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OLD PEOPLE TAKE A TEASPOON OF LEMON JUICE IN A CUP
OF HOT WATER FOR THE SHAKES.
Submitter comment: SHAKES=SHIVERS
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 10-14-1984
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USE OLIVE OIL FOR AN EARACHE.
Submitter comment:
PUT THE OIL ON A COTTON BALL AND PLACE THE COTTON IN YOUR EAR.
IN ADDITION TO OLIVE OIL, CASTOR OIL AND COD LIVER OIL ARE
USED TO CURE MANY AILMENTS.
OILS ARE A "BIG" THING AMONG BLACKS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated on 11.10.13 by TRD
Keyword(s): REMEDY, Oil, Natural, Homeopathy, Earache, Ailment,
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 10-08-1984
REMEDIES
TAKE A COUPLE OF TEASPOONS OF TURPENTINE MIXED WITH SUGAR; IT WILL
RID A CHILD OF WORMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
REMEDIES
TAKING ZINC AND PINEAPPLE JUICE A FEW DAYS BEFORE HAVING DENTAL
SURGERY, WILL HELP EASE THE PAIN AND ANY COMPLICATIONS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Surgery |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
MY MOTHER TOLD ME THAT IF YOU PUT SALT IN A BAD CUT,
YOU WON'T NEED STITCHES FOR IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
If you wash your hair in the first May rainwater, it will grow.
Where learned: Arkansas ; LITTLE ROCK
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00-00-1920
TO CURE HICCUPS, SWALLOW NINE SIPS OF WATER WHILE HOLDING
YOUR BREATH.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS IN ELEMENTARY OR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, I HAVE
ALWAYS USED THIS TO REMEDY MY HICCUPS. IT ALWAYS WORKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00001970S
PUT MUD ON BEE STINGS, DRAWS THE STINGER OUT
AND STOPS THE ITCHING.
ALSO BAKING SODA DOES THE TRICK BUT
MUD WORKS QUICKER WHEN OUTSIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
To cure a sore throat or a cold, sulphur powder
was placed on a feather. The feather was placed
in the back of the throat and the person administering
the treatment would blow the sulphur onto the throat.
Submitter comment:
Mrs. Wolf's mother routinely used this procedure when
she was growing up.
Where learned: OHIO ; Hicksville
Keyword(s): Remedies, Medicine
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
TO GET RID OF THE HICCUPS YOU SHOULD SWALLOW THREE SPOONFULS
OF SUGAR FOLLOWED BY THREE GLASSES OF WATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral |
TO CURE HICCUPS, BEND FORWARD AT THE WAIST AND DRINK A GLASS
OF WATER FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE GLASS. HOLD YOUR
BREATH AND DRINK THE ENTIRE GLASS.
Submitter comment:
EXCELLENT CURE!
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MONTANA
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; CURE ; DRINK ; HICCUPS ; Homeopathy ; WATER
James Callow Keyword(s): DIRECTION ; POSITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
THE RUBBING OF MUD ON A BEE STING WILL TAKE THE
PAIN OUT AND IT WILL ALSO REDUCE THE SWELLING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
WHEN YOU ARE HOT ON A HOT SUMMER DAY AND THERE ISN'T A
POOL AROUND, YOU CAN SOAK YOUR FEET IN COLD WATER AND IT
WILL COOL YOUR BODY.
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00001980S
COLD CURE
FOR A COLD FLANNEL CLOTHES WOULD BE PLACED ON THE STOVE
AND ALLOWED TO BROWN. A TALLOW MADE FROM BEEF AND GOATS
WOULD BE MIXED WITH VASELINE, TURPENTINE, AND VICKS SALVE AND
THIS MIXTURE WOULD BE USED AS A RUBDOWN COMPOUND. THE
BROWNED FLANNEL SHEETS WOULD BE PLACED ON THE PERSON'S
CHEST AND THE PERSON WOULD BE WRAPPED TIGHTLY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MARTIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001937CA
CONGESTION CURE 3
A CURE FOR CONGESTION TOLD TO ME BY MY AUNT, IS IN THE
FORM OF A TEA MADE FROM BOILED RHUBARB MIXED WITH SUGAR,
A BIT OF LEMON AND A DROP OF CAMPHORATED SPIRITS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MARTIN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Brew of leaf, bark, root BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00001940CA
FEVER RELIEF
IN ORDER TO BRING DOWN A PERSON'S FEVER WHEN IT WAS HIGH,
THE PERSON WAS BATHED IN A TUB THAT HAD A MIXTURE OF
WATER AND BAKING SODA IN IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MARTIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001940CA
A good cure or remedy for arthritis is for the victim to wear
a copper bracelet or necklace to offset the symptoms.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 48221
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 03-00-1991
This is a cure my sister was telling me her doctor did to her.
When you have ringworm you take off your wedding band, it has
to be gold, and have someone press it firmly down in the
infected area where the ringworm shows up. Within a few days
it will clear up.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): homeopathic (ring for ringworm)
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00-00-1990
Cure for a sore throat
When you have a sore throat, gargle with warm salt water three
times a day and right before you go to bed. Your sore throat
should be gone the next day.
Submitter comment:
Eric learned this from his mother when he was younger and
always got sick.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00001970S
Cure for the hiccups
Drink a glass of water and turn upside down. Your hiccups will
be cured. If by some chance that does not work, hold your breath
for 15 seconds.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number P686.1.15 BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00001970S