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CATNIP TEA
THE TEA MADE FROM CATNIP IS EFFECTIVE IN "BRINGING OUT THE HIVES".
THIS IS DONE WHEN A BABY,USUALLY, HAS A RASH, ESPECIALLY ON THE FACE.
THE PEOPLE BELIEVE POISON FESTERS UNDER THE RASH AND IF HIVES
APPEAR, THE POISON IS LEAVING.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS TOLD BY DIFFERENT PATIENTS, ALL POOR BLACK INNER
CITY RESIDENTS, MOSTLY FROM THE SOUTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HERBAL CURE ; HIVES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
WART CURE
IF YOU COUNT YOUR WARTS,
MAKE A KNOT IN A THREAD FOR EVERY WART,
THROW THE THREAD AWAY,
AND THE WARTS WILL BE CURED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MEASURING ; POWER OF NUMBERS ; SEVERAL SIMILAR COMMENTS IN THE ARCHIVES.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
Saying
He's busier than a one-armed paper hangar with the hives.
Data entry tech comment:
Entered by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Morris, Jim
Keyword(s): Arm ; BODY PART ; HIVES ; METAPHOR ; Saying ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
PLANT LEGEND
THERE IS A TREE BY THE TWO OCEANS WHICH PUTS YOU TO SLEEP WHEN
YOU SIT UNDER IT. UPON AWAKENING, YOU ARE COVERED WITH HIVES
AND THE ONLY CURE IS TO WASH IN THE OCEANS--SALT WATER REMOVES
THE HIVES.
Submitter comment:
MISS ZITZEWITZ LEARNED OF THIS FROM HER MOTHER AS A CHILD.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Botanical ; HIVES ; Legend ; Ocean ; PLANT ; Tree
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Water BELIEF -- Earth |
PLANT LEGEND
THERE IS A TREE BY THE TWO OCEANS WHICH PUTS YOU TO SLEEP WHEN
YOU SIT UNDER IT. UPON AWAKENING, YOU ARE COVERED WITH HIVES
AND THE ONLY CURE IS TO WASH IN THE OCEANS--SALT WATER REMOVES
THE HIVES.
Submitter comment:
MISS ZITZEWITZ LEARNED OF THIS FROM HER MOTHER AS A CHILD.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Botanical ; HIVES ; Legend ; Ocean ; PLANTS ; Tree
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Water BELIEF -- Earth |
Date learned: 10-01-1963
PLANT LEGEND
THERE IS A TREE BY THE TWO OCEANS WHICH PUTS YOU TO SLEEP WHEN
YOU SIT UNDER IT. UPON AWAKENING, YOU ARE COVERED WITH HIVES
AND THE ONLY CURE IS TO WASH IN THE OCEANS--SALT WATER REMOVES
THE HIVES.
Submitter comment:
MISS ZITZEWITZ LEARNED OF THIS FROM HER MOTHER AS A CHILD.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Botany ; HIVES ; Legend ; Ocean ; PLANT ; Tree
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Water BELIEF -- Earth |
Date learned: 10-01-1963