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CHILD WORMS
ITALIAN REMEDY: TO RID A CHILD OF WORMS
A PERSON BLOWS TOBACCO SMOKE IN THE MOUTH OF THE ILL PERSON
AND THIS WILL KILL THE WORMS.
Data entry tech comment: SEVERAL SIMILAR CARDS IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 12-00-1969
WORMS
REMEDY FOR PINWORMS: ONE-HALF TEASPOON OF SUGAR, TWO DROPS OF SPIRITS
TURPENTINE. TAKE ORALLY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): PINWORMS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-22-1967
WORMS
A DROP OF TURPENTINE ON A TEASPOON OF SUGAR FOR WORMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
WORMS
A CURE FOR STOMACH WORMS IS TO PUT MINT IN THE PERSON'S BOTTOM
AND PUT CHEESE IN THEIR MOUTH.
WORMS HATE CHEESE BUT THEY LIKE MINT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER-IN-LAW PERFORMED THIS IN FRONT OF HER
TO INFORMANT'S DAUGHTER, WHEN THE CHILD WAS SIX YEARS OLD.
THE CHILD STOPPED CHOCKING AND WAS CURED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM: BOTTOM FOR ANUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 01-21-1972
WOUNDS
TO CURE A WOUND, THE AFFLICTED PERSON SHOULD URINATE ON IT.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
WHEN CATS HAVE KITTENS AND THERE ARE TOO MANY, SOME OF THE KITTENS
ARE PUT INTO A BOX, THE BOX IS TIED UP TO A STONE AND THROWN INTO
THE RIVER. THEN, THE CHILDREN MUST SING A SONG TO KEEP THE KITTENS
FROM COMING BACK AND HAUNTING THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P346 BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-27-1971
FOLK MEDICINE FOR STY IN THE EYE
BREAST MILK MUST BE APPLIED ON THE STY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
FOLK MEDICINE FOR PIMPLES
GAYUMA-THE VERY FIRST MENSTRUAL BLOOD IS APPLIED
ON THE FACE FOR HALF AN
HOUR AND THEN WASHED OFF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
MEANS OF PREVENTING ILLNESS
RUBBING GARLIC OVER COLD SORES HELPS SPEED UP HEALING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-30-1977
MEANS OF PREVENTING ILLNESS
A GOOD CURE FOR COLDS IS: MIXING ONE PART HONEY FOR EVERY TWO
PARTS WHISKEY AND ADD A TWIST OF LEMON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-30-1977
ACNE CURE
I HEARD FROM SOME SINCE FORGOTTEN SOURCE THAT THE DRINKING OF BEER
WILL HELP TO CLEAR UP ACNE.
Submitter comment: I TRIED THIS LAST SUMMER AND ALMOST LOST MY JOB.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
ACNE CURE
IT WAS MENTIONED TO ME SOME TIME AGO THAT THE DAILY EATING OF A
CUBE OF ACTIVE YEAST WOULD CLEAR UP ACNE. THE YEAST SHOULD BE
EATEN DAILY UNTIL THE ACNE DISAPPEARS AND THEN AT INTERMITANT
INTERVALS TO KEEP THE ACNE UNDER CONTROL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
CURE FOR A COLD
YOU MEASURE ONE OUNCE OF WHISHY, ONE OUNCE HONEY AND ONE OUNCE
LEMON JUICE INTO A GLASS, STIR, AND DRINK JUST BEFORE BEDTIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-00-1977
IF YOU PUT LEECHES ON YOUR CHEST THEY WOULD RID OF THE
POISONS OF DISEASE RELATED TO THE CHEST.
THE LEECH SUPPOSEDLY DRAWS THE BLOOD AND GETS RID OF THE
POISONS OF THE DISEASE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT EXPRESSED THE FACT THAT THIS WAS BELIEVED TO BE TRUE
BY PEOPLE IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE HE WAS GROWING UP.
HIS MOTHER NEVER USED IT BUT HE KNEW OF MOTHERS THAT DID.
THIS COMMUNITY WAS IN NORTHEAST DETROIT ON THE BORDER OF HAMTRAMCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1928
CURE
THERE IS A VERSE IN THE BIBLE THAT WILL STOP BLEEDING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
REMEDY
ONE TEASPOON OF SUGAR COMBINED WITH A TEASPOON OF KEROSENE WILL
CURE A SORE THROAT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
MEDICINE
TAKE TURPENTINE ON A TEASPOON WITH SUGAR FOR A COLD
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
FOLK REMEDIES
IF YOU STICK A NAIL IN YOUR FOOT PUT A SLAB OF FATBACK ON
THE WOUND.
TO DRAW OUT THE POISON.
Submitter comment:
MY BROTHER STUCK A NAIL IN HIS FOOT WHEN HE WAS YOUNG. MY AUNT
USED THIS REMEDY AND GASOLINE TO DRAW THE POISON OUT.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MILLEDGEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
FOLK REMEDIES
TO TAKE "FIRE" FROM A BURN, PUT TOOTHPASTE OR SODA ON IT.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MILLEDGEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
FOLK CURE
TO CURE THE WHOOPING COUGH MIX WHISKEY, HONEY AND LEMON
TOGETHER AND DRINK AT BEDTIME.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER USED THIS CURE MANY A NIGHT WITH ME. I LIKED THE
CURE BECAUSE IT MADE ME SLEEP GOOD.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MILLEDGEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1979