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TO DESTROY WARTS YOU COOK CHICKEN'S FEET AND RUB THE WARTS
WITH THEM. PUT THEM UNDER THE EAVES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN HER YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
A TOAD WILL GIVE YOU WARTS.
Submitter comment: FROM RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
IF YOU HAVE A WART, RUB A TOAD AGAINST IT AND THE WART WILL
GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 01-30-1968
ROASTED CHICKEN FAT JUICE RUBBED ON THE WART WILL MAKE IT
GO AWAY.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; LONDON
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
ON A FULL MOON ONE GOES OUT AND FINDS A TOAD AND RUBS
IT ON THE WART AND BY THE NEXT FULL MOON THE WART WILL
BE GONE.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; LONDON
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
RUB MILKWEED ON WARTS AND THEY WILL BE CURED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
TO GET RID OF WARTS, AT THE FULL OF THE MOON RUB DRY PEAS ON
THE WARTS WITH YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. DROP THE PEAS
ON THE GROUND AND THE NEXT MORNING YOUR WARTS WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment: MRS. LAWRENCE, WHO LEARNED IT FROM A GERMAN LADY IS THE SOURCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
TO GET RID OF A WART, RUB IT WITH A DRY NAVY BEAN, THEN THROW
BEAN OVER YOUR RIGHT SHOULDER AND DON'T LOOK TO SEE
WHERE IT LANDED.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO HER BY HER FATHER, WHO SAID IT WORKED FOR HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
FOR WARTS, SQUEEZE AN ONION AND DAB ITS JUICE ON THE
INFECTED AREAS. THEN THROW THE REMAINDER OF THE ONION
OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-09-1969
TO REMOVE WARTS, CUT AN APPLE, A TURNIP, OR AN ONION INTO
HALVES AND RUB THE WART WITH THE PIECES AND BURY THEM
UNDER THE EAVES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
SLICE A PIECE OF A POTATO AND RUB IT ON THE WART. CONTINUE
THIS FOR SEVERAL DAYS UNTIL THE WART DISAPPEARS.
Where learned: ON A DATE
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-21-1969
TO TAKE OFF WARTS, CUT A POTATO IN HALF, RUB THE WART WITH
BOTH HALVES WHILE SAYING SOME MAGIC WORDS (THESE WORDS
AREN'T KNOWN). TIE THE HALVES BACK TOGETHER AND BURY
THEM UNDER THE DRAINPIPE OF THE EAVES. THE WARTS WILL DROP
OFF WHEN THE POTATO HAS ROTTED.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; LA PORTE
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
RUBBING A RAW POTATO ON WARTS WILL HELP THE WARTS TO VANISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-18-1969
CARRY A POTATO IN YOUR POCKET TO GET RID OF WARTS.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001900s
RUB A RAW POTATO ON A WART AND THEN PLACE POTATO
UNDER A ROCK TO GET RID OF WARTS.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001900s
TO GET RID OF A WART, BURY A POTATO. AS IT DECOMPOSES, THE
WART WILL DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER TRIED THIS ON HIM WHEN HE HAD A WART
AND IT WORKED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 08-11-1964
IF YOU PLANT A POTATO IN THE BACKYARD, BELIEVING THAT
YOUR WARTS WILL GO AWAY, THEY WILL.
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
RUB A POTATO ON ANY WARTS AND BURY THE POTATO. WHEN THE
POTATO ROTS, THE WARTS WILL DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A BELIEF COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
TO GET RID OF A WART, RUB A POTATO ON THE WART AND THEN BURY
THE POTATO. WHEN THE POTATO ROTS, THE WART WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment: FROM MRS. LAWRENCE, OF POLISH DESCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
TO CURE A WART, TOUCH A POTATO TO THE WART AND THEN BURY THE
POTATO SOMEPLACE; WHEN THE POTATO ROTS, THE WART WILL
DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment: MISS MAYER LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-11-1964