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SOUTHERN BLACKS WHO LIVED IN PITTSBURGH BELIEVED IN GIVING
THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN CASTOR OIL MIXED WITH SUGAR TO GET RID
OF A COLD.
Submitter comment: SUGAR COVERS UP THE BAD TASTE OF CASTOR OIL.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
Keyword(s): REMEDY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Daily Life BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-14-1984 ; 00001960S
SOUTHERNERS BELIEVED THAT A PERSON WITH A COLD SHOULD BE
RUBBED DOWN WITH VICK'S VAPOR RUB ON THE FOREHEAD, CHEST, AND
BACK. THE PERSON SHOULD THEN BE PLACED UNDER HEAVY COVERS SO
THEY COULD SWEAT OUT THE COLD.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER ALWAYS RUBS ME DOWN WITH VICK'S WHENEVER I HAVE A COLD.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
James Callow Keyword(s): VICK'S VAPO RUB
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-14-1984 ; 00001960S
FOR CONGESTED LUNGS, TAKE THREE DROPS OF TURPENTINE ON ONE
TEASPOON OF SUGAR EVERY THREE HOURS.
Submitter comment: SUGAR COVERS THE BAD TASTE OF TURPENTINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): REMEDY
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral |
WHEN MY SISTER WAS LITTLE, MY MOTHER STUCK HER IN A BIG BAG
OF ONIONS TO CURE HER OF PNEUMONIA.
MY MOTHER STUCK MY SISTER IN A TWENTY-FIVE OR FIFTY POUND BAG
AND LOOSELY PULLED THE DRAWSTRING AROUND HER NECK.
THE ONIONS DREW HER FEVER OUT.
Submitter comment: LITTLE MEANS YOUNGER
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001920S ; 00001930S
SOME FOLKS USED TO PULL GRASS FROM THE EDGE OF THEIR
YARD AND CALL THIS "FEVER GRASS." THEY'D BOIL THE ROOTS
AND SERVE THEM AS TEA; THE TEA ACTED AS A LAXATIVE.
Submitter comment:
THE LAXATIVE ONLY WORKED IF THE ROOTS THAT WERE USED
TO MAKE IT WERE FROM THE CORNER OF THE YARD.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; PICKENS
Keyword(s): "NATURAL" REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-14-1984
GOOD BREATH TEA
BOIL TWO CUPS WATER, THEN REMOVE FROM HEAT.
ADD SEVERAL SPRIGS OF PARSLEY, COARSELY CHOPPED.
ADD TWO OR THREE WHOLE CLOVES OR 1/4 T. GROUND CLOVES
ONE TEASPOON OF POWDERED MYRRH
ONE TEASPOON OF POWDERED GOLDENSEAL
STIR WHILE COOLING. POUR THROUGH STRAINER.
GARGLE WITH BROTH SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.
Submitter comment:
SHE SAID THAT SPICES WHERE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE SO-CALLED
MODERN MOUTHWASH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
REMEDIES
CRANBERRY JUICE COCKTAIL WILL TAKE CARE OF BLADDER INFECTIONS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
REMEDIES
CATNIP TEAS IS GOOD FOR COLIC IN BABIES.
Submitter comment:
SHE SAID THAT SHE HAS NEVER HAD TO EXPERIENCE HER CHILDREN
CRYING AT NIGHT.
MOTHER OF THIRTEEN
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
REMEDIES
TAKE ONE TEASPOON OF DRY MUSTARD; IT WILL DROP BLOOD PRESSURE.
Submitter comment:
BEFORE MY GRANDMOTHER VISITS THE DOCTOR, SHE TAKES MUSTARD
AND SHE SAYS IT DROPS HER BLOOD PRESSURE EVERY TIME.
MY GRANDMOTHER HAS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
REMEDIES
APPLE CIDER VINEGAR WILL TAKE THE STING OUT OF INSECT BITES.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
REMEDIES
TAKING ZINC AND PINEAPPLE JUICE A FEW DAYS BEFORE HAVING DENTAL
SURGERY, WILL HELP EASE THE PAIN AND ANY COMPLICATIONS.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Surgery |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
REMEDIES
OPEN A VITAMIN E CAPSULE AND APPLY AROUND THE EYES; IT WILL REMOVE LINES.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE
James Callow Keyword(s): WRINKLES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P754 |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
EAT GARLIC TO GET RID OF CANCER.
EAT JELLO, GREEN VEGETABLES,
CARROTS, AND CITTABEANS TO GET
RID OF PARALYSIS.
Submitter comment:
OLD REMEDIES PRACTICED BY JEAN'S
FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
TO STOP A HEADACHE TIE A RAG AROUND
YOUR HEAD AND DRINK A CUP OF STRONG,
HOT, BLACK COFFEE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT CLAIMS HE HAS TRIED IT AND
IT REALLY WORKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
TO CLEANSE A WOUND POUR SUGAR INTO
IT, AND COVER IT WITH A CLEAN WHITE
BANDAGE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS SHE KNOWS IT WORKS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN COLORED FOLKS IN THE
SOUTH WERE TOO POOR TO BUY TOOTHBRUSHES. WELL
WELL THEY WERE DETERMINED NOT TO LET A LITTLE
OLE THING LIKE THAT STOP THEM FROM BRUSHING THEIR
TEETH. SO INSTEAD OF GOING WITHOUT BRUSHING THEIR
TEETH THEY WOULD MAKE THEIR OWN TOOTHBRUSHES OUT
OF BRANCHES FROM WHAT WE USE TO CALL A TOOTHBRUSH
TREE. ANYWAY, THEY WOULD BREAK OFF A SMALL BRANCH,
REMOVE ALL THE LEAVES AND LET IT DRY OUT FOR A FEW
DAYS. WHEN THEM BRANCHES DRIED OUT THEY WOULD CLEAN
YOUR TEETH BETTER THAN ANY TOOTHBRUSH COULD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS USING ONE OF THESE TOOTHBRUSHES
AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
SOMEWHERE MY MOTHER LEARNED THAT IF ONE WANTED TO FADE ONE'S FRECKLES
ONE RUBBED LEMON JUICE ON THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001950CA
MY MOTHER TOLD ME ABOUT THIS CURE FOR A BOIL. THE INFECTED PERSON
IS SUPPOSED TO RUB A PIECE OF POTATO ON THE BOIL AND IS CURED OF
THE BOIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
EAT A TABLESPOON OF SUGAR TO CURE THE HICCOUGHS
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1938
BLACK-AMERICAN CURE
FOR SICK HEADACHE, LAY A COLD WET CLOTH ON THE STOMACH WITH
DRY FLANNEL OVER IT. PUT THE FEET INTO HOT MUSTARD WATER,
AND SWALLOW A FEW SPOONFULS OF LEMON JUICE.
Submitter comment:
MRS. GOODEN FAITHFULLY PRACTICES HER OLD-FASHIONED CURES
WHEN NEEDED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE
Keyword(s): MEDICATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |