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COUGH
FOR COUGH MEDICINE DAD WOULD MIX ONION JUICE WITH SUGAR, ALSO
HORHOUND DROPS OR GIVE US WARM MILK WITH GINGER.
MOM WOULD ALSO RUB OUR CHEST WITH CAMPHOR, WRAP A WOOL SOCK
AROUND OUR NECK, AND MAKE US WEAR A PNEUMONIA JACKET, WHICH WAS
A PIECE OF WOOL CLOTH THAT FIT AROUND THE CHEST WALL.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PEORIA
Keyword(s): HEAT REMEDY ; HOREHOUND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
COUGH
AN OLD FASHIONED REMEDY FOR A COUGH IS A COMBINATION OF THE JUICE
FROM ONE LEMON, TWO TABLESPOONS OF GLYCERINE, AND A GLASS OF HONEY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER.
Where learned: OHIO ; WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 12-05-1967
COUGH REMEDY
HONEY WHISKEY FOR COUGHS: LET IT TRICKLE DOWN YOUR THROAT.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
COUGH SYRUP
BOIL DESIRED QUANTITY OF FLAXSEED AND PUT LEMON JUICE IN IT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER USED THIS WHEN INFORMANT WAS A CHILD. (1920'S)
Where learned: HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): FLAX
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001920'S
COUGH
A REMEDY FOR A COUGH IS TO DRINK A BREW PREPARED FROM DRIED
BALSAM LEAVES (LIPOWE LISCIE).
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT USED THIS REMEDY ON HER FAMILY WHEN SHE FIRST CAME TO THIS
COUNTRY FROM POLAND; HOWEVER, SHE DOESN'T USE IT NOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
REMEDY-BAD COUGH
SYRUP WAS MADE WITH OIL OF WINTERGREEN AND WILD CAT OIL AND SOME KIND
OF LEAVES THAT ARE GOTTEN OUT OF THE SAGINAW BAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DIDN'T KNOW WHICH LEAVES.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-22-1967
COUGH
CHARRED FRUITS SUCH AS PEARS AND APPLES, ARE USED BY MANY JAPANESE AS
MEDICINE FOR COUGHS AND BERIBERI.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): BERIBERI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
EARACHE
AN EARACHE, A PAINFUL EXPERIENCE, CAN BE TERMINATED BY SIMPLY BLOWING
SMOKE INTO THE ACHING EAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
EARACHE
THE BLOWING OF STRONG CIGAR SMOKE INTO THE EAR TO CURE EARACHES. THE
HER CHILDHOOD. SHE ALSO SAID IT WORKED.
ABOVE MENTIONED PERSON SAID THAT SHE HAD DONE IT MANY TIMES DURING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
Keyword(s): GERMAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-25-1968
EARACHE
TO CURE AN EARACHE PUT THE WARM HEART OF AN ONION IN YOUR EAR.
Submitter comment: FROM MRS. HOWARD OF SCOTCH-IRISH DESCENT.
Where learned: GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): HEAT REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
EARACHE
CURING AN EARACHE: PLACE THE CORE OF A WHITE ONION IN THE EAR WHERE
THE INFECTION IS. THIS WILL KILL THE ACHING.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-18-1969
FEET
WHEN I WAS A KID I HAD SMELLY FEET. WE USED TO TAKE RED OAK BARK AND
BOIL IT IN WATER. THEN WE'D SOAK OUR FEET IN THE WATER FOR HALF AN
HOUR. WE DID THIS TWO OR THREE NIGHTS IN A ROW. AND THIS
ELIMINATED
THE SMELLY FEET. INFORMANT REALLY BELIEVES THIS WORKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-01-1972
FEVER
IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO MAKE A HIGH FEVER GO AWAY ONE WOULD RUB
HIS FEET WITH CORN HUSKS.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-00-1971
FEVER
TO REDUCE A FEVER, PLACE LARGE, YELLOW, STRONG-SMELLING ONION SLICES
ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FEET. THIS SHOULD DRAW DOWN THE FEVER.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
FEVER
IF SOMEONE HAS A HIGH FEVER, STRAP SLICES OF ONIONS TO THE BOTTOM OF
THE PERSON'S FEET. THIS WILL DRAW THE FEVER INTO THE ONIONS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
FEVER
TIE ONIONS ON THE WRIST TO TAKE DOWN THE FEVER.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
FEVER
PUT RAW POTATOES ON THE FOREHEAD FOR A HIGH FEVER. INFORMANT LEARNED
THIS FROM HER NEIGHBORS IN BERKLEY, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
FEVER
WATERMELON WILL REDUCE A FEVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-22-1970
FEVER
FOR A FEVER WRAP HOT BANANA PEELS AROUND THE ARCH OF THE FOOT TO DRAW
OUT THE FEVER. (THIS IS FROM A TEXAN GIRL).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ADRIAN
Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-04-1967