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TO CURE A COUGH: BOIL A POT OF WATER WITH PEELED ONIONS IN IT. AFTER
THE WATER RISES TO A BOIL, SPILL THE WATER INTO A CUP AND DRINK IT.
MY MOTHER PREPAR%D THIS ONCE FOR ME WHEN I HAD A COUGH AND IT SEEMED
TO HELP.

Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT HOME ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Method of Curing

Date learned: 11-06-1971

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