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CURE FOR WARTS: GO TO AN ORCHARD AND FIND A PLACE WHERE FRUIT
HAS FALLEN ON THE GROUND. TAKE THIS FRUIT (THREE FOR EACH
WART) AND RUB IT ON THE WART. THEN FIND A RAINSPOUT WHERE
WATER ALWAYS DRAINS AND BURY THE FRUIT UNDER THIS SPOT.
WHEN THE FRUIT ROTS AWAY COMPLETELY THE WART(S) WILL BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-22-1972
TO CURE WARTS, RUB THEM WITH A CUT POTATO, BURY THE POTATO
EYES, WHEN THEY START TO GROW YOUR WARTS WILL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
I HAD WARTS ON MY HAND. MY UNCLE HARRY AT THE DINNER TABLE ASKED
ME IF I HAD A PENNY. MY MOTHER TOLD ME TO BELIEVE IN HIM.
I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD AND I DID. HE SAID, "HOLD MY HAND AND
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SAY A LITTLE PRAYER TO YOURSELF." AS
HE HELD MY HAND, WITH HIS OTHER HAND HE RUBBED OVER THE WARTS
ON THE BACK OF MY HAND. THEN HE SAID, "O.K. I'VE BOUGHT
YOUR WARTS FOR A PENNY. WITHIN A SHORT TIME THEY'LL GO AWAY."
THE WARTS DISAPPEARED WITHIN A MONTH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS AFFLICTED WITH THE WARTS FOR FOUR YEARS PRIOR.
HEALER WAS HARRY MEYERS, BROTHER OF SOPHIE BENITAUT, HEALER
OF PINCONNING (MICHIGAN?).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): SALE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 01-25-1967
MY MOTHER WILL TELL YOU TO GO AND GET 3 (OR MAYBE 7) STONES.
EACH ONE SHE RUBS OVER YOUR WARTS. AND IN SO MANY DAYS THEY
WILL GO AWAY. AND THEY ACTUALLY GO AWAY.
WHEN I WAS 7 OR 8 I HAD A SEED WART AND MOTHER COULDN'T
CHARM IT OFF. HER POWER WOULDN'T WORK IN THE IMMEDIATE
FAMILY. SO I WENT TO A LADY WHO TOOK A BLACK THREAD AND
MADE A LOOP WITH IT AND PUT IT AROUND THE WART AND DREW
IT TIGHT. SHE TOLD ME TO LEAVE IT ALONE AND IT WOULD GO
AWAY. AND IT WAS GONE IN A WEEK OR TWO.
Submitter comment: HAPPENED IN SEYMOUR, INDIANA, WHERE HE LIVED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; INDIANA ; SOUTHFIELD ; SEYMOUR
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-19-1965
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
CURE FOR A WART
HEAT THE TIP OF A WOODEN PENCIL IN THE FLAME OF A CANDLE.
TAKE THE HEATED PENCIL AND HEAT THE SKIN AROUND THE WART.
Where learned: ON A DATE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-21-1969
IF YOU HAVE A WART, EVERY TIME YOU LOOK AT IT CALL IT
"FRIDAY" AND IT WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
AN OLD ITALIAN BELIEF STATES THAT IT IS UNLUCKY TO MARRY
DURING THE MONTH OF MAY, WHICH IS TRADITIONALLY REGARDED
AS THE MONTH OF THE JACKASS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS THIS BELIEF IS NO LONGER GIVEN TOO MUCH
CONSIDERATION.
Where learned: LETTER
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Marriage Time or day of ceremony |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
GREEK ORTHODOX WEDDING CUSTOM
DURING THE WEDDING CEREMONY THE BRIDE AND GROOM BOTH WEAR
A CROWN. THIS CROWN IS TO SYMBOLIZE THEIR UNION WITH
CHRIST. IT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. I BELIEVE IT IS SIMILAR
TO THE LEBANESE CUSTOM OF PASSING A WREATH TO EACH (BRIDE
AND GROOM) HEAD TO SYMBOLIZE THEIR UNION WITH CHRIST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Marriage Headdress |
Date learned: 02-20-1972
AFTER THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY, WHEN YOU COME HOME, YOU SHOULD
EAT SALT AND BREAD BEFORE ENTERING THE HOUSE. THE SALT
REPRESENTS THE SALT OF THE EARTH. THE EATING BREAD, MEANS
THAT YOU WILL NEVER STARVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Marriage Bread and salt |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
IF THE BRIDE AND GROOM EAT DARK BREAD WITH SALT AT THE
BEGINNING OF THEIR RECEPTION, THEY WILL NEVER BE HUNGRY
ALL DURING THEIR MARRIED LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Marriage Bread and salt |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
WHEN THE BRIDE AND GROOM FIRST APPEAR AT THE RECEPTION,
THEY ARE TO EAT A SMALL PORTION OF BREAD AND SALT AND DRINK
SOME WATER TO ENSURE THEM THAT DURING THEIR LIFE TOGETHER
THEY WILL NEVER GO HUNGRY OR THIRSTY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S FAMILY PRACTICE THIS CUSTOM AT EVERY WEDDING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Marriage Bread and salt |
Date learned: 03-28-1971
WHEN LOOKING FOR SOME PROPERTY, TAKE A STATUE AND
BURY IT IN THE BACKYARD. IF IT IS FOR YOU, YOU'LL
GET THE PROPERTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GOOD LUCK NUT
NUTS ARE PLACED IN DISHES AS PART OF THE CHRISTMAS
FEAST CELEBRATION IN BULGARIA. EVERYONE IN THE
HOUSEHOLD RETAINS ONE TO BE SAVED UNTIL NEW YEAR'S
DAY. EVERYONE THEN BREAKS OPEN THEIR NUT AND THE
CONDITION OF THE INTERIOR INDICATES THE OWNER'S
FUTURE FOR THE COMING YEAR. A SOUND NUT MEAT
INDICATES PROSPERITY FOR ITS OWNER, WHILE A ROTTEN IN-
TERIOR SAYS THE COMING YEAR WILL NOT BE GOOD FOR
ITS OWNER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS AS A COMMON PRACTICE OF
HIS FAMILY IN BULGARIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BULGARIA
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. Food Drink -- Plant food Nut BELIEF -- Use of Object Food |
Date learned: 03-21-1970
AFTER IT RAINED AND THE SUN CAME OUT, THE YOUNG GIRLS
GO LOOK UNDER STONES TO FIND A PIECE OF HAIR. THE
FIRST PIECE OF HAIR THEY FOUND WOULD BE THE COLOR OF
THEIR SPOUSE'S HAIR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Use of object for determining future spouse P862.8 |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
IN SWEDEN ON THE FEAST OF MIDSUMMER'S EVE, THERE
IS A CUSTOM THAT MAIDENS FOLLOW TO FIND OUT WHO THEY
WILL MARRY.
