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THE MILKWEED PLANT SERVES AS A CURE IF ONE HAS WARTS,
CUTS, SCRAPES, OR BURNS. THESE ARE THE MORE COMMON
AND COULD BE USED FOR OTHER PROBLEMS. THE WHITE LIQUID
TAKEN FROM THE STEM OR BRANCH OF THE MILKWEED
SHOULD BE APPLIED DIRECTLY TO THE AREA CONCERNED.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
DISEASE CURES
A DIRTY SOCK WORN "ROUND THE NECK" ON GOING TO BED WILL CURE A
SORE THROAT.
A BUCKEYE CARRIED IN THE POCKET WILL CURE RHEUMATISM.
ASSAFETIDA WORN AROUND THE NECK IN THE WINTER WILL
KEEP DISEASE AWAY.
BLOOD STOPPING WAS USED BY PEOPLE WHO CLAIMED THEY COULD
STOP THE FLOW OF BLOOD. IT ORIGINATED IN THE LUMBERJACK CAMPS,
WHEN SERIOUS INJURIES WERE RECEIVED BY THE LUMBERJACKS AND PERHAPS
SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE THEY COULD GET TO A DOCTOR.
Where learned: OHIO ; CONTINENTAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curer BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001909-00001919 CHILDHOOD, 00001922-00001929, TEEN AGE YEARS
MEDICAL BELIEF
TOBACCO JUICE PUT ON A WOUND WILL PREVENT INFECTION.
Submitter comment: THIS BELIEF IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PRACTICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLINTON TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
COUGH REMEDY
EQUAL PARTS OF WHISKEY AND LEMON JUICE AND SYRUP IN A SHOT GLASS.
Submitter comment: THIS REMEDY DOES WORK, SOMEWHAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLINTON TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-00-1982
MEDICAL BELIEF
WEARING A CLOVE OF GARLIC ON A STRING AROUND YOUR NECK WILL
PREVENT CONTRACTION OF THE FLU.
Submitter comment: ITS EFFECTIVENESS IS DOUBTFUL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLINTON TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-00-1982
MEDICAL BELIEF
CHEWED BREAD PLACED UPON AN INFECTED WOUND WILL DRAW THE
INFECTION OUT.
Submitter comment: THIS BELIEF IS PURPORTED TO WORK WELL. ITALIAN ORIGIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLINTON TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-00-1982
FOLK CURE
TO CURE ARTHRITIS OR RHEUMATISM, CARRY A WRINKLED,
WHOLE POTATO ON YOUR PERSON AS LONG AS THE PAIN
PERSISTS. MY MOTHER RECALLS HEARING THIS IN
DUQUESNE, PENNSYLVANIA AROUND 1959.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT'S MOTHER'S NAME IS MARY MORSILLO
GINGERICH, BORN OCTOBER 3, 1937, FARRELL,
PENNSYLVANIA. THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE
INFORMANT'S MOTHER BELIEVED THAT THE CURE WOULD
WORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-00-1982
FOLK CURE FOR WARTS
FOR WARTS, CUT A POTATO IN HALF, RUB ONE HALF ON THE WART
AND PLANT IT IN THE GROUND. DISCARD THE OTHER HALF. AS
THE POTATO PLANT GROWS, THE WART WILL DISAPPEAR. MY FATHER
TOLD ME THAT HE TRIED IT AS A CHILD AND THAT IT WORKED.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAYS THAT HER FATHER TOLD HER ABOUT THIS CURE
IN KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN AROUND 1970. THE FATHER CLAIMS
TO HAVE TRIED THE CURE IN LEWISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA AROUND
1942 AND THE WART DISAPPEARED. THE FATHER'S NAME IS
MARTIN ELLSWORTH GINGERICH, BORN MAY 24, 1933, LEWISTOWN,
PENNSYLVANIA. THE INFORMANT SAYS THAT HER FATHER IS
OF GERMAN, SCOTTISH, AND IRISH DESCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-00-1982
REMEDY: WHISKEY AND LEMON JUICE CURE THE COMMON COLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MUSKEGON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-20-1982
INFORMANT BELIEVES THAT HERBAL TEAS, BREWED AND STEEPED
CAN BE USED AS PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. FOR EXAMPLE, CATNIP
TEA CAN CURE COMMONS COLDS AND MEASLES AND NETTLE LEAF
CAN PREVENT BALDNESS.
