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FOLK CURE
TO CURE A HEADACHE, PUT A CORNMEAL PLASTER ON THE FOREHEAD.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MILLEDGEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
TO CURE A COLD CHEW THE LEAVES OF A PRIDE ASH TREE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
TO SOOTH A FEVER BOIL MILKWEED AND BATHE IN THE WATER UNTIL THE
FEVER SUBSIDES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
TO SOOTHE A FEVER BOIL AND DRINK THE JUICE OF PEACH LEAVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
FOLK REMEDIES
FRESH LEMON SQUEEZED FROM THE LEMON ONTO A CUT TO STOP BLEEDING.
Submitter comment:
WHEN MY MOTHER GOT A BAD CUT, HER MAIDS USED TO DO THIS, AND
IT STOPPED THE BLEEDING.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
FOLK REMEDIES.
FRESH CUCUMBER SLICES GET RID OF WRINKLES. YOU FIRST PUT THE
SLICES ON THEM, THEN REST FOR ONE HOUR AND THEN TAKE THEM OFF.
WRINKLES SHOULD THEN BE GONE.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER DOES THIS AND SHE LOOKS VERY YOUNG.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 04-00-1979
REMEDY
IF YOUR BABY HAS TROUBLE SLEEPING, YOU CAN TAKE THE CORE OF A CABBAGE
AND CUT IT IN HALF. PUT IT IN A PAN AND BOIL IT FOR A WHILE. WHEN
THE WATER IN THE PAN IS SLIGHTLY GREEN, STRAIN IT, AND LET IT COOL
OFF. THEN GIVE IT TO THE BABY.
Submitter comment:
THE NIGHT I TALKED TO HIM, HE WAS MAKING SOME OF THIS JUICE TO GIVE
HIS BABY. HE LATER TOLD ME IT SEEMED TO HELP.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSOMNIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-00-1979
REMEDY
DRINKING OREGANO TEA WILL HELP IF YOU HAVE A COLD. YOU HAVE TO MAKE
IT REAL STRONG AND DRINK IT REAL HOT. USUALLY I DRINK THREE CUPS A
DAY WHEN I'M SICK.
Submitter comment: HE SAYS IT WORKS FOR HIM.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MEXICAN-AMERICAN
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-00-1979
REMEDY
TO TEMPORARILY RELAX VERY WAVY OR KINKY HAIR, ESPECIALLY HAIR THAT
HAS BEEN OVER-PERMED, A PERSON SHOULD COMB PEANUT BUTTER THROUGH HIS
OR HER HAIR.
Submitter comment:
NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE PERSON'S HAIR SHOULD BE WASHED BEFORE THEY
PRESENT THEMSELF TO THE PUBLIC} ALSO, CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER IS EASIE
TO WORK WITH THAN CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER}
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: CA00001977
WART CURE
CUT A RAW POTATO IN HALF. APPLY BOTH HALVES OF THE MEAT OF THE
POTATO TO THE WART. GO OUTSIDE AND DIG A BIG HOLE. BURY THE
POTATO IN THIS HOLE. WHEN THE POTATO ROTS, THE WART WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment:
THIS CURE WAS DISCOVERED AT A TIME WHEN THE COMMON MAN COULD NOT
AFFORD PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL TREATMENT. BASED ON PAST RESULTS, MY
AUNT BELIEVES THAT THIS CURE WORKS.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: CA00001916 ; 01-13-1980
STY CURE
BOIL TEA. REMOVE THE HOT TEA BAG OR, IF USING TEA LEAVES, MAKE A
POULTICE FROM USED TEA LEAVES. CLOSE THE AFFLICTED EYE AND APPLY
THE TEA BAG OR POULTICE.
Submitter comment:
SUPPOSEDLY, TEA DRAWS OUT INFECTION. WHATEVER THE REASON, THE
CURE IS USUALLY EFFECTIVE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: CA00001916 ; 01-13-1980
STY CURE
GRATE A RAW PEELED POTATO. MAKE A POULTICE FROM THE GRATED
POTATO. APPLY THE POULTICE TO THE AFFLICTED EYE.
Submitter comment:
POTATOES ARE BELIEVED TO BE ABLE TO DRAW OUT AN INFECTION OR TO
DRAW OUT A FEVER.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: CA00001916 ; 01-13-1980
PIOLON, THE POLISH STOMACH ACHE CURE
PIOLON, A STOMACH ACHE CURE, IS A COMBINATION OF WHISKEY AND
BITTERS. THE MIXTURE IS AGED UNTIL THE LEAVES OF THE BITTERS
BECOME DISCOLORED AND ARE PENETRATED BY THE WHISKEY.
Submitter comment:
AS A GENERAL RULE, THE OLDER THE PIOLON, THE MORE POTENT AND THE
MORE EFFECTIVE IT IS. PIOLON IS FOUL SMELLING AND FOULD TASTING.
PERSONALLY, I FIND PIOLON TO BE A CURE FAR WORSE THAN THE DISEASE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: CA00001916 ; 01-13-1980
BOIL CURE
BABKA LEAVES APPLIED TO BOILS DRAWS OUT INFECTIONS.
Submitter comment:
BABKA LEAVES ARE FOUND IN BACKYARDS AMONG THE GRASS. THEY ARE WIDE
(ABOUT 2 INCHES AROUND) AND SIMILAR TO THE LEAVES OF A DELPHINIUM.
BABKA LEAVES COME IN CLUSTERS. THERE ARE USUALLY THREE TO FOUR
LEAVES IN A CLUMP. YOU MUST WASH THE LEAVES BEFORE USING THEM.
SUPPOSEDLY, THIS CURE WORKS LIKE A CHARM.
"BABKA" IS A POLISH WORD.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: CA00001916 ; 01-13-1980
BEE STING REMEDY
PUT A RAW ONION ON YOUR BEE STING FOR A WHOLE DAY AND THIS WILL
DRAW THE STINGER OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: CA00001973
HICCUP CURE
SWALLOW A TSP. OF MUSTARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001970S
THE HEALING PLANT.
THERE IS A PLANT IN MEXICO CALLED "OJAS SANTA MARIA" WHICH LOOKS
LIKE A LITTLE TREE. IT HAS BIG LEAVES WHICH WHEN SQUEEZED PRODUCES
A SAP THAT STOPS BLEEDING. THEN THE LEAF IS USUALLY WRAPPED
AROUND THE WOUND AND IT HEALS VERY QUICKLY WITH MINIMAL SCARRING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 04-00-1980
A CURE FOR CATARACTS.
WASH THE EYES THREE TIMES A DAY WITH LEMON JUICE FOR AS LONG AS
EYESIGHT KEEPS IMPROVING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 04-00-1980
BELIEF IN A METHOD OF CURING A NOSE BLEED
WHEN YOUR NOSE BLEEDS, PUT ONLY THE WHITE OF A PIECE OF BREAD ON THE
ROOF OF YOUR MOUTH TO MAKE IT STOP.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER SISTER, GRACIA ESQUIVEL WHO IS A
HOUSEWIFE OF 23.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-07-1980