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METHOD OF CURING WARTS
TO MAKE WARTS GO AWAY WASH THEM IN STUMP WATER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HOHENWALD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 06-11-1972
TREATMENT
FOR TONSILLITIS, PAINT THE TONSILS WITH IODINE, USING THE TIP OF
A CHICKEN FEATHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
WART CURE
STICK A THORN IN A WART AND STICK THE THORN IN THE GROUND. NEVER
GO BACK TO IT AND NEVER TELL ANYONE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
METHOD OF CURING
RUB MUTTON TALLOW ON THE BOTTOMS OF A BABY'S FEET AND HOLD HIS
FEET TO THE FIRE TO CURE A COLD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HOHENWALD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 06-11-1972
WART CURE
MAKE YOUR WART(S) (SIC) BLEED ON A GRAIN OF CORN, THEN FEED THE
CORN TO THE CHICKENS AND YOUR WARTS WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
THUMB SUCKING CURE
TO CURE AN INFANT OF SUCKING ITS THUMB MY MOTHER PRESCRIBED THIS:
WRAP A PIECE OF CLOTH SOAKED IN CAMPHOR OR SOME OTHER STRONG
TASTING LIQUID ON THE THUMB AND SECURE IT WITH STRING SO THAT
IT COULD NOT EASILY BE REMOVED. WHEN THE CHILD TASTED THE
CAMPHOR OFTEN ENOUGH, IT WOULD REMEMBER THAT THE THUMB WAS NOT
TO BE SUCKED.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; SALEM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HICCUPS
SCARE A PERSON TO GET RID OF HICCUPS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PUT FINGERNAIL POLISH ON CHIGGER BITES.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT LOUIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
WART CURE
WRAP A PIECE OF STRING AROUND THE WART AND THEN BURY THE STRING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 06-20-1973
WART CURE
SPLIT A BLACK CHICKEN IN HALF AND PUT YOUR HAND INTO THE CHICKEN
WHILE IT IS STILL WARM.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GUNTERSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-08-1973
WART CURE
PUT A DROP OF CASTOR OIL UPON THE WART.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GUNTERSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-08-1973
CURE
TO CURE BALD PATCHES ON HORSES, RUB BACON GREASE ON EVERY NIGHT.
Submitter comment: HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IT, BUT HEARD IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
BED WETTING CURE
GIVE THE CHILD A TEASPOONFUL OF HONEY. ACTS AS A SEDATIVE AND
SOME SAY IT ATTRACTS AND HOLDS FLUIDS, SPARING THE KIDNEYS.
Submitter comment:
LIZZIE SWEARS BY IT AND SHE HAD NINE CHILDREN, FOUR OF WHOM
WERW BED WETTERS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; KINGSTON SPRING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOR A CUT, PUT THE SKIN FROM THE INSIDE OF AN EGG SHELL ON IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-27-1972
A CERTAIN STUMP
IN THE OLD COUNTRY (POLAND) THERE WERE MASTERS WHO OWNED
LAND. AND THERE WERE SERVANTS WHO WORKED ON THE LAND.
THE MASTER WAS CALLED A "PAN" (PRONOUNCED "PON") AND
USUALLY HE DID NO WORK AT ALL.
ON A CERTAIN FARM THERE WAS A MASTER WHO COULD NOT MOVE
HIS BOWELS SATISFACTORILY, AND HE ALWAYS COMPLAINED
ABOUT THIS TO HIS SERVANTS. MANY OF THE SERVANTS WERE
PAID ALMOST NOTHING AND HATED THE MASTER. ONE DAY, ONE
OF THESE SERVANTS TOLD THE MASTER THAT HE HAD TO GO TO
A CERTAIN STUMP IF HE WANTED TO REALLY GET A GOOD
PHYSICAL CLEANING. THE MASTER WAS OVERJOYED AT HEARING
THIS AND PROMISED TO GIVE HIM A BIG RAISE IF HE WOULD SHOW
HIM THE STUMP. THE SERVANT SAID HE WOULD AND THE NEXT DAY
HE CAME TO THE MASTER'S HOUSE WITH A HORSE-DRAWN CART.
THE MASTER WAS DELIGHTED THAT MORNING WITH THE THOUGHT OF
A CERTAIN STUMP. HE GOT INTO THE CART AND THE SERVANT
LED THE HORSES OVER A BUMPTY ROAD THROUGH THE FOREST.
AFTER RIDING VERY FAST FOR A HALF HOUR THE PAN INQUIRED
HOW FAR THE STUMP WAS. THE SERVANT REPLIED, "IT'S
JUST AHEAD MASTER."
THEN THE SERVANT MADE THE HORSES GO FASTER OVER THE BUMPY
ROAD AND THE PAN WAS GETTING IMPATIENT, "HOW MUCH LONGER
YET TO THE STUMP, SERVANT?" "I CAN'T TAKE THIS MUCH LONGER."
THE SERVANT REALIZED THAT THE MASTER'S STOMACHE WAS
CHURNING ALREADY, BUT HE WENT FASTER -- THEN THE MASTER
SAID: "SERVANT, I CAN'T HOLD IT ANY LONGER, HURRY TO
STUMP!" THEN THE SERVANT POINTED TO THE FIRST STUMP
HE SAW AND SAID, "THERE'S THE STUMP, MASTER." THE
MASTER JUMPED OUT, RAN TO THE STUMP, AND CAME BACK A
WHILE LATER JUST BEAMING BECAUSE HE REALLY FELT GOOD.
