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BLACK-AMERICAN CURE
TO REMOVE FRECKLES, STIR A TABLESPOON OF FRESHLY
GRATED HORSE-RADISH INTO A CUPFUL OF SOUR MILK;
LET IT STAND FOR 12 HOURS, THEN STRAIN AND
APPLY OFTEN.
Submitter comment:
THIS METHOD ACCORDING TO INFORMANT ALSO BLEACHES
THE COMPLEXION AND TAKES OFF TAN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE
Keyword(s): MEDICATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Plant |
BLACK-AMERICAN CURE
FOR DIARRHEA, SPRINKLE BLACK PEPPER
IN A CUP OF WARM MILK. TAKE 3 TO
4 TABLESPOONS TWICE A DAY.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI
Keyword(s): DIARRHEA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-20-1985
TAKE A RAW POTATO AND PEEL IT AND PLACE IT ON A CUT OR
INFECTIOUS AREA AND THE POTATO WILL DRAW ALL THE INFECTION OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
MEDIEVAL THERAPY FOR INFERTILE WOMEN CONSISTED OF DRINKS
MADE FROM MISTLETOE.
Submitter comment:
THIS RESULTED INTO TODAY'S CUSTOM OF A KISS AT CHRISTMAS
UNDER THE MISTLETOE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Mistletoe and other greenery BELIEF -- Plant SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-01-1988
IN THE 15TH CENTURY IN EUROPE, GUAIAC WOOD WAS USED TO
TREAT SYPHILIS. THE PATIENT DRANK THE BOTANICAL IN THE
FORM OF A BROTH FOR 10 TO 14 DAYS-GENERALLY AS THE ONLY
NOURISHMENT. IN FOAM FORM, GUAIAC WAS SMEARED ON
CHANCRES.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-01-1988
IF YOU HAVE WARTS YOU SHOULD PRESS A SLICED POTATO
ON THEM TO GET RID OF THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
IF YOU HAVE A TOOTHACHE THAT WILL NOT GO AWAY YOU
SHOULD CHEW ON A WET TEA BAG AND IT WILL SOOTHE
THE PAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-20-1990
TO GET RID OF THE HICCUPS YOU SHOULD SWALLOW THREE SPOONFULS
OF SUGAR FOLLOWED BY THREE GLASSES OF WATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral |
TO CURE HICCUPS, SWALLOW A WHOLE TABLESPOON OF SUGAR.
Where learned: COLORADO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001970S CA
IF A BABY IS TEETHING AND HE/SHE IS CRYING ALL THE TIME.
YOU CAN RUB PURE CANE SUGAR ON HIS/HER GUMS TO TAKE AWAY
THE PAIN.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001980S
Cough Remedy
Take one lemon from the garden-house potted lemon tree.
Boil the lemon slowly for ten minutes.
Take two tablespoons of glycerine, stir the glycerine
and lemon juice well, then fill up the drinking glass
with honey. Give to those as needed because of
coughing spells. Or cut the nipple of a baby bottle
so a baby can suck down the mixture. For adult males,
three tablespoons of moonshine can be added.
Submitter comment:
From the doctoring book of Springhill Plantation,
kept by Florida Amanda Pearce before the Civil War.
(More at Informant profile.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001940CA
For Warts
Apply castor oil night and morning to the wart.
Rub the wart vigorously 20 times, exactly, so
that the oil is worked well into the skin.
Do this until the wart disappears.
Submitter comment:
From the doctoring book of Florida Amanda
Pearce, last mistress of Springhill Plantation,
before the Civil War. (More at Informant Profile.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number P686.1.20 BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001940CA
To Increase Milk Flow
Rub castor oil on the breasts to increase milk flow
after the birth of a baby.
Submitter comment:
From the doctoring book of Florida Amanda Pearce,
last mistress of Springhill Plantation, kept
before the Civil War. (More at Informant Profile.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001940CA
To Improve Hair Growth
If little children fail to show proper growth of hair
on the head, apply castor oil at night and let the child
sleep in a cap. Rub the oil into the scalp. Do so
thoroughly. In the morning, wash the head of the child
with a good soap. Repeat until hair begins to grow.
Submitter comment:
From the doctoring book of Florida Amanda Pearce,
last mistress of Springhill Plantation, kept before
the Civil War. (More at Informant profile.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses No hair, baldness BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001940CA
For Corns and Calluses
Apply castor oil to the corns and calluses of the feet.
Feet should be washed first in warm water.
Submitter comment:
From the doctoring book of Florida Amanda Pearce,
last mistress of Springhill Plantation, before the
Civil War. (More at Informant Profile.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001940CA
Cure
For bronchial infection, rub goose grease over the throat.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001960ca
SPRAIN CURE
TO CLEAR UP A SPRAIN OR SWELLING, MY AUNT'S GRANDMOTHER
WOULD TAKE POKE BERRIES AND ALUM AND BOIL IT. THEN THIS
MIXTURE WOULD BE PLACED INTO A POULTICE AND PLACED ON THE
SPRAIN OR SWELLING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MARTIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001937CA
COLD CURE
FOR A COLD FLANNEL CLOTHES WOULD BE PLACED ON THE STOVE
AND ALLOWED TO BROWN. A TALLOW MADE FROM BEEF AND GOATS
WOULD BE MIXED WITH VASELINE, TURPENTINE, AND VICKS SALVE AND
THIS MIXTURE WOULD BE USED AS A RUBDOWN COMPOUND. THE
BROWNED FLANNEL SHEETS WOULD BE PLACED ON THE PERSON'S
CHEST AND THE PERSON WOULD BE WRAPPED TIGHTLY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MARTIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001937CA
CONGESTION CURE 3
A CURE FOR CONGESTION TOLD TO ME BY MY AUNT, IS IN THE
FORM OF A TEA MADE FROM BOILED RHUBARB MIXED WITH SUGAR,
A BIT OF LEMON AND A DROP OF CAMPHORATED SPIRITS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MARTIN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Brew of leaf, bark, root BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00001940CA