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MY FAMILY ONCE HAD A HOUSEKEEPER WHO BELIEVED THAT IT WAS
DANGEROUS FOR CATS TO BE AROUND SMALL CHILDREN AND BABIES,
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ASPHYXIATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
CATS ATTRACT LIGHTNING DURING A THUNDERSTORM
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
SNAKES TRAVEL IN PAIRS
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
SUPERSTITION
TOMATOE SEEDS WILL CURE APPENDICITIS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 03-14-1972
SUPERSTITION
A MEXICAN CHIHUAHUA WILL CURE ASTHMA BECAUSE THE DOG CATCHES IT
FROM THE PERSON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
WART CURES:
RUB IT WITH A KILLED CAT AND BURY THE CAT IN A BLACK
STOCKING.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Black ; Bury ; CAT ; CURE ; Dead ; Kill ; STOCKING ; Wart
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-30-1973
WART CURE:
RUB IT WITH A PEELED APPLE AND GIVE THE APPLE TO A PIG.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Apple ; BELIEF ; CURE ; Peeled ; Pig ; Wart
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-30-1973
CURE FOR MEASLES:
PUT TWO COCKROACHES IN A JAR TO CURE MEASLES; WHEN THEY
DIE, THE MEASLES IS (ARE) CURED.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Cockroach ; CURE ; Measles
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-30-1973
A HAIR OF THE DOG THAT BIT THE PERSON WILL PREVENT
RABIES IF APPLIED TO THE WOUND.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Bit ; CURE ; DOG ; HAIR ; PREVENTION ; Rabies
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Animal |
A DEER'S FOOT WARMED AND RUBBED OVER THE SKIN WILL
RELIEVE TOOTHACHE(S), SWELLINGS, AND ITCHING.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CURE ; Deer ; Foot ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 10-13-1973
FOR DOG BITES, USE A PLASTER OF GOOSE GREASE AND HAIR
OF THE DOG THAT BIT YOU.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CURE ; DOG ; Goose ; Grease ; HAIR ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Animal |
CURE FOR CHEST COLD:
WARM SKUNK OIL RUBBED ON CHEST
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Cold ; CURE ; Oil ; REMEDY ; SKUNK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
THE "DRIPPINGS" FROM A ROAD, WHEN MIXED HALF-AND-HALF WITH
WATER, WILL HELP YOU RECOVER YOUR STRENGTH, ESPECIALLY
AFTER THE FLU.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MCKENZIE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Beef ; Broth ; Drippings ; Flu ; ILLNESS ; REMEDY ; Roast ; Soup ; TEA ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 10-14-1973
SORE THROAT CURE:
MIX LARD AND TURPENTINE AND APPLY TO NECK
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COOKEVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Application ; Balm ; CURE ; Lard ; NECK ; REMEDY ; Sore Throat ; Turpentine
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
TO REMOVE FILM FROM HORSE'S EYES:
TAKE A PIECE OF FRESH BUTTER ABOUT THE SIZE OF A COMMON
WALNUT AND PUT IT IN THE OPPOSITE EAR (IF RIGHT EYE, LEFT
EAR). IF THE BUTTER BE HARD, HOLD THE EAR A LITTLE WITH
YOUR HAND UNTIL IT MELTS. IF YOU HAVEN'T THE BUTTER,
HOG'S LARD CLEAR OF SALT WILL ANSWER. IN EVERY CASE I
EVER SAW IT TRIED, ONE APPLICATION IS SUFFICIENT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-17-1973
CURE FOR SPRAIN:
TAKE ONE TABLESPOON OF HONEY, THE SAME OF SALT, AND THE
WHITE OF ONE EGG,; BEAT ALL WELL TOGETHER FOR AT LEAST
ONE HOUR, OR TWO WOULD BE BETTER. LET STAND AN HOUR, THEN
ANOINT THE SPRAINED PLACE FREELY; KEEP WELL ROLLED UP WITH
A GOOD BANDAGE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-10-1973
TO CURE SNAKEBITE APPLY HALF OF A BLOODY, NEW KILLED
CHICKEN TO THE RATTLESNAKE BITE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 10-01-1973
TO GET RID OF A WART, TIE A HORSEHAIR AROUND IT AND LEAVE
IT ON FOR NINE DAYS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 10-01-1973
IF A CHILD'S FEET BECOME CRACKED FROM GOING BAREFOOT,
SOAK THEM IN BUTTERMILK TO SMOOTH THE CRACKED SKIN.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 10-20-1973
THE LEFT HIND FOOT OF A MALE () FASTENED TO A YARN STRING
AND TIED AROUND A BABY'S NECK WILL CURE TEETHING SICKNESS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-10-1973