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REMEDY
COUNT THE NUMBER OF WARTS OR MOLES,
CONCENTRATE ON THE NUMBER,
AND THEY WILL SOON DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MEASURING ; POWER OF NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
REMEDY
RUB A PENNY ON A WART, THEN THROW THE PENNY
OVER YOUR SHOULDER AND THE WART WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-11-1970
BELIEF CURE
IF A CHILD IS SCARED OF AN ANIMAL, ANY PARTICULAR ANIMAL, YOU ARE TO
GET SOME HAIR FROM THAT ANIMAL AND BURN IT.
WHILE THE HAIR FROM THE ANIMAL IS BURNING, THE CHILD IS
SUPPOSED TO INHALE THE SMOKE FROM THE FIRE. IF HE OR SHE DOES THIS
THEY WILL BE CURED OF BEING SCARED OF THE ANIMAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): FRIGHT ; FUMAGATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-12-1968
IODINE
TAKE ONE DROP OF IODINE PER GLASS OF LIQUID TO RELIEVE
NERVOUSNESS AND HELP SLEEP.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
REMEDY
TO CURE INSOMNIA, PLACE A GOAT'S HORN UNDER YOUR PILLOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 01-22-1970
CURE FOR SPRING FEVER
BOIL SASSAFRAS TEA- DRINK WHILE WARM.
Submitter comment:
SPRING FEVER IS SIMILAR TO A GENERAL UPSET, TENSE AND NERVOUS
CONDITION. THOUGH IT IS KNOWN TO OCCUR ANY TIME OF THE YEAR IT IS
PARTICULARLY KNOWN IN THE SPRING; PEOPLE SHOW IT THROUGH THE
LACK OF ENERGY AND GENERAL SENSE OF LAZINESS.
Data entry tech comment: THREE OTHER SIMILAR REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVE.
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-14-1971
REMEDY
TO CURE SPRING FEVER DRINK BOCK BEER.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-20-1967
PADDIE'S HIGHWATER
AFTER THE FIRST SNOWFALL IN MAY, WAIT FOR THE SNOW TO MELT AND THEN
WASH THE EYES. THIS IS CALLED PADDIES HIGHWATER. IT IS GOOD FOR
EYE DISORDERS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT ONLY TRIED TO RECALL AN OLD IRISH CUSTOM.
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
HOLY WATER
HOLY WATER WILL CURE YOU IF YOU HAVE FAITH IN GOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Church BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
MOTHER'S LOTION
MRS. ANGELA MAGOLEN WHO WAS BORN IN POLAND AND LATER CAME
TO AMERICA AND NOW LIVES IN WYANDOTTE, HAD A VISION OF THE
BLESSED MOTHER OF GOD IN A DREAM. OUR LADY GAVE HER THE RECIPE
FOR A HEALING LOTION WHICH WAS TO CURE
MANY, MANY PEOPLE. SHE USED IT
FOR THE FIRST TIME TO CURE HER HUSBAND, WHO WAS STRUCK DOWN BEFORE
HER EYES BY A CORONARY. SHE WAS IN DOUBT AT FIRST ABOUT MAKING THE
LOTION, BUT FATHER SOLANUS CASEY,
A RATHER WIDELY KNOWN CAPUCHIN PRIEST
URGED HER TO MAKE IT AND TO CALL IT "MOTHER'S LOTION."
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT AREA
Keyword(s): Blessed Mother ; CURE ; HEALING ; Lotion ; Ointment ; POLAND
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
ARTHRITIS
WOMEN WILL WEAR A COPPER BRACELET TO RELIEVE THEMSELVES OF ARTHRITIS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-17-1971
COUGH
FOR A COUGH, MIX HONEY, BROWN SUGAR, LEMON, VINEGAR, AND BUTTER, AND
DRINK IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
COUGH
MOTHER WOULD MAKE COUGH MEDICINE OUT OF TURPENTINE MIXED WITH
HONEY OR WILD CHERRY BARK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 02-07-1972
COUGH
CURE FOR A COUGH: YOU TAKE AN ONION AND BOIL IT IN WATER. TAKE THE
WATER AND PUT A DASH OF LEMON AND A TABLESPOON OF HONEY
INTO THE WATER AND THEN DRINK IT.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED IT FROM A COWORKER THIS YEAR WHEN SHE HAD A BAD COLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-22-1967
COUGH
RECIPE FOR COUGH SYRUP: ONE-HALF CUP OF BROWN SUGAR, ONE LARGE WHITE
ONION, TWO CUPS OF WATER. BOIL IT INTO A SYRUP.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-20-1967
COUGH MEDICINE
MY GRANDMOTHER MADE COUGH MEDICINE OUT OF HONEY, LEMON AND
CRUSHED ASPIRIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
COUGH REMEDY
TAKE A LEMON AND BOIL IT FOR TEN MINUTES, SQUEEZE JUICE INTO A
GLASS, ADD TWO TABLESPOONS OF GLYCERINE. STIR WELL AND FILL UP THE
GLASS WITH HONEY. TAKE A TEASPOONFUL PERIODICALLY AND YOUR
COUGH WILL STOP.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-20-1970
COUGH
COUGH REMEDY: HEAT AND DRINK WHISKEY, LEMON, AND BUTTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
COUGH
HONEY, WHISKEY, AND LEMON IS BEST FOR A COUGH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-19-1968