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CURE FOR STYES AND BOILS
PLACE THE MEMBRANE FROM THE INSIDE OF AN EGG ON A STY OR
A BOIL. CHANGE THE MEMBRANE FREQUENTLY UNTIL THE STY OR
BOIL COMES TO A HEAD AND BURSTS. THIS WAS A COMMONPLACE
CURE AMONG RURAL MISSISSIPPI BLACKS IN THE 1930'S AND
ALTHOUGH WE NEVER HAD CAUSE TO TRY IT, PEOPLE WHO DID
CLAIMED SUCCESS.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT WAS BORN IN LOUISVILLE, MISSISSIPPI IN
1925 AND LIVED THERE UNTIL COMING TO DETROIT DURING WORLD
WAR II.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 09-00-1982