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HICCUPS
DRINK A GLASS OF WATER FROM THE WRONG SIDE OF THE GLASS.
Submitter comment:
THIS CURE WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MY BOSS THIS SUMMER,
WHEN I HAD THE HICCUPS.
I TRIED EVERYTHING BUT
THE WRONG SIDE IS THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE USUAL SIDE.
Where learned: OHIO ; CINCINNATI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
HICCUPS
TO GET RID OF HICCUPS DRINK A GLASS OF WATER
FROM THE BACK OF THE LIP OF THE GLASS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; J L HUDSONS COMPANY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
HICCUPS
DRINK A GLASS OF WATER WITH A SPOON IN IT.
DRINK IT REAL SLOW.
Submitter comment: A SURE CURE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-13-1972
HICCUP CURE
DRINK WATER FROM THE WRONG SIDE OF THE GLASS
WHILE BENDING OVER.
Submitter comment:
EACH MEMBER OF INFORMANT'S FAMILY
HAS DONE THIS WHEN THEY HAVE THE HICCUPS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-31-1971
HICCUPS
DRINK A WHOLE GLASS OF WATER BACKWARDS WITHOUT BREATHING;
IN ORDER TO CURE THE HICCUPS.
Submitter comment: MRS. DEVEREUX LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
HICCUP
TO CURE A CASE OF THE HICCUPS, DRINK A GLASS OF BEER THROUGH A PIECE
OF CLOTH, WITHOUT STOPPING FOR BREATH.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID HIS "OLD MAN" USED TO DO THIS WHEN THE INFORMANT
WAS A BOY.
HIS MOTHER HOWEVER FROWNED UPON THIS PRACTICE
BECAUSE HIS FATHER WOULD NEVER STOP AT JUST ONE GLASS.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
HICCUP
DRINK A GLASS OF BEER WITH A STICK BETWEEN YOUR TEETH.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT SAW HIS FATHER DO IT.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-13-1965
HICCUPS
HOLD YOUR BREATH AND COUNT TO TEN TO CURE HICCUPS.
Submitter comment: HE PROBABLY LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 First / Once / One / Newness BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-24-1967
HICCUPS
HOLD YOUR BREATH AND SAY YOUR BOYFRIEND'S NAME 10 TIMES.
DRINK A GLASS OF WATER UPSIDE DOWN.
IF SOMEONE HAS THE HICCUPS SCARE THEM AND THE HICCUPS WILL GO AWAY.
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THESE THINGS WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG ABOUT 1950.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
Keyword(s): FEAR
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname 686 First / Once / One / Newness BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
HICCUPS
BLOW INTO A BAG.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 04-01-1968
HICCUPS
A WAY IN WHICH A PERSON IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO GET RID OF HICCUPS
IS BY PUTTING A PAPER BAG OVER HIS HEAD. WHETHER THIS WORKS OR NOT I
DON,T KNOW, I,VE NEVER TALKED TO ANYONE WHO HAS TRIED IT.
Where learned: CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
HICCUPS
WHEN MY GRANDFATHER HAD THE HICCUPS,
HE WOULD PUT A BAG OVER HIS HEAD AND
SAY THE "OUR FATHER".
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
A CURE FOR HICCUPS
STAND ON YOUR HEAD
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 04-01-1968
HICCUPS
PUT YOUR HEAD BETWEEN YOUR LEGS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 04-01-1968
HICCUPS
TO GET RID OF HICCUPS, THE BLADE OF A KNIFE
SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE TONGUE
BY ANOTHER PERSON AND THE TONGUE
SHOULD BE KEPT EXTENDED WITH THE KNIFE ON IT.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
HICCUP CURE
PUT TWO FINGERS DOWN YOUR THROAT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.
STICK YOUR TONGUE OUT;
LOOK UP AT THE SKY;
AND HOLD YOUR BREATH AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
Submitter comment: SOURCE NOT REMEMBERED.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; YONKERS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 12-26-1963
HICCUPS
HAVE SOMEONE SCARE YOU.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-29-1968
ITCH
IF YOU HAVE AN ITCHING PROBLEM
THROW A PENNY IN THE MIDDLE OF A CROSS STREET.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DECLARED THAT DESPITE MODERN MEDICINE,
SHE ACTUALLY SAW A WOMAN DO THIS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.
THE WOMAN'S ITCHING PROBLEM DID GO AWAY
BUT THE INFORMANT BELIEVES IT WAS PROBABLY PSYCHOLOGICAL.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
LIGHTNING
IN POLAND IT WAS A PRACTICE
TO BURY ANYONE WHO HAD BEEN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
NECK DEEP IN THE GROUND.
AND IT WOULD RELIEVE HIM.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERS THIS PRACTICE FROM HER CHILDHOOD
IN POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
MOLE
IF YOU HAVE A MOLE IN YOUR HEAD, PUT A PIECE OF FAT MEAT UNDER THE
DOOR STEP, AND THE MOLE WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 01-26-1972