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LEACHING
TO THIN THE BLOOD IN THE SPRING, AND THUS COMBAT "SPRING FEVER",
APPLY LEACHES TO THE SKIN. THEY WILL DRAW OUT ALL THE "OLD BLOOD".
Submitter comment: MY INFORMANT DID NOT SAY WHERE HE OBTAINED THIS INFORMATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Keyword(s): LEECHES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Curing Belief
Use leeches on a sick person to rid him of the illness. This takes out the diseased blood.
Submitter comment:
"Curing Belief" collected at informant's home.
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Motif added by TRD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Zimmeth, Barbara ; 19225 STOTTER
Keyword(s): "NATURAL" REMEDY ; Bloodletting ; CURE ; ILLNESS ; Leaching ; LEECHES ; REMEDY ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |