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PROVERB

THE HIGHER YOU FLY, THE HARDER YOU FALL.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): SUCCESS AND FAILURE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 12-04-1965

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PROVERBIAL PHRASE

HIGH ON THE HOG.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): ANIMAL METAPHOR

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.

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HONESTY

HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY.

Submitter comment: (HEARD THIS IN GRADE SCHOOL)

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 11-04-1967

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PROVERBIAL PHRASE

HOT AS HELL.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

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PROVERBIAL METAPHOR

HUNGER IS THE BEST SAUCE IN THE WORLD.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 09-22-1969

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PROVERB

HUNGER NEVER SAW BAD BREAD.

Submitter comment: USED IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT HER LIFE AS THE WIFE OF A COAST GUARD
ENLISTED MAN WITH 7 CHILDREN.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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THE GARLIC TEACHER

WHILE ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOL, I HAD A LATIN-GREEK PROFESSOR
WHO ATE GARLIC EVERY MORNING TO COUNTERACT HIS ASTHMA COUGHS.
IF THAT WASN'T BAD ENOUGH, HE WORE GARLIC AROUND HIS NECK
SO THAT THE EFFECT MIGHT LAST.

Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): HERBAL CURE ; PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Plant

Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

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METHOD OF CURING

PLACE RAW STEAK ON A BLACK EYE IN ORDER TO DRAW THE BLOOD OUT.

Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS FROM MY MOTHER AND HAVE HEARD OF ITS USE FREQUENTLY.

Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE 3 OTHER SIMILAR REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION OF ARCHIVE.

Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): ANIMAL CURE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Method of Curing

Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

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A CURE FOR BLADDER INFECTION

FOR BLADDER INFECTION OR DIFFICULTY IN URINATION,
BOIL A GENEROUS AMOUNT OF PARSLEY LEAVES IN WATER,
AND DRINK THIS PARSLEY TEA THREE TIMES DAILY UNTIL THE INFECTION
CLEARS UP.

Submitter comment: MY AUNT CLAIMS TO HAVE RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION OVER THE PHONE
FROM A CLOSE FRIEND A FEW YEARS AGO.

Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): HERBAL CURE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Method of Curing

Date learned: 04-08-1965

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PREVENTION OF ILLNESS

PIERCED EARRINGS ARE GOOD FOR THE HEALTH, AS THE GOLD IN THEM
IS GOOD FOR THE BLOOD.

Submitter comment: THIS IS MY GRANDMOTHER'S THEORY.

Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): JEWELRY ; PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 10-02-1967

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HEALTH

EATING GARLIC IS SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD FOR THE BLOOD.

Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS WHILE IN FRANCE.

Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): HERBAL CURE ; PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 08-00-1967

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CASPERILLA TEA IN THE SPRING WILL THIN THE BLOOD.

Data entry tech comment: BURDOCK ROOT TEA
SASSAFRAS TEA
OTHER REFERENCES IN ARCHIVE RECOMMEND THE USE OF

Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): PLANT CURE ; PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE ; SARSAPARILLA TEA

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 09-00-1968

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TO BUILD UP YOUR BLOOD THIS MIXTURE SHOULD BE TAKEN DAILY:
A RAW EGG YOLK MIXED WITH A SHOT OF WINE.
THIS WILL INSURE GOOD HEALTH.

Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): BLOOD ; HOMEOPATHIC-IMITATIVE MAGIC ; PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 11-16-1969

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ENTERTAINMENT TOAST (IRISH)

MAY YOU BE IN HEAVEN A HALF HOUR BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU,RE DEAD.

Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR ; INFORMANT HEARD FROM MOTHER

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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IF YOU HAVE A BUMP ON YOUR HEAD, TAKE A RAZOR BLADE
DIPPED IN VINEGAR, RUB IT ON A KNIFE,
PRESS IT ON THE BUMP, AND THE BUMP WILL GO AWAY.

Data entry tech comment: THREE SIMILAR CASES ARE IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES.

Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Medicine

Date learned: 00-00-1958

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HONEY

HONEY IS GOOD TO USE ON SKIN BURNS.

Data entry tech comment: ANOTHER SIMILAR CURE IS IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES.

Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

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REMEDY

FOR BURNS - OLIVE OIL.

Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Plant

Date learned: 11-25-1967

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HOME REMEDY

PUT VANILLA FLAVORING ON A BURN TO SOOTHE IT.

Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Method of Curing

Date learned: 09-00-1968

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HOME REMEDY

PUT GREASE AND BAKING SODA ON A BURN.

Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Method of Curing

Date learned: 10-00-1968

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A HOME REMEDY FOR A PERSON WHO HAS A CRACKED LIP IS THIS:
TAKE SOME WAX FROM YOUR OWN EAR AND APPLY IT TO THE CRACKED LIP.
THIS WILL RELIEVE THE PAIN AND HEAL THE LIP.

Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): CERUMEN ; EAR WAX

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: 11-14-1969

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