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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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IF YOU PLANT A POTATO IN THE BACKYARD, BELIEVING THAT
YOUR WARTS WILL GO AWAY, THEY WILL.

Where learned: OHIO ; Norwalk

James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Plant

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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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

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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

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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

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