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NOSEBLEED REMEDY
IF YOU HAVE A NOSEBLEED, TAKE A KLEENEX WITH THE BLOOD ON IT AND
PUT IT IN AN OLD WHISKEY BOTTLE AND CLOSE IT UP. YOU WON'T HAVE
A NOSEBLEED ANYMORE. SONYA SAYS IT DOESN'T WORK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-02-1973
BELIEF
TO STOP HAIR FROM SPLITTING, CUT THE HAIR ON THE NEW OF THE MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
CURE
CHEW CALAMUS ROOT FOR UPSET STOMACH OR INDIGESTION.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CURE FOR HICCUPS
DRINK NINE SWALLOWS OF WATER WITHOUT GETTING YOUR BREATH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CURE FOR BURN
WET THE BURNED PLACE AND APPLY BAKING SODA.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CURE FOR COLITIS
BURN A LIMB FROM A WILLOW TREE AND EAT A PIECE OF THE WILLOW
CHARCOAL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CURE
A MIXTURE OF SULPHUR AND MOLASSES MAKES A GOOD SPRING TONIC.
BEATEN UP EGGSHELL ADDED TO THIS MIXTURE WIL CUT AND GET RID
RID OF INTESTINAL WORMS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
REMEDY
POUR COAL OIL OVER A TEASPOON OF SUGAR AND ADD A DROP OR TWO OF
TURPENTINE. TAKE FOR A COUGH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CURE FOR CHEST COLD
TURPENTINE, COAL OIL, AND LARD ON A WOOL OR FLANNEL CLOTH, HEATED
AND PLACED ON THE CHEST WILL CURE COLDS, PNEUMONIA, BRONCHITIS,
ETC. THE LARD IS TO KEEP IT FROM BLISTERING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
COUGH REMEDY
MAKE A COUGH MEDICINE OF HOREHOUND TEA AND HONEY MIXED TOGETHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HOHENWALD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 06-11-1972
CURE FOR ITCH
MIX SULPHUR AND GREASE (LARD) AND APPLY IT EVERY NIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
REMEDY-SORE THROAT
FOR A SORE THROAT WRAP A DIRTY SOCK AROUND THE THROAT AND
GARGLE WITH URINE.
Submitter comment:
PEOPLE USE TO CALL URINE "CHAMBER LYE." AS MRS. REAVES ORIGINALLY
HEARD THIS REMEDY "CHAMBER LYE" WAS USED INSTEAD OF URINE. SHE
SAID THAT THIS REMEDY WAS USED WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL, THOUGH IT WAS
NEVER USED IN HER FAMILY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
REMEDY
TO CURE HICCUPS, HOLD ONE'S BREATH AND COUNT SLOWLY TO TWENTY.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 02-10-1972
REMEDY
TO CURE HICCUPS, HAVE SOMEONE FRIGHTEN YOU.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 02-10-1972
REMEDY
TO CURE HICCUPS, PUT ONE'S HEAD IN A PAPER BAG.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 02-10-1972
REMEDY
COBWEBS WILL STOP BLEEDING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; ROCKWOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
FOR EARACHES, PUT WARM SWEET OIL IN EAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
LEMON JUICE AND HONEY IS GOOD FOR COUGHS.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT LOUIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
COPPER BRACELETS AND RINGS ARE REMEDIES FOR ARTHRITIS.
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
Curing Belief
Use leeches on a sick person to rid him of the illness. This takes out the diseased blood.
Submitter comment:
"Curing Belief" collected at informant's home.
Data entry tech comment:
Motif added by TRD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Zimmeth, Barbara ; 19225 STOTTER
Keyword(s): "NATURAL" REMEDY ; Bloodletting ; CURE ; ILLNESS ; Leaching ; LEECHES ; REMEDY ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |