO
A SLICE OF TOMATO WAS WRAPPED AROUND A BUNION
ON A TOE TO RELIEVE THE SORENESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19305 GALLAGHER
Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 01-20-1970
FOLK REMEDY-PASTE
A PASTE CONSISTING OF BREAD, MILK, AND NAPTHA SOAP WAS SPREAD
OVER A SLIVER. THE AFFECTED AREA WAS THEN WRAPPED IN A TOURNIQUET
AND BY THE FOLLOWING DAY THE INFECTION HAD BEEN DRAWN OUT
AND THE SLIVER BROUGHT TO A HEAD.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19305 GALLAGHER
Keyword(s): NAPHTHA SOAP ; POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 01-20-1970
ANIMAL REMEDY
TO REDUCE INFLAMMATION, MAKE A POULTICE OF WARM COW DUNG.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HOME.
Where learned: INDIANA ; GREENFIELD
Keyword(s): INFECTION ; POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
REMEDY
FOR TONSIL CASES THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO BOIL POTATOES WITH
THEIR SKINS ON. WHEN THEY ARE DONE MASH THEM A LITTLE WITH A FORK,
PUT THEM IN A SCARF AND WRAP THE SCARF AROUND THE NECK.
THE HEAT WILL DRAW OUT THE INFECTION.
Submitter comment: MEMORIES OF HOMELAND GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BEAUTY SHOP ; 17619 6 MILE
Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-00-1971
COUGH
TO EASE COUGHING, GRIND A HORSERADISH ROOT THAT WAS TAKEN FROM THE
GROUND IN MID WINTER TO PRODUCE A POWDER. WET IT AND PLACE IT ON
THE CHEST OF THE SUFFERER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 1971 MORRELL ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-00-1971
CROUP
TO CURE THE CROUP, PUT GOOSE GREASE ON YOUR CHEST; THEN PUT
A PIECE OF RED FLANNEL OVER IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-15-1970
CROUP
USE HOG LARD, POLECAT GREASE, AND WARM LAMP OIL AS A CHEST POTION FOR
THE CROUP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-12-1969
EARACHE
BAKE ONION IN OVEN, MAKE A POULTICE-- CLEAR UP EAR INFECTION.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
HEADACHE
FOR THE CURE OF HEADACHES, CHOP ONIONS FINE AND PREPARE A
POULTICE AND PLACE ON THE CALVES OF THE LEGS.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
METHOD OF CURING
TO CURE A COLD, USE AN ONION "POLTIST". BOIL ONIONS IN A LITTLE WATER
TAKE OUT OF WATER, CRUSH, PUT IN TOWEL AND APPLY TO CHEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PONTIAC
James Callow Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
FOR A STY IN THE EYE, PLACE CARROT PEELINGS ON GAUZE AND
KEEP OVER EYE AFFECTED FOR A COUPLE OF NIGHTS.
FOR A WART APPLY COD LIVER OIL ONCE A DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
TO GET RID OF A WART ON A HAND FIRST FIND THE
OLDEST WART. PLACE A PIECE OF CLOTH AROUND THE WART AND
TIE THE CLOTH IN PLACE WITH A STRING. LEAVE IT LIKE THIS
FOR A WEEK WITHOUT CHANGING THE CLOTH. AT THE END OF
A WEEK REMOVE THE CLOTH AND THE WART WILL PEEL OFF.
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
PUT A CUT UP LEMON ON YOUR WART FOR TWO DAYS AND RUB IT.
THEN TAKE THE LEMON AND BURY IT. DIG IT UP A FEW DAYS
LATER, AND IF YOUR LEMON IS ROTTEN, YOUR WART WILL
ALSO BE SHRIVELED UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
IN ORDER TO CURE A WART, TAKE A COUNTRY MATCH AND LET IT
BURN OUT. THEN SMEAR THE ASHES ON THE WART. IN THE
MORNING WHEN THE DEW IS ON THE GROUND, RUB THE WART ON THE
DEW. REMEMBER, IN ORDER FOR THIS TO WORK YOU MUST NOT
THROW AWAY THE REMAINDER OF THE COUNTRY MATCH.
Where learned: HUNGARY
James Callow Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1902
IF A PERSON HAS A WART HE IS TO PLACE A THIN SLICE OF FELS
NAPTHA SOAP ON IT AND COVER THE AREA WITH A BANDAGE. THIS
WILL REMOVE THE WART.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
TO GET RID OF WARTS, COOK BAKED BEANS ALL NIGHT. THEN KEEP
THE JUICE AND BOIL IT UNTIL IT IS LIKE MOLASSES. THEN
APPLY IT TO THE WARTS.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
TO REMOVE A WART, APPLY THE WATER THAT FORMS ON A WINDOW
FROM THE MOISTURE (IN THE AIR). THIS WATER WILL MAKE
THE WART DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-25-1970