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FOLK CURE
TO TAKE AWAY THE ITCH OF MOSQUITO BITES, PUT VINEGAR ON THEM.
Submitter comment: FROM MRS. HOWARD OF SCOTCH-IRISH DESCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
STY
IF YOU HAVE A STY IN YOUR EYE, TO GET RID OF IT YOU CROSS
AN INTERSECTION CATTY CORNER AND RECITE THIS RHYME:
STY, STY LEAVE MY EYE
GO TO THE NEXT ONE WHO PASSES BY.
Submitter comment:
(INFORMANT BELIEVES IN THIS BECAUSE WHEN SHE TRIED IT WHEN SHE
WAS YOUNG SHE WAITED TO SEE WHO THE NEXT PERSON WAS. HER STY LEFT,
BUT THE GUY WHO PASSED BY INSTEAD OF GETTING IT, DIED.)
Data entry tech comment: COLLECTOR'S SPELLING CORRECTED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RHYME ; TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.760 BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-20-1968
CURE
TREATMENT FOR SUNBURN: PLACE A FRYING PAN ON THE HEAD
(TO DRAW OUT THE HEAT).
Submitter comment: HE HEARD THIS FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; LENOX AVE ; MADISON HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
CURE FOR A TOOTHACHE
YOU TAKE OIL OF CLOVES AND PLACE IT ON THE TOOTH THAT ACHES.
Submitter comment: SHE HEARD THIS FROM SOMEONE.
Data entry tech comment: THERE IS 1 OTHER SIMILAR REFERENCE IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 9175 YORKSHIRE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-30-1967
WART REMEDY
A GOOD WAY TO CURE WARTS IS TO TOUCH A DEAD PERSON'S HAND
TO THE WART AND IT IS SUPPOSED TO DRY IT UP.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER
WHO LIVED ON A FARM AS A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 1928 TYLER
Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
WART CURE
IF YOU COUNT YOUR WARTS,
MAKE A KNOT IN A THREAD FOR EVERY WART,
THROW THE THREAD AWAY,
AND THE WARTS WILL BE CURED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MEASURING ; POWER OF NUMBERS ; SEVERAL SIMILAR COMMENTS IN THE ARCHIVES.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
CARE OF SLEEPLESS CHILD
FOR THE BABY WHO HAS "NIGHT TURNED INTO DAY" (STAYS AWAKE ALL NIGHT
AND SLEEPS ALL DAY) - TURN THE BABY END OVER END (SOMERSAULT STYLE)
SEVEN TIMES. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO END THEIR CONFUSION.
Submitter comment: ORIGIN: MRS. MARY JANE SMELSER, MOTHER-IN-LAW, LONDON, ENGLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18254 LIVERNOIS
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC ; INSOMNIA
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-27-1964
A PRIEST CAN CURE INSANITY IF HE READS 4 GOSPELS OVER A PATIENT;
TAKES HIM TO A MONASTERY AND CHAINS HIM TO THE RING ON THE FLOOR.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT POINTS OUT THAT THIS IS VERY OLD.
Where learned: TOLD IN A LETTER
Keyword(s): BIBLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-19-1971
THE MAD SAILOR
IF A SAILOR GOES MAD ON A TRIP, HE CAN BE CURED BY TYING HIM TO
THE MAIN MAST DURING A STORM.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): INSANITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
LEACHING
TO THIN THE BLOOD IN THE SPRING, AND THUS COMBAT "SPRING FEVER",
APPLY LEACHES TO THE SKIN. THEY WILL DRAW OUT ALL THE "OLD BLOOD".
Submitter comment: MY INFORMANT DID NOT SAY WHERE HE OBTAINED THIS INFORMATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Keyword(s): LEECHES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
A TONIC
TAKE A MIXTURE OF SULPHUR AND MOLASSES AS OFTEN AS NEEDED IN THE
SPRING TO THIN THE BLOOD AND TO COMBAT "SPRING FEVER".
Submitter comment: MY INFORMANT DID NOT SAY WHERE HE OBTAINED THIS INFORMATION.
Data entry tech comment: ELEVEN OTHER SIMILAR REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 12-00-1964
CURE FOR THE EVIL EYE
FILL A BOWLWITH WATER, DIP YOUR
FINGER IN OIL AND MAKE THE SIGN
OF THE CROSS OVER THE BOWL3 TIMES.
THEN MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS
ON YOUR FOREHEAD 3 TIMES, AFTER,
PUT SOME OIL IN THE WATER. IF IT
DISAPPEARS YOU DO NOT HAVE THE
EVIL EYE. IF THE OIL SPREADS, OR
GOES INTO SNAKE FORM, THEN YOU HAVE THE EVIL EYE.
TO GET RID OF IT, BREAK THE OIL INTO DOTS OR POUR IT WWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications BELIEF -- Method of Curing SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 03-22-1972
ARTHRITIS
IN ORDER TO GET RID OF ARTHRITIS, WEAR A CHARM BRACELET.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED THIS FROM A FRIEND OF HERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
COUGH
TO CURE A COUGH: BOIL A POT OF WATER WITH PEELED ONIONS IN IT. AFTER
THE WATER RISES TO A BOIL, SPILL THE WATER INTO A CUP AND DRINK IT.
MY MOTHER PREPAR%D THIS ONCE FOR ME WHEN I HAD A COUGH AND IT SEEMED
TO HELP.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT HOME ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
COUGH
TO CURE A COUGH CUT UP ONIONS AND PUT THEM IN BROWN SUGAR.
BAKE AND THEN DRINK THE JUICE.
Submitter comment: FROM MRS. SCHWARTZ OF FRENCH DESCENT.
Where learned: GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
COUGH
TO CURE A COUGH YOU TAKE SOME GOOSE GREASE AND RUB IT ON THE THROAT
AND THEN WRAP THE THROAT UP WITH FLANNEL CLOTHS.
Submitter comment: HER MOTHER USED TO DO THIS FOR HER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 9166 YORKSHIRE
Keyword(s): HEAT REMEDY ; INHALATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-30-1967
COUGH
IF YOU HAVE A COUGH PUT SOME SALT ON THE END OF YOUR TONGUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
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
THE CURE IS TO TAKE ONE TEASPOON OF KEROSENE AND MAKE THE CHILD
SWALLOW IT.
Submitter comment: HER MOTHER DID IT FOR ONE OF MRS. MADAR'S BROTHERS AND HER FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 9166 YORKSHIRE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-30-1967
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