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IF YOU HAVE A WART, RUB IT WITH A POTATO. THEN BURY THE POTATO
AND THE WART WILL SLOWLY GO AWAY.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT TOLD ME TO DO THIS TO A WART THAT I HAD, AND I DID,
AND THE WART WENT AWAY IN TWELVE DAYS. THE FAMILY DOCTOR
COULDN'T EXPLAIN IT EITHER.

Where learned: FLORIDA ; LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA

James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING

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

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