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TO CURE WARTS RUB THEM WITH POTATO PEELINGS FROM POTATOES
THAT HAVE EYES. THEN BURY THE PEELS IN THE YARD UNDER
A TREE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
RUB WARTS WITH A POTATO AND BURY IT. WHEN THE POTATO ROTS,
THE WARTS WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment: FROM AUNT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 12-04-1967
WHEN SOMEONE HAS A WART, THEY SHOULD TAKE A SMALL POTATO, CUT IT
IN HALF AND RUB BOTH RAW ENDS OF IT ON THE WART. AFTER DOING
THIS, THEY SHOULD PLACE THE HALVES BACK TOGETHER AND TIE THE
POTATO WITH A STRING THEN THROW IT INTO THE GARBAGE. AS THIS
DECOMPOSES, THE WART WILL DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TRIED ON THE INFORMANT WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD BY HER
MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-31-1964
IF YOU HAD WARTS, A FRIEND WOULD CUT A POTATO IN HALF AND RUB
IT ON YOUR WARTS. THEN HE BURIED IT SOMEPLACE AND KEEPS IT A
SECRET FROM YOU AND YOUR WARTS WILL GO AWAY.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY HIS GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-22-1971
TO CURE A WART, CUT A PIECE OF RAW POTATO AND RUB IT ON THE WART.
BURY THE PIECE OF POTATO AND BY THE TIME THE POTATO ROTS, THE
WART WILL DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THAT THIS CURE WORKS FROM ACTUAL EXPERIENCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
TO GET SOFT HAIR, WASH IT IN EGGS AND FOLLOW WITH
A SALAD DRESSING RINSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
IF YOU HAVE A CORN, YOU SHOULD RUB IT WITH YOUR OWN
SALIVA AS SOON AS YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING (BEFORE
YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO WASH YOUR MOUTH OUT). JENNIE TOLD
ME THIS YEARS AGO WHEN I HAD A BAD CORN. I DON'T
KNOW IF IT WAS A CASE OF MIND OVER MATTER OR WHAT,
BUT I TRIED IT AND IT WORKED. MAYBE THE SALIVA HAS
ACID IN IT. WHETHER THIS CAME FROM THE NORTHERN PART
OF ITALY OR FROM KANSAS, I'M NOT SURE. JENNIE DIDN'T
SAY. (SHE WAS ITALIAN).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 00001950S
HOME REMEDY FOR COLD OR COUGH: TAKE A BOTTLE OF
BOURBON, EMPTY INTO A FRUIT JAR. ADD ROCK CANDY,
SUNFLOWER SEEDS, HONEY, SLICED ORANGES, LEMONS.
LET STAND AND USE AS NEEDED.
Submitter comment: REMEDY WAS USED WHEN INFORMANT WAS A YOUNG BOY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
COW DUNG WAS SOMETIMES USED TO CURE A SORE THROAT. IT
WAS APPLIED TO THE OUTSIDE OF THROAT, AND THEN CLOTHS
WERE WRAPPED AROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
GOOSE LARD WAS USED A LOT AS A REMEDY FOR CHEST COLDS.
THE CHEST WAS RUBBED WITH IT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECALLS THIS FROM HIS CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
IF A BABY CRIES AT NIGHT AND SLEEPS IN THE DAY,
THEN TURN HIM IN A SUMMERSAULT TO REVERSE HIS
SCHEDULE--HE IS CONFUSED AS TO THE NIGHT AND THE
DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-28-1970
I'VE ALWAYS HEARD AUNT EMMA COULD TAKE WARTS OFF. I NEVER
BELIEVED IT. I HAD A WART ON MY THUMB AND IT BOTHERED ME
WHEN I WAS BOWLING. ONE NIGHT EMMA WAS THERE BOWLING
AND I WENT OVER AND SHE SAID "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR
THUMB?" SO I TOLD HER I HAD A WART. WELL, SHE DIDN'T
TOUCH IT OR SAY A WORD, BUT THAT WART WENT AWAY RIGHT
AFTER THAT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
PUTTING A KNIFE UNDER THE BED DURING CHILDBIRTH WILL CUT
THE PAIN.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATHENS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
"THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN EX-COLORED MAN" IN "THREE NEGRO CLASSICS"
I HAVE ALREADY STATED THAT IN THE BASEMENT OF THE HOUSE THERE
WAS A CHINESE RESTAURANT. THE CHINAMAN WHO KEPT IT DID
AN EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD BUSINESS; FOR SHOP-SUEY WAS A
FAVOURITE DISH AMONG THE FREQUENTERS OF THE PLACE. IT IS A FOOD
THAT, SOMEHOW, HAS THE POWER OF ABSORBING ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS
THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO THE STOMACH. I HAVE HEARD MEN CLAIM
THAT THEY COULD SOBER UP ON SHOP-SUEY.
Where learned: AVON BOOKS, N.P., DISCUSS BOOKS, P. 449
Keyword(s): CHOP SUEY
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
SORE THROAT CURE
MIX A SMALL QUANTITY OF BOURBON WITH A SMALL QUANTITY
OF HONEY AND DRINK VERY QUICKLY. SUPPOSEDLY THIS KILLS
THE INFECTION.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
CURE
A SLAB OF SALT PORK ON THE CHEST CAN CURE THE FEVER OF A
PNEUMONIA PATIENT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
CURE
A MUSTARD PLASTER PLACED ON THE CHEST OF A PNEUMONIA PATIENT WILL
LOWER THE FEVER CAUSED BY THE PNEUMONIA.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
CURE
A MIXTURE OF COAL OIL (KEROSENE) AND SUGAR IS GOOD FOR COLD
OR A COUGH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-29-1972
CURE
A SLAB OF SALT PORK WAS PLACED ON THE CHEST OF A CHILD WITH A
HIGH FEVER. THE NEXT MORNING, THE CHILD'S FEVER WAS GONE AND THE
MEAT WAS COMPLETELY COOKED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 05-03-1972