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PROVERB

BETTER TO BELCH AND BEAR THE SHAME,
THAN TO SQUELCH A BELCH AND BEAR THE PAIN.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN NORWALK, OHIO.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE

James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; INDIGESTION ; INTERNAL RHYME ; ITERATION ; RHYME

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb
PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 10-16-1967

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MEDICINAL BELIEF

"RUMIANEK" OR CHAMOMILE TEA IS A REMEDY FOR DIGESTIVE DISTURBANCES.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT USED THIS REMEDY ON HER FAMILY WHEN SHE FIRST CAME TO
THIS COUNTRY FROM POLAND. HOWEVER, NOW SHE DOESN'T USE IT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5678 TARNOW ST

Keyword(s): HERBAL CURE ; INDIGESTION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Plant

Date learned: 02-07-1971

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CURE FOR INDIGESTION:
BAKING SODA IN WATER.

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE

Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Baking Soda ; CURE ; INDIGESTION ; REMEDY ; WATER

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Method of Curing

Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)

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HEADACHE CURE:
A LITTLE SODA WATER WILL RELIEVE SICK HEADACHE CAUSED
BY INDIGESTION.

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Dillon, Martha Joslin

Keyword(s): CURE ; HEADACHE ; INDIGESTION ; REMEDY ; Soda Water

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: 07-09-1973

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