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ONE TEASPOON OF NUTMEG TAKEN WITH A GLASS OF WATER WILL STOP
DIARRHEA.

Submitter comment:

Lucy matro. 50 Years old. Textile worker - Italian. Jeanette, Penn.

She got most of her information from her mother.

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; JEANETTE ; matro, Lucy

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Remedy
BELIEF -- Plant
BELIEF -- Mineral

Date learned: 08-00-1973

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COLDS IN THE CHEST ARE RELIEVED BY MUSTARD PLASTER.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

James Callow Keyword(s): POULTICE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: 09-15-1973

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HOT TOTTIES AND ROCK CANDY RELIEVE A COUGH.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

James Callow Keyword(s): TODDIES TODDY

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: 11-24-1977

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IF YOU EAT CARROTS YOU WILL HAVE BEAUTIFUL EYES.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye
BELIEF -- Plant
BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: 11-24-1977

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IF YOU EAT ALL YOUR SPINACH, YOU WILL GROW UP BIG AND STRONG.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable
BELIEF -- Plant
BELIEF -- Remedy

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IN ORDER TO REMOVE SKUNK ODORS FROM DOGS OR PETS, BATHE
THE PET IN EITHER VINEGAR OR TOMATO JUICE.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Animal
BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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RUB MOSQUITO BITES WITH SET SOAP TO STOP ITCHING.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Remedy
BELIEF -- Method of Curing

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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TO GET RID OF WARTS TAKE THE EYE OF NEWT AND TOE OF FROG.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails
BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: 10-13-1973

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COUGH MEDICINE:
TWO OR THREE DROPS OF KEROSENE

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: 08-07-1977

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TO STOP BLEEDING, GET COBWEBS AND PUT IN THE BLEEDING.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: 08-07-1977

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IF YOU GET A NAIL IN YOUR FOOT, PULL IT OUT, BURY IT, AND
SOAK YOUR FOOT IN COAL OIL.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness
BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: 09-26-1973

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COLD CURES:
LEMON STEW OR HONEY AND TEA STEW

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: 09-26-1973

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CURE FOR WORMS:
TURPENTINE ON STOMACH IN A CIRCLE AROUND THE NAVEL, THEN
PLACE SOME ON A SPOON WITH SUGAR.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Circle and other round forms
BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: 09-26-1973

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TO CURE WARTS, GET A STONE AND RUB THE WART WITH IT 'TIL
THE WART BLEEDS. GET BLOOD ON THE STONE, GO TO A FORK IN
THE ROAD AND THROW THE STONE AWAY. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE
WARTS WILL GO AWAY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: 07-09-1973

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THE CURE FOR HICCUPS IS TO DRINK A GLASS OF WATER UPSIDE
DOWN.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Remedy
BELIEF -- Mineral

Date learned: 06-15-1973

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TO CURE HICCUPS, HAVE SOMEONE SCARE YOU.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Remedy
BELIEF -- Method of Curing

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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THERE IS ONE STORY TOLD ABOUT THE BELL WITCH CAVE. ABOUT
FORTY YEARS AGO, A DOCTOR SENT ONE OF HIS PATIENTS TO THE
CAVE. SHE WAS TO STAND AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CAVE TO CURE
HER OF HER COMPLAINTS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter
BELIEF -- Formation
BELIEF -- Curer
BELIEF -- Remedy

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GOOSE GREESE AND SUGAR A LAXATIVE FOR CHILDREN

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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IN THE SPRING, DRINK MOLASSES AND SULFUR TO PURIFY THE BLOOD.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Measure of time Spring
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness
BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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POISON IVY:
() OF OETAM SOAP AND RINSE OFF.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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