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Use baby urine on your face to remove pimples and keep your
skin smooth.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; Waukegan
Keyword(s): BABY ; Home Remedy ; Homeopathy ; Pimples ; Skincare ; URINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
WHEN YOU STEP ON A NAIL, PUT BACON ON THE PUNCTURE TO
DRAW OUT THE POISON.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
CURE FOR INFECTION
WRAP A HOT BREAD POULTICE AROUND THE INFECTED AREA TO DRAW
OUT ALL THE PUS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND OF MINE, AND HE CLAIMS THAT HIS
GRANDMOTHER USED TO USE THIS TREATMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
TO CURE DIARRHEA DRINK SOUP WITH LOTS OF BLACK PEPPER.
Where learned: JAMAICA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
FOLK LINAMENT
ZYOKOST (UNABLE TO TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH) MIXED
WITH ALCOHOL AND USED LIKE A LINAMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WARTS--STICK THE HAND WHICH HAS THE WARTS ON IT INTO A
BAG AND TIE IT UP. THE FIRST PERSON WHO OPENS IT WILL
GET YOUR WARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
TO REMOVE A WART, RUB THE WART WITH A GREEN ELDER STICK, THEN
BURY THE STICK TO ROT. WHEN THE STICK ROTS THE WART WILL
GO AWAY.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
IF YOU HAVE WARTS, DAB IT THREE TIMES A DAY WITH IODINE
AND IT WILL BE EATEN AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-17-1969
EGGPLANT WILL REMOVE WARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
SUGAR AND VINEGAR AND CORNOIL CURES WARTS ON HANDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
YOU MUST GO OUT BEFORE DAWN AND CUT A PIECE FROM A FRESH-CUT STUMP.
RUB THE DEW FROM IT ON THE WART TO GET RID OF IT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM A LADY IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WEST VIRGINIA ; ROCHESTER HILLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO RID YOURSELF OF WARTS YOU HAVE TO PUT WATER ON THEM.
THE WATER MUST HAVE BEEN OUT UNDER THE FULL MOON FOR ONE
NIGHT.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; SAINT PAUL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-10-1970
SINCE TOADS CAUSE WARTS, ONE MUST KILL A TOAD AND BURY IT
BENEATH A FULL MOON IF HE WISHES TO LOSE HIS WARTS.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM MY FATHER, HORACE COUSINEAU, FRENCH-CANADIAN-AMERICAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A FEW MAGIC WORDS REPEATED OVER (SILENTLY) A WART WILL MAKE IT
DISAPPEAR. THESE MAGIC WORDS CAN BE PASSED ON BY A FEMALE TO
THREE MALES, OR A MALE CAN PASS THESE WORDS ON TO THREE
FEMALES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
TO GET RID OF WARTS: YOU SNEAK INTO A GENERAL STORE AND STEAL A
SACK OF SALT AND THEN WALK DOWN THE STREET LOOKING FOR TWO
WHITE HORSES. UPON SEEING THE HORSES, YOU THROW THE SALT
UNDER THEIR HOOFS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
TO CURE WARTS SPIT ON THEM THREE TIMES A DAY, MORNING, NOON AND
NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
FASTING SPITTLE
TO GET RID OF WARTS, EVERY MORNING BEFORE YOU EAT, SPIT ON
YOUR FINGER, WET THE WARTS, AND AT THE SAME TIME REPEAT
THE WORDS OF THE SIGN OF THE CROSS ON EACH WART.
Submitter comment: MISS DEVLIN KNOWS THIS TO BE TRUE FROM ACTUAL EXPERIENCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-11-1964
TO REMOVE WARTS, APPLY OLIVE OIL TO THEM FOR SEVEN
CONSECUTIVE DAYS, LEAVE OFF FOR SEVEN DAYS, AND THEN RESUME
FOR SEVEN MORE. THE WARTS WILL THEN GO AWAY.
Submitter comment:
I DON'T RECALL WHERE I HEARD THIS REMEDY. I USED IT AS A
BOY AND IT WORKED FOR ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RUB THE WART WITH CASTOR OIL FOR A COUPLE DAYS AND THE WART
WILL DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment: FROM GRANDPARENTS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; GRANDPARENTS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO REMOVE A WART--RUB A DRY NAVY BEAN ON THE WART AND THEN THROW
THE BEAN OVER YOUR SHOULDER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER TOLD HER THIS BELIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 08-00-1964