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GERMAN-AMERICAN REMEDY
TO CURE A CHEST COLD, IT IS A COMMON PRACTICE AMONG GERMAN
PEOPLE TO KILL A GOOSE AND TO RENDER THE FAT AND IMPURITIES
FROM IT. AFTER RUBBING THE MIXTURE ON THE CHEST AND BACK OF
THE INFLICTED, ONE SHOULD COVER THE BODY WITH A SOFT CLOTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: CA00001930
HOLY WEEK CUSTOM-HOLY UNCTION
ON HOLY WEDNESDAY, IT IS CUSTOMARY IN THE GREEK
ORTHODOX CHURCH TO DELIVER THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY
UNCTION TO THE PARISH. THIS IS THE ONLY DAY OF THE
YEAR WHERE HOLY UNCTION IS OFFERED TO THE ENTIRE
PARISH.
Submitter comment:
HOLY UNCTION IS USUALLY ADMINISTERED TO THOSE WHO ARE
EXTREMELY ILL. WHEN IS IS ADMINISTERED ON HOLY
WEDNESDAY, THE OIL PLACED ON THE BODY SIGNIFIES THAT
THE PERSON RECEIVING THE SACRAMENT WILL BE BLESSED
FROM ALL DISEASES AND ILLNESSES.
THIS IS A GREEK-AMERICAN CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting F663.12 BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
CURE FOR COUGH
GOOSE GREASE ON NECK WITH A FLANNEL CLOTH WRAPPED AROUND THE THROAT
WAS USED TO CURE COUGHS.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER REASSURED ME WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THAT THIS REMEDY FROM
POLAND WORKED WELL.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1930
CURE FOR NERVES
BUDS OF CLOVER PLANTS SUCH AS MINT LEAVES WERE BOILED AS TEA TO CALM
NERVES.
Submitter comment:
I TRIED SOME OF THIS TEA AT MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE, AND IT WAS TASTY
AND RELAXING.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1920
CURE FOR COUGH
BAD COUGH EASED BY TAKING LEAVES FROM LINDEN TREE AND BOILING THEM
WITH SOME HONEY AND ROCK SUGAR AND DRINKING JUST BEFORE BED.
Submitter comment:
THIS CURE FOR COUGHS WAS OBTAINED IN CHICAGO FROM FRIENDS OF MY
GRANDMOTHER. SHE NOW, THOUGH, JUST TAKES HONEY WITH SOME LEMON JUICE
TO SOOTHE COUGHS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1930
CURE FOR BOILS
COW MANURE PUT ON CHEESE CLOTH AND WRAPPED AROUND AN OPEN WOUND OR
BOIL WAS USED FOR HEALING.
Submitter comment:
THE BAD THING MY GRANDMOTHER FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS REMEDY FROM
CHICAGO WAS THAT ITS USE LED TO ISOLATION FOR AWHILE.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1920
FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY
ON THIS DAY THE PRIEST AND THE ORGANIST VISIT THE HOMES, BLESS THEM
AND WRITE OVER THE DOORS THE INITIALS OF THE THREE WISE MEN IN THE
BELIEF THAT THIS WILL SPARE THEM MISFORTUNE.
