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METHOD OF CURING
HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER SEEN THEIR OWN FATHER, BLOW INTO THE
BABY'S MOUTH AND THE ASTHMA WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PONTIAC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Curer BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
METHOD OF CURING
THE OWNER OF THE WART IS TO GO TO KENTUCKY TO SEE THE LADY WHO CHARMS
WARTS OFF. SHE TIES A STRING AROUND EACH WART, CAREFULLY REMOVES
THE STRING (BEING SURE TO PRESERVE THE FRAME OF EACH WART). NO ONE
KNOWS JUST WHAT SHE DOES WITH THE STRING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PONTIAC
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curer BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
CURE
TIE SOCKS AROUND YOUR NECK TO CURE A SORE THROAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
METHOD OF CURING
A TEASPOON OF SUGAR AND KEROSENE AND SWALLOW THIS.
THIS WOULD CURE SORE THROATS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
METHOD OF CURING
CUT AN IRISH POTATO IN HALF, RUB IT ON THE WART, THROW IT OVER YOUR
SHOULDER AND DON'T LOOK BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
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 |
FEED A COLD STARVE A FEVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-27-1979
CURE FOR A SORE THROAT
TO CURE A SORE THROAT: TAKE A SOCK THAT YOU HAVE WORN (NOT A CLEAN
SOCK, A SWEATY, WELL-WORN ONE), WRAP IT AROUND YOUR NECK, AND LEAVE
IT THERE OVERNIGHT.
Submitter comment:
MY INFORMANT TELLS ME THAT THIS "CURE" WAS A FAMILY TRADITION WHICH
ORIGINATED IN EUROPE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-17-1979
TO CURE A HEAD ACHE SLEEP WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS UNDER THE PILLOW.
Submitter comment: THE SCISSORS CUT THE PAIN IN HALF. WHICH IS HOMEOPATHIS MAGIC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
TO STOP THE HICCUPS HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
THEN DRINK NINE SWALLOWS OF WATER, AND THEN TURN YOUR POCKETS
INSIDE OUT.
Submitter comment:
THIS REMEDY SEEMS TO BE A COMBINATION OF A NUMBER OF CURES.
I HAD HEARD OF THEM BEING USED AT DIFFERENT TIMES BUT NOT
TOGETHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
TO REMOVE WARTS TIE A HORSE HAIR AROUND THE WART AND SAY,
''WART GO AWAY WITH THE HORSE.''
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
CURE
CURE FOR HICCUPS: SWALLOW A TEASPOON OF SUGAR, FOLLOWED BY SOME
WATER AND THEY WILL GO AWAY.
Submitter comment:
I THINK THAT THIS IS A VERY VALID CURE, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS YOUNGER
MY MOTHER USED TO GIVE THIS TO ME AND IT WORKED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001960'S
REMEDY
PUT A DIRTY SOCK AROUND YOUR NECK TO CURE A SORE THROAT.
Where learned: HOME ; OHIO ; TOLEDO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-00-1979
REMEDY
RUB GOOSE GREASE ON YOUR THROAT TO CURE A CHEST COLD & CONGESTION.
Where learned: HOME ; OHIO ; TOLEDO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-00-1979
REMEDY
IF YOU GET AN EARACHE YOU CAN CURE IT BY USING A NEWSPAPER. MAKE A
FUNNEL FROM A FEW PAGES OF NEWSPAPER AND HOLD THE SMALL END TO YOUR
EAR. THEN LIGHT A MATCH AND HOLD IT AT THE OUTSIDE OF THE FUNNEL. THE
HOT AIR WILL GET RID OF THE PAIN.
Submitter comment:
HIS MOTHER USED TO USE THIS METHOD TO CURE EARACHES, AND HE SAYS IT
WORKS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-00-1979
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
I REMEMBER MY GRANDMOTHER CURING A YOUNG CHILD OF A FEAR. IT'S A
RITUAL. WHEN A CHILD IS AFRAID OF SOMETHING, YOU GET SOME WHITE ROCK.
IT'S A SOFT ROCK, I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF IT. THE ROCK IS PUT INTO A
SKILLET AND HEATED. AS IT HEATS, IT SOFTENS, AND IT WILL FORM INTO A
FIGURE OF WHAT THE CHILD IS AFRAID OF. THE FEAR IS REMOVED FROM THE
CHILD THIS WAY.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONJURATION DIVINATION ; HOMEOPATHIC ; MEXICAN-AMERICAN CURE
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Mineral 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
HICCUP, HICCUP GO SOMEBODY I LOVE.
Submitter comment: THIS IS USED TO GET RID OF THE HICCUPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 01-28-1979
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