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Belief

Take a large piece of Alum and put it in your back pocket and it will cure anything.

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Contributed to Folklore Archive; December 1967.

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; EJ Murphy ; Patient

Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CURE ; DOCTOR ; Medicinal ; MINERAL ; Patient

James Callow Keyword(s): BELIEF ; MEDICINE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Mineral

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Proverb

A watched kettle never boils.

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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16550 MARK TWAIN ; Bujold ; Frank

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Boil ; Impatient ; Kettle ; Maxim ; PATIENCE ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Wait ; Watch

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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