Submitter comment:
THIS CUSTOM SEEMED TO DISAPPEAR AROUND THE 1940'S WHEN THE NEIGHBOR-
HOOD IN CHICAGO CHANGED WITH CRIME.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 6 Feast of St. Nicholas CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1930
PUBERTY SUPERSTITION
LIVING IN A FARM COMMUNITY, W E BOYS ALWAYS WENT
SWIMMING IN THE NUDE. THE OLDER BOYS, NATURALLY, FILLED
OUR HEADS WITH SOME STRANGE IDEAS ABOUT SEX. WE WERE
TOLD (WE BEING THE BOYS APPROACHING THE AGE OF
PUBERTY) THAT RUBBING CIGARETTE ASHES IN THE PUBIC
AREA WOULD ENCOURAGE THE GROWTH OF BODY HAIR. SINCE
WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT SUCH SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS
THIS LET TO AN INCREASE IN SMOKING, AT LEAST WHEN WE WERE
WITH THE OLDER BOYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTH BRANCH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Maturity BELIEF -- Maturity BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1942
IF YOU TREAT A SICK CHILD LIKE AN ADULT AND A SICK ADULT LIKE
A CHILD, EVERYTHING USUALLY WORKS OUT PRETTY WELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; CHIASMUS ; CURES ; ILLNESS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Remedy PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-17-1971
HOME REMEDY
FOR A BAD COUGH, HEAT EQUAL MEASURES OF BRANDY, HONEY, AND LEMON;
THEN DRINK THE MIXTURE BEFORE BED TIME.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
REMEDY
IF YOU BURN YOUR FINGER OR HAND, MAKE A STRONG SOLUTION OF BLUING
WATER (BLUING LIQUID YOU USE FOR CLOTHES) AND SOAK THE AFFECTED PART
IN IT FOR TEN MINUTES OR LONGER IF NECESSARY. THE PAIN WILL QUICKLY
DISAPPEAR AND NO SORENESS WILL RESULT.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; OAKLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001920S
REMEDY
FOR INSECT BITES, APPLY A FRESH CUT LEMON, RUBBING IT WELL OVER
EACH BITE OR PUT A DROP OF SPIRITS OF AMMONIA ON EACH BITE TO
AVOID ITCHING OR SWELLING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Plant |
REMEDY
TO STOP A TOOTHACHE, INSERT IN CAVITY A BIT OF COTTON WHICH HAS BEEN
SATURATED WITH VASELINE AND BURNT ALUM. OIL OF CLOVES ON A BIT OF
COTTON IS ALSO VERY GOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
REMEDY
TO RELEIVE NEURALGIA TAKE A THICK SLICE OF BREAD AND SOAK ONE SIDE IN
BOILING WATER. THEN SPRINKLE CAYENNE PEPPER OVER THE DRY SIDE AND
APPLY THE SIDE WITH THE PEPPER TO THE FACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
REMEDY
FOR WASP STINGS AND THEIR SWELLING, RUB THEM WITH A SLICE OF
COMMON ONION UNTIL THE SORENESS DISAPPEARS. IF THE STING IS IN THE
MOUTH OR ON THE THROAT, CHEW AN ONION SLOWLY AND SWALLOW IT. THIS
SHOULD RELEIVE THE PAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
REMEDY
IN CASE OF A BOIL, PEEL A HARD BOILED EGG, WET ITS SKIN, AND THEN
APPLY IT TO THE AFFECTED PART. THIS SHOULD DRAW OUT THE INFECTIOUS
MATTER AND RELEIVE THE PAIN AND SORENESS IN A FEW HOURS.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; OAKLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001920S
REMEDY
A GOOD REMEDY FOR A NOSE BLEED IS TO MAKE VIGOROUS MOTION OF THE
JAWS AS IF CHEWING A WAD OF GUM OR PAPER. ALSO GOOD FOR A NOSE
BLEED IS TO STUFF LEMON JUICE INTO THE BLEEDING NOSTRIL.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; OAKLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001920S
REMEDY
IF YOU SHOULD HAPPEN TO STEP ON A RUSTY NAIL, MIX A TEASPOON OF
CREOLIN TO A PINT OF HOT WATER AND SOAK THE FOOT IN IT FOR TWENTY
MINUTES. THEN BIND THE FOOT WITH A CLOTH SOAKED WITH CREOLIN.
TURPENTINE POURED AT ONCE ON THE AFFLICTED FOOT IS ALSO GOOD.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; OAKLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001920S
REMEDY
TO REMEDY BURNS, COVER A SOFT CLOTH WITH A THICK LAYER OF SCRAPED RAW
POTATOES, PREFERABLY IRISH, AND APPLY IT TO THE BURN. RENEW THE
POTATOE IF NECESSARY TO KEEP IT MOIST. COLD TEA LEAVES BOUND ON
WITH A SOFT CLOTH WILL GIVE THE SAME RELIEF.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; OAKLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001920S
REMEDY
FOR A BURN, MIX EQUAL PARTS OF WHITE OF AN EGG AND OLIVE OIL.
APPLY MIXTURE AT ONCE AND COVER WOUND WITH A PIECE OF LINEN. NO
BLISTERING SHOULD RESULT. YOU MAY ALSO APPLY BAKING SODA,
COVER WITH A CLOTH AND KEEP WET WITH COLD WATER TO AVOID BLISTERING.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; OAKLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001920S