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My grandmother was very emphatic about eating good foods. Even
though she was very poor she always bought the best quality of
food that she could afford in order to keep her family healthy.
One of her sayings was :" What you don't pay to the butcher and
baker you pay to the doctor."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Method of Curing PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
A SURE WAY TO CURE THE HICCUPS: FIRST YOU MUST HOLD YOUR
BREATH AS LONG AS POSSIBLE WHILE WALKING A STRAIGHT LINE. THEN
YOU MUST EXHALE SLOWLY THROUGH YOUR NOSTRILS. IT DOES WORK.
Where learned: MISSOURI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001940S
If I have a cold or headache or anything that requires
medicine, I don't take the medicine. I never take pills for a
headache or a cold. I go the natural way and drink liquids and
let it go away naturally.
Submitter comment:
Gordie just doesn't believe in taking pills or putting drugs
into his system so he doesn't.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
Cure for the Hiccups? Count them.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
To cure measles, keep the patient in a dark room. Light is
very harmful to a person with measles.
James Callow comment: See Puckett, Ohio, nos. 2745, 10503.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001910s
When a baby has its days and nights mixed up and will not
sleep at night. turn the baby over three times from feet to head.
This will cure the baby from not sleeping at night.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001920S
Chest Cold Cure
The following is done to cure a chest cold: An 8 oz. glass is
used and the rim is warmed over a open flame (as on a gas or wood
burning stove). While the glass is still very warm, almost hot,
the glass is placed directly on the chest, starting at either the
right or left side and held in place until it cools. This
procedure is repeated until the entire chest has been covered. If
a more severe condition exists, as in bronchitis, first a small
incision is made with a sharp instrument (knife) to allow bleeding,
then the heated glass is placed over the portion of the chest where
the incision has been made. Again this procedure is repeated until
the entire chest area has been covered.
Submitter comment:
This procedure for healing chest colds and bronchitis was
widely used in Poland. I questioned my mother as to whether or not
this actually worked and she maintains that it did. She did tell
me that this procedure left red rings on the chest and it was
actually quite painful since the glass had to be quite hot and the
incisions that were made occasionally left some scars.
James Callow comment:
See Puckett, Ohio No. 8526: "For a bad cold in the chest, heat
the inside of a small whiskey glass and put the mouth of the glass
on the person's chest. The skin will puff slightly and the cold
will be cured."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK
James Callow Keyword(s): Cupping on the sternum.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
To catch a tapeworm, you must shine a flashlight down the
throat to attract the tapeworm. When you see it, simply pull it
out.
Submitter comment:
This was told to the informant around 1960 by a nursing
instructor. The informant at that time was a nursing student.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
To get rid of a tapeworm, you must not eat all day and then
put peanut butter on your tongue. You should then stick your
tongue out and wait for the tapeworm to crawl out. When you see
the tapeworm, you must grab it and pull it out of the body.
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
"Ojo" Remedy (Pink-eye)
A remedy for Pink eye (Conjunctivitis) is the breaking of an
egg and saying a pray over the egg three times. Place egg in a
shallow dish whole at the head of the bed of the infected person.
The "eye" under will remove the infection from the eye above.
Submitter comment: The informant was unsure of the spelling of this custom.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PRAYER
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
Home Remedy for earaches
Roll newspaper into funnel shape. Burn the small tip. Snuff
fire out. Blow smoke from the funnel into the infected ear.
Where learned: MEXICO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
Medicine
This homemade medicine was used for external use only. When
people had a fever someone would boil vinegar and add corn-shucks
and brown paper bags. Then wrap the bags and corn-shucks around
the person's entire body.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-07-1992
Cure
To avoid the swelling of a minor contusion; one should cover
the contusion with a heavy piece of metal and press. When the
metal feels hot on the contusion, remove it. There will be no
swelling, but there might be discoloration of the skin.
Submitter comment:
My informant received this information from her grandmother
when she was a young girl.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Lansing
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Cure
To stop a keloid from growing, one should place the keloid on
the face of a dead love one.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Lansing
James Callow Keyword(s): Loved one
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-10-1992
CURE FOR FOOT CUT
TO HELP A FOOT CUT HEAL, CHEW SOME TOBACCO AND PUT IT
ON THE CUT. THIS WILL PREVENT INFECTION WHILE IT HEALS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-25-1970
CURE--JAMAICAN
IF A BABY HAS HICCUPS, TO CURE HIM YOU MUST PLACE A WET
CLOTH ON HIS FOREHEAD.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM A LADY-FRIEND FROM JAMAICA.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; JAMAICA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 01-01-1964
IF SOMETHING IS CAUGHT IN SOMEONE'S THROAT, PICK HIM
UP BY HIS FEET AND SHAKE HIM.
Submitter comment:
ACTUALLY DONE IN NEIGHBOR'S BACK YARD; FAR S. E.
CHIAGO, ONE MILE FROM INDIANA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-03-1971
TO GET RID OF A WART ON A HAND FIRST FIND THE
OLDEST WART. PLACE A PIECE OF CLOTH AROUND THE WART AND
TIE THE CLOTH IN PLACE WITH A STRING. LEAVE IT LIKE THIS
FOR A WEEK WITHOUT CHANGING THE CLOTH. AT THE END OF
A WEEK REMOVE THE CLOTH AND THE WART WILL PEEL OFF.
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
IN ORDER TO REMOVE A WART, THE PERSON SHOULD RUB IT WITH A
DISHCLOTH AND BURY THE DISHCLOTH IN THE CEMETERY AT
MIDNIGHT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT COULD RECALL HER MOTHER SAYING THIS, BUT
COULD NOT REMEMBER THE OCCASION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE MOST POPULAR CURE FOR WARTS THAT HE COULD REMEMBER WAS
TO RUB THE WART WITH AN OLD DISHRAG AND THEN BURY THE
DISHRAG. WHEN THE RAG ROTTED AWAY, THE WART WOULD DISAPPEAR.
HE CLAIMS THAT IT ACTUALLY WORKED.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-12-1965