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REMEDY

WHENEVER A BABY IS TEETHING A CRICKET NEST PLACED IN A BAG AND TIED
AROUND THE BABY'S NECK WILL EASE THE TEETHING. THE INFORMANT NEVER
SAW THIS TECHNIQUE USED, BUT WAS INFORMED OF IT BY HIS MOTHER, WHEN
HE AND HIS WIFE HAD THEIR FIRST CHILD.

Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Animal
BELIEF -- Method of Curing

Date learned: 10-15-1972

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