HE SAID, "SERVANT, YOU ARE VERY SMART FOR FINDING SUCH A
STUMP FOR ME. YOU WILL GET YOUR RAISE."
MORAL--THE SMART SERVANT KNEW THAT THE BODY MUST BE
EXERCISED AND WORKED IN ORDER TO GAIN PHYSICAL SATISFACTION.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS FATHER.
SERVANT CAUSES BOWEL MOVEMENT IN HIS CONSTIPATED MASTER BY GETTING
HIM TO EXERCISE AS SERVANT LEADS HIM TO A SUPPOSED MAGIC STUMP.
Where learned: WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Romantic Realistic BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
A CERTAIN STUMP
IN THE OLD COUNTRY (POLAND) THERE WERE MASTERS WHO OWNED
LAND. AND THERE WERE SERVANTS WHO WORKED ON THE LAND.
THE MASTER WAS CALLED A "PAN" (PRONOUNCED "PON") AND
USUALLY HE DID NO WORK AT ALL.
ON A CERTAIN FARM THERE WAS A MASTER WHO COULD NOT MOVE
HIS BOWELS SATISFACTORILY, AND HE ALWAYS COMPLAINED
ABOUT THIS TO HIS SERVANTS. MANY OF THE SERVANTS WERE
PAID ALMOST NOTHING AND HATED THE MASTER. ONE DAY, ONE
OF THESE SERVANTS TOLD THE MASTER THAT HE HAD TO GO TO
A CERTAIN STUMP IF HE WANTED TO REALLY GET A GOOD
PHYSICAL CLEANING. THE MASTER WAS OVERJOYED AT HEARING
THIS AND PROMISED TO GIVE HIM A BIG RAISE IF HE WOULD SHOW
HIM THE STUMP. THE SERVANT SAID HE WOULD AND THE NEXT DAY
HE CAME TO THE MASTER'S HOUSE WITH A HORSE-DRAWN CART.
THE MASTER WAS DELIGHTED THAT MORNING WITH THE THOUGHT OF
A CERTAIN STUMP. HE GOT INTO THE CART AND THE SERVANT
LED THE HORSES OVER A BUMPTY ROAD THROUGH THE FOREST.
AFTER RIDING VERY FAST FOR A HALF HOUR THE PAN INQUIRED
HOW FAR THE STUMP WAS. THE SERVANT REPLIED, "IT'S
JUST AHEAD MASTER."
THEN THE SERVANT MADE THE HORSES GO FASTER OVER THE BUMPY
ROAD AND THE PAN WAS GETTING IMPATIENT, "HOW MUCH LONGER
YET TO THE STUMP, SERVANT?" "I CAN'T TAKE THIS MUCH LONGER."
THE SERVANT REALIZED THAT THE MASTER'S STOMACHE WAS
CHURNING ALREADY, BUT HE WENT FASTER -- THEN THE MASTER
SAID: "SERVANT, I CAN'T HOLD IT ANY LONGER, HURRY TO
STUMP!" THEN THE SERVANT POINTED TO THE FIRST STUMP
HE SAW AND SAID, "THERE'S THE STUMP, MASTER." THE
MASTER JUMPED OUT, RAN TO THE STUMP, AND CAME BACK A
WHILE LATER JUST BEAMING BECAUSE HE REALLY FELT GOOD.
HE SAID, "SERVANT, YOU ARE VERY SMART FOR FINDING SUCH A
STUMP FOR ME. YOU WILL GET YOUR RAISE."
MORAL--THE SMART SERVANT KNEW THAT THE BODY MUST BE
EXERCISED AND WORKED IN ORDER TO GAIN PHYSICAL SATISFACTION.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS FATHER.
SERVANT CAUSES BOWEL MOVEMENT IN HIS CONSTIPATED MASTER BY GETTING
HIM TO EXERCISE AS SERVANT LEADS HIM TO A SUPPOSED MAGIC STUMP.
Where learned: WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Romantic Realistic BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
IF A BABY CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT AND IS UP ALL DAY,
YOU TURN HIS FEET UP TOWARD HIS HEAD SO HE MAKES A
BACKWARDS SOMERSAULT, AND HE WILL SLEEP AT NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NEW BALTIMORE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping BELIEF -- Method of Curing SPEECH -- Magical |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
Ethnic:Polish Superstition
Curing a Spell:
To cure a spell, especially the evil eye, cast on a small child, you remove all the clothes, and dress the baby again with all the clothes inside out. This is a Polish belief.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: HOME ; Grendys, Mrs Clara
Keyword(s): CHILD ; CLOTHING ; CURE ; CURSE ; ETHNIC ; EVIL EYE ; Fashion ; MAGIC ; POLAND ; POLISH ; REMEDY ; Removal
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Belief: Medical
Nosebleed Cure:
Sniff saltwater up the nose to cure a nosebleed.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Law, Theresa
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Bleed ; MEDICAL ; NOSE ; Salt ; Sniff ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
WART CURE:
COAT WITH CASTOR OIL
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COOKEVILLE ; Terry, Margaret Cooper
Keyword(s): CASTOR OIL ; CURE ; REMEDY ; Wart
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-01-1973