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IF YOU HAD WARTS, A FRIEND WOULD CUT A POTATO IN HALF AND RUB
IT ON YOUR WARTS. THEN HE BURIED IT SOMEPLACE AND KEEPS IT A
SECRET FROM YOU AND YOUR WARTS WILL GO AWAY.

Submitter comment: THIS WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY HIS GRANDMOTHER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: 11-22-1971

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