A GIRL MUST GO OUT NAKED BETWEEN SUNSET AND MIDNIGHT
AND MUST NOT SAY A WORD TO ANYONE. SHE MUST PICK
SEVEN DIFFERENT FLOWERS FROM SEVEN DIFFERENT FARMS AND
THE NAMES OF THE FLOWERS MUST ALL BEGIN WITH THE SAME
LETTER. SHE THEN GOES HOME AND PUTS THE FLOWERS
UNDER HER PILLOW AND WILL DREAM OF THE MAN SHE WILL
MARRY.
Where learned: SWEDEN
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Use of object for determining future spouse P862.8 |
Date learned: 01-21-1968
CZECH CHRISTMAS BELIEF
ON CHRISTMAS EVE AT MIDNIGHT, IF A SINGLE MAN TAKES A
MATCH AND STRIKES IT, LETTING IT BURN DOWN A SHORT
WAY, THEN GRABS THE MATCH AT THE BURNT END AND
ALLOWS IT TO BURN DOWN TO THE OTHER END, THE MATCH
WILL BEND TOWARD ONE DIRECTION, AND IN WHATEVER DIREC-
TION THE MATCH POINTS, THAT IS THE DIRECTION YOUR
FUTURE WIFE WOULD COME FROM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve BELIEF -- Use of object for determining future spouse P862.9 |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
WHEN A CHILD IS ONE YEAR OLD, IT IS A POLISH-AMERICAN
CUSTOM TO PLACE A SILVER DOLLAR, A WHISKEY GLASS
AND A PILE OF BLACK DIRT ON THE FLOOR.. THE BABY IS
THEN ALLOWED TO CRAWL TOWARD ONE. THE "CHOICE" HE THEN
MAKES TELLS WHAT KIND OF LIFE HE WILL LEAD. THE
MONEY MEANS THAT HE WILL BE WEALTHY, THE WHISKEY
GLASS MEANS THAT HE WILL BE A DRUNK, AND THE DIRT
MEANS THAT HE WILL HAVE AN EARLY DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Use of object for determining future of young |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
IN THE PHILLIPINES IT IS BELIEVED THAT EVIL SPIRITS CAUSE
SICKNESS IN PEOPLE. IN THE CASE OF A CHILD'S OR INFANT'S
SICKNESS, A HIGHLY DECORATED RAFT IS LEFT FOR SOME TIME
BESIDE THE CHILD'S COT. THE BEAUTY OF THE FRUITS AND
FLOWERS DECORATING THE RAFT IS SAID TO ATTRACT THE EVIL
SPIRITS, WHICH LEAVE THE SICK CHILD AND ENTER THE RAFT.
TWO MEN THEN CARRY THE RAFT TO THE RIVER AND SET IT AF-
LOAT, THE EVIL SPIRITS ABOARD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT GATHERED THIS INFORMATION WHILE VIEWING
THE TV PROGRAM, "THE GEORGE PIERROT SHOW."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-00-1965
MALOCCHIO CURE (EVIL EYE)
A CUP OF WATER IS SET ON A TABLE IN FRONT OF THE
AFFLICTED PERSON AND 13 GRAINS OF WHEAT ARE
PREPARED. EACH GRAIN OF WHEAT IS INDIVIDUALLY
DROPPED INTO THE WATER. IF THE GRAINS OF WHEAT
FLOAT AT THE TOP STANDING ON END, THIS MEANS THAT
YOU HAVE THE MALOCCHIO; BUT IF THEY JUST LAY FLAT,
THIS MEANS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE IT. AS EACH GRAIN OF
WHEAT IS INDIVIDUALLY DROPPED INTO THE WATER, A
PRAYER IS CHANTED AUDIBLY BUT NOT SO THAT (IT) IS
ABLE TO BE UNDERSTOOD.
Submitter comment:
NOTE: THE CURE AND ITS PRAYERS ARE INHERITED ON
CHRISTMAS EVE AT MIDNIGHT. IT IS AT THIS TIME
AND THIS TIME ONLY THAT THEY CAN BE DISCLOSED.
THE PERSON WHO RECEIVES THE CURE TAKES AN OATH OF
SECRECY CONCERNING THE PRAYER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 09-29-1969