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PUT A PIECE OF FRESHLY CUT POTATO ON A WART AND RUB IT, THEN
THROW IT AWAY AND DON'T WATCH WHERE IT GOES. AS THE POTATO
ROTS, THE WART WILL GO AWAY.

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Micheline Caputo - deceased Grandmother. Housewife, Italian.
 I heard these things from my grandmother throughout most of my young adult life. She was a fantastic storyteller, and was a storehouse of all kinds of information.

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Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; VANDERBILT ; Caputo, Micheline

James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER

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

Date learned: 11-00-1973

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