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HICCUPS
TO GET RID OF HICCUPS TAKE SHORT RAPID BREATHS.
SWALLOW QUICKLY AFTER EACH ONE, SEVEN TIMES.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
HICCUPS
TO CURE HICCOUGHS HOLD YOUR BREATH AND THINK OF SEVEN BALD MEN.
Keyword(s): HAIR
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 02-28-1970
HICCUPS
TO CURE HICCUPS HOLD YOUR BREATH AND COUNT TO TEN
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | 686 First / Once / One / Newness BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
HICCUP
HICCUP CURES I'VE LEARNED WHICH MOSTLY DON'T WORK (EXCEPT THE FIRST)
HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR 2 MINUTES.
BREATHE INTO A BAG.
BLOW UP A BALLOON.
DRINK WATER CONTINUOUSLY FOR TWENTY SECONDS.
PUT YOUR HEAD BETWEEN YOUR LEGS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Number P686.1.20 BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
HICCUPS CURE
TAKE A PAPER BAG AND BREATHE INTO IT SEVERAL TIMES.
Submitter comment: I ONCE HEARD THIS FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-15-1967
HICCUPS
TO CURE THE HICCUPS, BREATHE TWENTY TIMES INTO A BROWN PAPER BAG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; GRADE SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number P686.1.20 BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-13-1965
HICCUPS
BREATHE IN A PAPER BAG IN ORDER TO CURE THE HICCOUGHS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
HICCUP CURE
(ITALIAN): TAKE MINTS, CHOP THEM, ADD WATER,
STRAIN, THEN GIVE AS MEDICINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 01-00-1970
HICCUPS
BY STANDING ON ONE'S HEAD HE CAN RELIEVE HIS HICCUPPING.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD BY ONE OF HIS PATIENTS.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): DOCTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-13-1967
HICCUPS
HAVE THE PERSON WITH THE HICCUPS STAND ON THEIR HEAD.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-22-1969
HICCUPS
TO CURE THE HICCUPS JUMP UP AND DOWN WHILE COUNTING TO TWENTY-FIVE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number P686.1.25 BELIEF -- Remedy |
HICCUPS
PINCH THE BACK OF YOUR NECK TO GET RID OF HICCUPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PHONE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-03-1969
HICCUPS
TO CURE HICCUPS YOU SHOCK A PERSON BY FRIGHTENING HIM.
Submitter comment: AS A CHILD FROM PARENTS
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-29-1967
MOUTH
IN THE OLD COUNTRY, TO CURE MOUTH SORES, PEOPLE WOULD TAKE THE SOOT
FROM INSIDE THE CHIMNEY AND PLACE IT ON THE SORES.
THE SORES HEAL UP QUICKLY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER IN CALABRIA, ITALY
DID THIS TO HER CHILDREN.
INFORMANT SAID THAT THE MOUTH SORES ALWAYS CLEARED UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 01-21-1972
NERVOUSNESS
CHEWING TOBACCO AND DIPPING SNUFF SETTLES THE NERVES.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
VOMITING
WHEN YOU HAVE FOOD POISONING AND VOMIT,
DRINK A GLASS OF WATER WITH A TEASPOONFUL
OF APPLE CIDER VINEGAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD POISONING ; STOMACH AILMENTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-10-1971
CHILD WHOOPING COUGH CURE
CUT THREE SMALL BUNCHES OF HAIR FROM THE CROWN OF THE HEAD OF A CHILD
THAT HAS NEVER SEEN HIS FATHER;
SEW THIS HAIR UP IN AN UNBLEACHED CLOTH
AND HANG IT AROUND THE CHILD'S NECK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curer BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
TAPEWORM
REMEDY FOR TAPEWORMS: 3 DROPS OF KEROSENE ON SUGAR; TAKE INTERNALLY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER
Data entry tech comment: COLLECTOR SPELLS IT TYPE WORM
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-20-1967
TAPEWORM
TO CURE TAPEWORM: DON'T EAT FOR A WEEK.
THEN SIT DOWN IN A PAN OF WATER
WHICH IS WARM. THE TAPEWORM IS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): FASTING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
TAPEWORM CURE
DON'T EAT FOR A WEEK, THEN TAKE A SAUCER OF WARM MILK
NEAR THE PATIENT'S MOUTH.
THE TAPEWORM SHOULD CRAWLOUT,
BUT CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED THAT ALL THE TAPEWORM
CAME OUT. THAT NONE BE LEFT TO REGENERATE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WAYNE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1965