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COUGH
A GOOD REMEDY FOR A COUGH IS TO MIX A LITTLE WHISKEY WITH
HONEY AND TAKE AS NEEDED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 01-30-1971
COUGH
IF YOU HAVE A COUGH YOU SHOULD EITHER MIX HONEY WITH MILK OR BUTTER
AND MILK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-30-1971
RECIPE FOR COUGH MEDICINE
EQUAL PARTS OF LEMON JUICE, HONEY, AND WHISKEY. THE MIXTURE IS
TAKEN WARM , TWO TABLESPOONS AT A TIME.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM MOTHER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-16-1967
COUGH
TO CURE A COUGH, DIP THE END OF A SOFT CLOTH IN BRANDY AND RUB THE
SOLES OF THE PATIENT WITH IT.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; GREENFIELD
Keyword(s): HIDDEN CONNECTION
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
COUGH
TO STOP A COUGH AT NIGHT PLACE A PIECE OF FLANNEL CLOTH ON YOUR BED
POST AFTER SOAKING IT IN TURPENTINE.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): INHALATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-04-1970
COUGH
VITAMIN C IS GREAT FOR A NAGGING MORNING COUGH.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY MOTHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
ITALIAN REMEDY
WHEN A PERSON GETS A COUGH MOTHERS OFTEN FEEL THEY HAVE WORMS.
TAKE SEVEN OR NINE PIECES OF GARLIC AND MAKE A CHAIN AND WEAR IT
AROUND THE NECK. THIS WILL RID THE PERSON OF THE WORMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): COUGH ; NUMBERS ; WORMS
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 12-00-1969
FOR A COUGH BOIL FIGS IN WATER AND DRINK THE WATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 02-06-1972
CROUP
DRINK KEROSENE AND SUGAR FOR THE CROUP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 02-24-1968
CROUP
TO GET RELIEF FROM CROUP (ANY AFFECTION OF THE LARYNX MARKED BY A
HOARSE COUGH AND DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING) TAKE A SWALLOW OF KEROSENE,
Where learned: ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
CROUP
USE HOG LARD, POLECAT GREASE, AND WARM LAMP OIL AS A CHEST POTION FOR
THE CROUP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-12-1969
CUTS
MUD PLACED ON A CUT WILL DRAW OUT THE PAIN AND HEAL THE WOUND
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): MUD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
EARACHE
AS A CURE FOR EARACHE SLIGHTLY WARM URINE WAS ONCE PLACED IN THE EAR.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
EARACHE
IF YOU HAVE AN EARACHE, GET A PIECE OF HAIR FROM SOMEONE NOT RELATED
TO YOU, WRAP IT IN COTTON, AND PUT IT IN YOUR EAR. THE EARACHE WILL
STOP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
EARACHE
BAKE ONION IN OVEN, MAKE A POULTICE-- CLEAR UP EAR INFECTION.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
EARACHE
MY MOTHER TOLD ME OF THIS CURE FOR EARACHES.
MY UNCLE WHEN HE WAS SMALL HAD A VERY BAD EARACHE
AND WAS VERY SICK.
MY GRANDFATHER HEARD OF A CURE BUT HAD NEVER TRIED IT HIMSELF.
GRANDFATHER SHAPED A PIECE OF CARDBOARD INTO A FUNNEL OR DUNCE HAT
ABOUT TWELVE INCHES HIGH AND FOUR TO FIVE INCHES IN DIAMETER
AT THE BASE. OVER THE CARDBOARD LINEN CLOTH
WAS PLACED. OVER THE LINEN, MELTED WAX WAS PLACED AND THE CARDBOARD
WAS NOW REMOVED, THE FUNNEL NOW CONSISTED OF ONLY THE CLOTH AND WAX.
GRANDFATHER THEN HAD HIS SON, MY UNCLE, LIE DOWN ON THE FLOOR
AND HE PLACED THE BASE OF THE FUNNEL OVER THE ACHING EAR.
HE THEN LIT THE TIP OF THE WAX-CLOTH FUNNEL
AND ALLOWED IT TO BURN DOWN FOUR TO FIVE INCHES.
WHEN HE REMOVED THE FUNNEL, A LARGE AMOUNT OF PUS FROM THE EAR
WAS FOUND UP INSIDE WHAT REMAINED OF THE FUNNEL.
THE AREA AROUND THE EAR WAS SOMEWHAT SINGED FOR AWHILE.
SINCE THAT TIME MY UNCLE HAS NEVER HAD ANY TROUBLE WITH HIS EARS.
Where learned: ROYAL OAK ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): HEAT REMEDY
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
FATIGUE
WHEN YOU ARE EXTREMELY TIRED YOU SHOULD SLEEP WITH YOUR
HEAD POINTING NORTH.
THAT WAY THE MAGNETIC RAYS OF THE EARTH WILL FLOW INTO YOUR
BLOODSTREAM AND YOU WILL BE REVITALIZED IN JUST A FEW HOURS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
FEET
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR FOOT WHEN IT
GOES TO
SLEEP AND IT WILL WAKE UP.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS BELIEF
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications BELIEF -- Remedy |
FEVER
RELIEF OF FEVER AND AGUE; COMBINE FOUR OUNCES OF GALANGAL-ROOT IN A
QUART OF GIN, STEEPED IN A WARM PLACE. TAKE OFTEN.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): AGUE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 01-26-1968
FEVER
GENERALLY USED IN THE CASE OF AN INFANT:
TAKE THE LEAF OF A CACTUS PLANT, CUT IT IN HALF,
AND PLACE ON THE BABY'S STOMACH.
THIS WILL GRADUALLY DRAW THE FEVER OUT.
Where learned: WESTERN YMCA ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): CHILD'S FEVER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-12-1971