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IF YOU HAVE AN ITCHING PROBLEM
THROW A PENNY IN THE MIDDLE OF A CROSS STREET.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT DECLARED THAT DESPITE MODERN MEDICINE,
SHE ACTUALLY SAW A WOMAN DO THIS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.
THE WOMAN'S ITCHING PROBLEM DID GO AWAY
BUT THE INFORMANT BELIEVES IT WAS PROBABLY PSYCHOLOGICAL.

Where learned: DETROIT ; 19378 BURGESS ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME

Subject headings: Favorites
BELIEF -- Method of Curing

Date learned: 11-07-1971

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