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TAKE ONE HALF OF A POTATO AND BURY IT IN THE YARD FOR A WEEK
AND YOUR WARTS WILL GO AWAY.
Submitter comment: DONE BY A FRIEND OF INFORMANT IN ABOUT 1959.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-07-1970 ; 00-00-1959
TO CURE WARTS, RUB THEM WITH A CUT POTATO, BURY THE POTATO
EYES, WHEN THEY START TO GROW YOUR WARTS WILL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
TAKE A POTATO AND RUB IT ON THE WART AND THEN GO AND BURY
THE POTATO. WHEN THE POTATO HAS ROTTED, THE WART WILL
BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
TO CURE WARTS: FOR WARTS ON THE THUMB, USE A RAW POTATO; RUB
IT ON THE WART AND THUMB AND THEN BURY THE POTATO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST GRAND RAPIDS
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-29-1971
TO CURE WARTS, SOME SAY THAT YOU WOULD PEEL A POTATO, AND PUT IT
IN A DIRTY SOCK; THEN THEY SAY, THAT YOU SHOULD BURY IT IN YOUR
BACKYARD. WHEN THE POTATO ROTS, YOUR WARTS WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DID NOT BELIEVE THIS, BUT SAID THAT HER MOTHER DID
THIS WHEN SHE WAS SMALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-09-1972
WHENEVER YOU HAVE WARTS, THIS IS A GOOD CURE. TAKE AN APPLE
AND SLICE IT IN HALF, RUB THE SLICES OVER YOUR WARTS.
PUT THE APPLE TOGETHER AND BURY IT. BY THE TIME THE APPLE
ROTS, YOUR WARTS WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT HER FRIEND DID THIS IN FRONT OF HER. WITHIN
A WEEK, HER FRIEND'S' WARTS WERE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-02-1972
RUB A WART WITH A RAW POTATO. THEN BURY THE POTATO. THE WART
SHOULD SHORTLY DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT ACTUALLY DID THIS WHEN YOUNG (1920S) AND CLAIMS
THAT WARTS DID DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
RUB A WART WITH A POTATO AND THEN BURY THE POTATO IN A SACK IN
THE GROUND; WHEN THE POTATO ROTS THE WART WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
IF YOU HAVE A WART AND RUB IT WITH A POTATO, THEN BURY THE
POTATO, BY THE TIME THE POTATO DIES, IN THE GROUND, YOUR
WART WILL BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-30-1971
IT WAS SAID IN ITALY THAT YOU COULD GET RID OF WARTS IN THE
FOLLOWING WAY:
CUT A POTATO IN HALF. RUB THE WART WITH A HALF OF THE POTATO.
NEXT, BURY THE POTATO. WHEN THE POTATO DECAYS, THE WART WILL
DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment:
GUIDO HAD A WART ON HIS HAND AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE FOLK CURES
HIS MOTHER MADE HIM TRY TO GET RID OF IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ITALY ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-12-1971
YOU CAN GET RID OF THE WARTS THAT YOU GET FROM PICKING
MUSHROOMS BY HOLDING A TOADSTOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
KEROSENE ON A WART.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT TESTIFIED THAT THIS CURE ACTUALLY WORKED FOR HER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MINERAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-01-1970
IF YOU USE FASTING SPIT ON WARTS FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS
THEY WILL DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment:
THIS DONE BY GRANDMOTHER TO INFORMANT.
FASTING SPIT IS SPIT IN THE MORNING BEFORE YOU EVER HAVE
ANYTHING TO EAT OR DRINK. YOU USE IT ON THE WARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-22-1970
RUB A PIECE OF CANDY ON A WART, THEN WRAP IT BACK UP AND
GIVE IT TO SOMEONE.
Submitter comment: TO GET RID OF THE WART, SAYS COLLECTOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
PUT INK ON WARTS TO GET RID OF THEM.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER WHO WAS RAISED ON A
FARM AS A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
IF A PERSON HANDLES TOADS HE WILL GET WARTS AND TO GET RID
OF THEM YOU RUB A FRESHLY CUT POTATO ON THEM.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IT FROM HIS FAMILY TRADITION.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; TOP HAT SUPPER CLUB ; WINDSOR ; CANADA, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
TO REMOVE WARTS, RUB CASTOR OIL ONTO THE WART, AND DO THIS
MORNING AND AT NIGHT, AND SOON THE WART WILL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-10-1971
THIS IS AN ITALIAN FOLK CURE FOR GETTING RID OF WARTS. IT GOES
AS FOLLOWS:
TAKE SOME SALT IN THE HAND WITH THE WART ON IT. THROW THE
SALT INTO A HOT OVEN.
THE WART SHOULD VANISH IN A FEW DAYS.
Submitter comment:
IN ORDER TO GET RID OF A WART ON HIS HAND, GUIDO'S MOTHER HAD
HIM TRY THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-12-1971
TAKE HAIRS FROM A HORSE'S MANE AND PUT THEM IN A RAIN
BARREL. WHEN THE HAIRS BEGIN TO WIGGLE, YOUR WARTS WILL
FALL OFF.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS SAID WHEN YOUNG (AROUND 1920) BUT DOES
NOT REMEMBER SEEING IT EVER PRACTICED.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-02-1971 ; 00001920 CA.
IF A PERSON HAS A WART OR WARTS, THEY MAY BE CURED BY
RUBBING THEM THREE TIMES OVER A WET STONE AFTER A RAIN.
WHILE RUBBING THE STONE, COUNT BACKWARD FROM THREE TO ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-04-1969