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FOLK CURE
TO CURE ARTHRITIS OR RHEUMATISM, CARRY A WRINKLED,
WHOLE POTATO ON YOUR PERSON AS LONG AS THE PAIN
PERSISTS. MY MOTHER RECALLS HEARING THIS IN
DUQUESNE, PENNSYLVANIA AROUND 1959.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT'S MOTHER'S NAME IS MARY MORSILLO
GINGERICH, BORN OCTOBER 3, 1937, FARRELL,
PENNSYLVANIA. THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE
INFORMANT'S MOTHER BELIEVED THAT THE CURE WOULD
WORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-00-1982