Submitter comment:
SHE BELIEVES THIS AND DRINKS A CUP OF TEA DAILY TO BE SURE
SHE IS HEALTHY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
MY MOTHER USED TO MIX WHISKEY WITH ROCK SALT TO HELP CURE A
A SPRAINED ANKLE. SHE USED TO RUB THIS MIXTURE ON THE
SWOLLEN ANKLE TO HELP BRING THE SWELLING DOWN. SHE WAS QUITE
SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS SOLUTION AND USED IT TO HELP MY FATHER GO
TO WORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HOUGHTON LAKE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00001930S
I REMEMBER THAT MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER WORE WHAT THEY CALLED
A BAG OF FETTI AROUND THEIR NECKS TO HELP CURE A SORE THROAT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS BAG OF FETTI WAS, BUT I DO KNOW THAT IT
SMELLED REALLY BAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HOUGHTON LAKE
James Callow Keyword(s): ASAFETIDA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001930S
MY MOTHER USED TO MAKE POULTICES OF PINE PITCH TO HELP MY
FATHER'S BAD BACK. SHE SAID THAT IF YOU PLACED IT LOW DOWN
ON THE BACK, IT WOULD WORK ITS WAY UP TO WHERE THE PAIN WAS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HOUGHTON LAKE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001930S
BLACK FOLK MEDICINE
THE USE OF THE WHITE POTATO FOR TREATING ILLS.
TO BREAK A FEVER DICE A PORTION OF A WHITE POTATO AND
STRING THE PIECES ON A PIECE OF THREAD OR FISHING LINE
TO MAKE A NECKLACE. TIED AROUND THE NECK THIS WILL DRAW
FROM THE BODY, ABCESSED TEETH, AND EXTRACTIONS.
FOR PUNCTURE WOUNDS SLICE A PIECE OF WHITE POTATO AS THIN
AS POSSIBLE, PLACE IT AGAINST THE WOUND, PLACE A PIECE OF
FAT MEAT ON NEXT, THEN A PENNY. THE PENNY WILL TURN GREEN
AND THE POTATO WILL BE BLACKENED WHEN THE FEVER AND POISON
HAVE BEEN DRAWN OUT. IN THE CASE OF THE NECKLACE THE POTATO
WILL BLACKEN WHEN THE FEVER HAS BROKEN. MM
RED ONIONS AND SULFUR MIXED IN HOT WATER AND DRUNK ACTS
AS A LAXATIVE. GARLIC BULBS SOAKED IN WATER REDUCE BLOOD-
PRESSURE WHEN THE WATER IS DRUNK.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
BABY CURES
FOR COLDS: APPLY A POULTICE MADE OF A STEWED ONION AND
CORNMEAL. APPLICATION OF BEEF TALLOW TO THE BABABY'S BODY
WILL FIGHT THE FEVER AND HELP TO CURE THE COLD. FOR COLIC
PIPE SMOKE BLOWN ACROSS THE MOLE OF THE BABIE'S HEAD,
BLOWN INTO IT'S BOTTLE, OR A SMALL AMOUNT OF LIQUID
ASIPHOTIDA AND LIQUOR WILL CURE IT.
TO LOOSEN BOWELS GIVE GOOSEGREASE OR FLOURWATER, FOR
TEETHING PAIN ADD SUGAR TO A SLICED ONION IN A CUP TO
DRAW THE JUICE FROM THE ONION AND ADMINISTER BY SPOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-00-1982
IF YOU COUNT STARS OR POINT AT THEM WITH YOUR FINGERS, YOU ARE
SUBJECT TO HAVE WARTS IN YOUR HANDS. TO GET RID OF THOSE WARTS
YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR A LEMON TREE, CUT A LEMON IN HALF, LEAVING
ONE OF THE HALVES HANGING FROM THE TREE, THEN WITH THE OTHER HALF
YOU RUB THE WARTS, AND YOU THROW IT AWAY WITHOUT LOOKING.
Where learned: GUADELOUPE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- PS60 |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
CURE-ALL
PARSLEY TEA WILL CURE JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GIBRALTAR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 06001984CA
YOU CAN CURE A BOIL BY PUTTING A SLICE OF POTATOE OVER IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-15-1984
IT IS POSSIBLE TO DRAW OUT AN INFECTION WITH ONIONS. MY GRANDMOTH-
ER CURED MY FATHER OF SPINAL MENENGITUS IN THIS WAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANTS GRANDMOTHER WAS FRENCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-00-1984
SUPERSTITION--BUSH MEDICINE
SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT THE DIFFERENT WINES, BUSHES AND TREE BARKS
FOUND IN THE CARIBBEAN IS GOOD TO CURE ANY AND ALL AILMENTS.
FOR EXAMPLE: CAURACE (A WINE) IS SAID TO BE GOOD FOR CURING
CANCER AND PURIFYING THE BLOOD. SEVERAL OTHER WINES ARE SAID TO
BE GOOD FOR STRENGTHENING BOTH MALES AND FEMALES. FOR EXAMPLE:
DRINKING SEVERAL WINES BOILED TOGETHER WILL AID YOU IN HAVING
A BABY.
Where learned: BAHAMAS ; NASSAU
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001960S