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REMEDIES
TO AVOID CATCHING THE FLU, EAT GARLIC.
Data entry tech comment: THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES CONTAINS SEVERAL SIMILAR ITEMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-20-1969
TAKE 4 TO 6 TEASPOONFULS OF HONEY, DIVIDED BETWEEN MEALS.
THIS WILL RESULT IN LESS NERVOUSNESS
AND A SOUNDER SLEEP AT NIGHT.
Data entry tech comment: THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES CONTAINS ANOTHER SIMILAR CURE
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
FOLK CURE
TO GET RID OF RINGWORM, RUB YOUR HEAD WITH GARLIC.
Submitter comment: FROM MRS. LAWRENCE OF POLISH DESCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
CURE FOR MOTION SICKNESS
YOU WOULD PUT A SALT BAG AROUND YOUR NECK TO PREVENT MOTION
SICKNESS.
Submitter comment:
WE ALWAYS USED TO DO IT ON THE RIDE FROM DETROIT TO DOWN HOME.
HAPPENED WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL; LEARNED CURE FROM PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
SNORING
MARY'S GRANDMOTHER (FRENCH-CANADIAN) TOLD HER SHE MUST
BLOW HER NOSE EVERY NIGHT OR SHE WOULD SNORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Keyword(s): PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
TO PREVENT A SORE THROAT, PUT 3 OR 4 STRIPS OF RAW BACON AROUND YOUR
NECK; THEN PUT A PIECE OF RED FLANNEL OR A BLACK STOCKING
ON TOP OF IT.
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE 3 OTHER SIMILAR REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-15-1970
NIGHT SWEATS
IF THE SKIN SURFACE OF THE BODY IS GIVEN A CUPPED-PALM HAND BATH
OF APPLE CIDER AT BEDTIME, THE NIGHT SWEATS WILL BE PREVENTED.
Where learned: APARTMENT ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-08-1969
EAT A LOT OF STARCH, FOR A WOMAN TO HARDEN HER WOMB.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; CHILDBEARING ; FOOD ; Homeopathy ; MAGIC ; REMEDY ; STARCH ; Womb
James Callow Keyword(s): IMITATIVE MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
BELIEF
IF YOU EAT A LOT OF SALT, YOU'LL LOSE YOUR MEMORY WHEN YOU GET OLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FORGETFULNESS
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
BELIEF EMBLEM
A TEAR IN YOUR UNDERWEAR WILL TAKE THE FRIGHT OUT OF YOU.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY INFORMANT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
HONEY
FOUR TO SIX TEASPOONS PER DAY OF HONEY WILL MAKE YOU SLEEP
BETTER AND BE LESS NERVOUS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN EARLY PART OF LIFE.
Data entry tech comment: ONE OTHER SIMILAR REFERENCE IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVE.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
YOGA
TO PREVENT INSOMNIA, DO YOGA EVERY NIGHT PRIOR TO GOING TO BED.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY MOTHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CLASSROOM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
BELIEF: CAUSING ILLNESS
EATING "ONIONS" AT NIGHT CAN CAUSE INSOMNIA.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
SLEEP
AN HOUR'S SLEEP BEFORE MIDNIGHT IS WORTH TWO AFTER.
Where learned: APARTMENT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
BELIEF
IF YOU MASTURBATE, I'VE HEARD OF ANY OF THESE REPERCUSSIONS:
1) YOU WILL GET HAIR ON YOUR PALMS.
2) YOU WILL GO INSANE.
3) YOU WILL GET WARTS.
4) YOU WILL GO BLIND.
Where learned: SCHOOL APARTMENT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-18-1969
DON'T PUT YOUR HAIR IN RUNNING WATER OR IT WILL DRIVE YOU CRAZY.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): INSANITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 01-31-1971
BELIEF
A LUNATIC IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BECOME THAT WAY BECAUSE HE SLEPT
WITH THE FULL MOON (LUNA-LATIN) SHINING ON HIS PERSON.
Data entry tech comment: ONE OTHER SIMILAR REFERENCE IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
IODINE
THE MIND THINKS CLEARER WHEN ENOUGH IODINE IS PRESENT IN THE BODY.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
SPRING TONIC
IN THE SPRINGTIME, PEOPLE OF THE PAST USED TO TAKE ONIONS COOKED
IN SYRUP AS A SPRING TONIC TO CURE ALL ILLS AND GET THEM ON
THEIR FEET AGAIN AFTER A SLOW WINTER.
Where learned: TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-31-1971
SPRING TONIC
LAINES TEA WAS A TONIC USED TO CLEAN OUT THE BOWELS AND AS A GENERAL
SPRING TONIC. IT WAS A MIXTURE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF TEA.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR