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WARTS
IF YOU WASH WARTS WITH A SLICED POTATO THEY WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: DETROIT
Date learned: 11-19-1972
"SOME PEOPLE ALWAYS USED TO WEAR GARLIC AROUND THEIR NECKS ON A
STRING, TO HELP A COLD."
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-15-1972
CONSTIPATION CURES
EAT AN APPLE OR SOME CHOCOLATE. IT WILL CLEAN YOU
RIGHT OUT.
Submitter comment: SAID TO ME WHILE I WAS EATING AN APPLE.
Where learned: OUR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
WART CURE
TO CURE A WART, RUB A RAW POTATO OVER IT AFTER YOU'VE CUT THE
POTATO OPEN. THEN THROW THE POTATO IN A FIELD. THE WART WILL
DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: OVER THE TELEPHONE
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
THE CURATIVE QUALITIES OF MINT TEA
PEPPERMINT AND SPEARMINT TEA ARE GOOD TO DRINK WHEN YOU HAVE
A COLD. THEY ARE ALSO GOOD FOR DISPELLING GAS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
TEA MIXED WITH HONEY AND LEMON WILL CURE A COLD.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001960S
A PIECE OF GARLIC WORN AROUND THE NECK WILL CURE A COLD.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001960S
CORN MEAL MUSH IS GOOD FOR COLDS AND FLU AND SOMETIMES SORE
THROATS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 08-00-1969
ACUTE INDIGESTION
TAKE ONE TEASPOON OF CHAMAMILE FLOWER HERBS TO ONE CUP OF HOT
WATER, STEEP THIS MIXTURE AND DRINK IT. IT WILL CAUSE PERSON
TO BELCH IF MIXED PROPERLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON
James Callow Keyword(s): CAMOMILE ; CHAMOMILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-02-1972
BURNING EYES
DICE A RAW POTATOE AND PUT IT OVER THE EYES. THIS WILL DRAW THE
BURN OUT AND THE POTATOE WILL ABSORB IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-02-1972
WHOOPING COUGH
TO CURE THIS STEEP SOME DRIED CHESTNUT LEAVES AND INHALE THE
VAPORS AND LATER DRINK THE BREW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-02-1972
TO STOP SPASM HAVE THE PERSON AFFECTED DRINK A CUP OF FRESHLY
BREWED SAGE TEA.
Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
REMEDY
TO CONTROL DIARRHEA, SCORCH SOME MEAL, POUR WATER OVER IT, LET IT
SETTLE AND DRINK AS OFTEN AS NEEDED. INFORMANT ACTUALLY USED THIS
REMEDY HERSELF, AND STILL DOES.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-10-1965
REMEDY
WHENEVER SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY WAS SUFFERING FROM A COLD GRANDMOTHER
WOULD MAKE A BREW FROM CHINABERRIES. THESE WERE RED BERRIES THAT
GREW ON TREES. GRANDMOTHER WOULD TAKE THE BERRIES AND BOIL THEM IN
WATER. AFTERWARDS, SHE WOULD POUR OFF THE LIQUID AND GIVE THIS TO
HER CHILDREN TO CURE COLDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-12-1972
REMEDY
MY MOTHER SAID WHEN SHE OR HER SISTER AND BROTHERS WOULD HAVE A FEVER
MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD TAKE A LILY LEAF (A LEAF FROM A PLANT FOUND
MOSTLY IN THE SOUTH) WET IT AND PLACE IT ON THEIR FOREHEADS. THIS
WAS SUPPOSE TO DRAW THE FEVER OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-24-1972
POTATOES
TO LOWER A FEVER PLACE A STRING OF POTATOES AROUND YOUR NECK.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO INFORMANT BY A CO-ORKER WHO IS A BLACK
GIRL OF THE MUSLIM FAITH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-25-1972
EVIL EYE
THE INFORMANT ALMOST FAINTED ONE DAY IN CHURCH. WHEN HE
CAME OUT OF CHURCH HIS GRANDMOTHER EXCITEDLY CRIED "MAL OCCHIO"
WHICH MEANS EVIL EYE, SHE RUSHED HIM HOME AND
MADE SIGN OF CROSS
ON HIS FOREHEAD WITH VINEGAR TO CHASE OUT THE EVIL SPIRITS.
Submitter comment: THIS HAPPENED HERE IN THE UNITED STATES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-09-1972
DIRAHHEA
A GREEK REMEDY FOR DIRAHHEA IS A LITTLE BIT OF GREEK DW DIARRHEA
COFFEE WITH LEMON IN IT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-28-1972
CURE FOR WARTS
TO GET RID OF WARTS, RUB A FRESHLY PICKED MUSHROOM ON THE WART AND
THROW IT OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER. THE WART WILL DISAPPEAR IN 2 DAYS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID AN OLD GERMAN TOLD HIM THIS WHEN HE WAS} YOUNG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): LEFT DIRECTION POSITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
MEDICINE
WHEN ONE OF US WAS SICK MY MOTHER WOULD MAKE A TEA FROM A HERB THAT
SHE WOULD PICK IN THE WOODS. WE WOULD DRINK THIS AND IT WAS SUPPOSE
TO MAKE YOU FEEL WELL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DOES NOT REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE HERB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-03-1972