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RUB A WART WITH A POTATO AND THEN BURY THE POTATO IN A SACK IN
THE GROUND; WHEN THE POTATO ROTS THE WART WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
IF YOU HAVE A WART AND RUB IT WITH A POTATO, THEN BURY THE
POTATO, BY THE TIME THE POTATO DIES, IN THE GROUND, YOUR
WART WILL BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-30-1971
IT WAS SAID IN ITALY THAT YOU COULD GET RID OF WARTS IN THE
FOLLOWING WAY:
CUT A POTATO IN HALF. RUB THE WART WITH A HALF OF THE POTATO.
NEXT, BURY THE POTATO. WHEN THE POTATO DECAYS, THE WART WILL
DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment:
GUIDO HAD A WART ON HIS HAND AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE FOLK CURES
HIS MOTHER MADE HIM TRY TO GET RID OF IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ITALY ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-12-1971
GERMAN SUPERSTITION: TO CURE WARTS, DROP A BUTTON INTO A WELL
ONE MUSN'T HEAR THE SOUND AND THE WART WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: SOUTHFIELD ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-06-1968
HERE'S A WAY TO GET RID OF WARTS. SPIT ON A KERNEL OF CORN AND
THEN RUB THE CORN ON THE WART. BURY THE KERNEL AND THE
WART WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 03-12-1968
CURE FOR WARTS: TAKE A PIECE OF STRING AND FOR EACH WART, TIE
THREE KNOTS IN THE STRING AND RUB THE STRING OVER THE WART.
THEN FIND A RAINSPOUT WHERE WATER FREQUENTLY DRAINS AND BURY
THE STRING UNDER THIS AREA. WHEN THE STRING ROTS AWAY THE
WARTS WILL BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING MEASURING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-22-1972
WHEN YOU HAVE A WART (WHICH YOU GET BY CONTACT WITH FROGS)
YOU CAN RELIEVE YOURSELF OF IT BY BURYING A POTATO IN THE
GROUND.
Submitter comment:
MISS BALDWIN LEARNED THIS FROM HER GRANDMOTHER, MRS. JOHN
BARDEN, OF BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 12-00-1963
YOU BURY A TOAD IN ORDER TO GET RID OF WARTS.
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
RUB AN ONION ON A WART; BURY THE ONION WHERE WATER WILL DRIP
ON IT. THE ONION WILL ROT AND THE WART WILL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-22-1968
TO REMOVE A WART, ONE WOULD PLANT AN ONION UNDER A RAINSPOUT
WITHOUT ANYONE SEEING YOU AND BY THE TIME THE ONION HAD ROTTED
AWAY, THE WART WOULD BE GONE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 01-20-1970
BURY AN ONION AND GET RID OF WARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A WART, YOU TAKE AN ONION AND SLICE IT
IN HALF. YOU TAKE ONE HALF OF THE ONION AND RUB THE WART
WITH IT. THEN MAKING SURE NO ONE SEES YOU, YOU TAKE THAT
HALF OF THE ONION AND HIDE IT WHERE NO ONE WILL EVER FIND
IT BUT YOURSELF. WHEN THAT HALF OF THE ONION DECAYS, YOUR
WART WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-04-1969
TO CURE A WART, TAKE A PIECE OF MEAT AND RUB IT ON THE WART
THEN BURY THE MEAT. AS THE MEAT BEGINS TO ROT THE WART WILL
START TO GO AWAY. WHEN THE MEAT IS COMPLETELY DECOMPOSED
THE WART WILL BE COMPLETELY GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 04-04-1970
TIE ONE KNOT IN A STRING FOR EACH WART WHICH YOU HAVE,
THEN BURY THE STRING. WHEN THE STRING ROTS, YOUR WARTS
WILL HAVE VANISHED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING ; PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
TIE A STRING AROUND THE WART. THEN REMOVE THE STRING AND PULL
IT UNTIL THE LOOP FORMS A KNOT. PUT THE STRING AWAY AND
WHEN IT ROTS, THE WART WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID SHE DID THIS AS A CHILD. SHE DIDN'T REVEAL
THE RESULTS. SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN THE CURE ANYMORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING ; PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
IF YOU COUNT YOUR WARTS, MAKE A KNOT IN A THREAD FOR EVERY
WART, AND THROW THE THREAD AWAY, THE WARTS WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-08-1967
TO GET RID OF WARTS: GET A STRING AND TIE AS MANY KNOTS ON
THE STRING AS YOU HAVE WARTS. THEN TAKE THIS STRING
OUTSIDE, PLACING IT UNDER A ROCK WHICH IS PLACED AT
THE END OF A DRAIN PIPE. WHEN THE STRING HAS ROTTED
AWAY, YOUR WARTS WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY GRANDMOTHER TO MOTHER TO MONICA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING MEASURING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
IF YOU HAVE WARTS, YOU SHOULD PUT AN OLD DISHRAG UNDER THE
FRONT PORCH AND WHEN IT ROTS, THE WARTS WILL GO AWAY.
Submitter comment: HE LEARNED IT FROM HIS GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-24-1967
IF YOU HAVE WARTS, YOU TIE A KNOT FOR EACH WART IN A PIECE
OF STRING AND PUT THE STRING IN THE EAVESTROUGH AND WHEN
THE STRING ROTS, THE WARTS WILL GO AWAY
Submitter comment: HE LEARNED IT FROM HIS GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING ; PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-24-1967
TO CURE A WART STEAL A PIECE OF MEAT, RUB IT ON THE WART,
AND THEN BURY IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 04-05-1970