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GREEK MEDICINE
HANDKERCHIEFS ARE FILLED WITH SALT AND THE TIPS ARE DIPPED IN OIL.
THEY ARE THEN LIT AND A GLASS IS PLACED OVER IT ON THE BACK. IT IS
USED FOR RELIEVING CONGESTION.
Submitter comment: I FOUND THIS REMEDY VERY EXCITING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
ALSO FOR AN INGROWN HAIR-- PUT SCALDING WATER INTO A POP BOTTLE,
THEN POUR IT OUT QUICKLY PUTTING YOUR THUMB OVER THE TPP SO AIR WILL
NOT ESCAPE. THEM PLACE THE BOTTLE DIRECTLY ONTO THE AFFECTED AREA.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER'S BOYFRIEND GAVE ME THIS ONE.--- IT DIDNT WORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
FOR AN INGROWN HAIR PLACE A PIECE OF BREAD WRAPPED IN A BAND-AID
ON THE AFFECTED AREA FOR A DAY, THE HAIR WILL COME RIGHT OUT.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER GAVE ME THIS REMEDY WHILE I WAS AFFLICTED WITH IT.
IT WORKED.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; BREAD ; CURE ; Homeopathy ; Ingrown Hair ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
CURE FOR HICCUPS-- CLOSE YOUR EYES AND THINK OF 100 FAT NAKED MEN
STANDING IN A ROW.
Submitter comment: I CANT REMEMBER WHO I HEARD THIS FROM, BUT IT IS MEMORABLE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001970S
BREAD ON GOOD FRIDAY
BAKE BREAD ON GOOD FRIDAY. IF YOU LEAVE IT OUT, IT
WOULD GET HARD, BUT NEVER MOLD. WE ALWAYS DID IT
BACK HOME AND WHEN WE ATE IT, IT WOULD CURE
DIARREHA AND AN UPSET STOMACH.
Submitter comment: HAPPENED IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
THE RAIN WATER ON GOOD FRIDAY IS HOLY WATER. IT WILL
KEEP A BURN FROM BLISTERING.
Submitter comment: BELIEF STILL ACTED ON TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
CURE FOR WARTS
IF YOU HAVE WARTS, PRESS AGAINST YOUR EARS WITH
YOUR FINGERS. IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL, YOU MUST
BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOING TO WORK.
Submitter comment: RONDA'S MOTHER CURED HER WARTS BY THIS METHOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNION LAKE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-06-1967
MEDICINE SHOWS USED TO COME TO TOWN QUITE REGULARLY.
ONE HE PARTICULARLY REMEMBERS, FEATURED A CURE FOR
TAPEWORM, ALONG WITH ITS OTHER MAGICAL PROPERTIES.
THE MEDICINE MAN HAD A TAPEWORM ON DISPLAY IN A
BOTTLE AND HE TOLD THE PEOPLE THAT, IN ORDER TO GET
THIS PARTICULAR TAPEWORM OUT OF A MAN, SO THEY COULD
USE IT FOR DISPLAY, THEY STARVED THE MAN FOR THREE
DAYS AND THEN PUT A GLASS OF MILK IN FRONT OF HIS
MOUTH. THE TAPE WORM CAME RIGHT UP OUT OF THE MAN'S
STOMACH AND JUMPED INTO THE GLASS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale BELIEF -- Curer BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
REMEDY
TO RELIEVE A COLD, OR CHEST COLD, USE TURPENTINE OR CAMPHOR AND ADD
A FEW DROPS OF EUCALYPTUS OIL. APPLY THIS SOLUTION TO THE CHEST
WHILE IT IS STILL HOT AND COVER WITH FLANNEL. REPEAT AS NEEDED TO
RELIEVE THE COLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
REMEDY
FOR WHOOPING COUGH, USE SUNFLOWER SEEDS STEEPED IN HOT WATER TO
MAKE A STRONG TEA. ADD TO THIS AN EQUAL QUANTITY OF COOKING
MOLASSES AND BOIL TOGETHER FOR A FEW MINUTES. THE MIXTURE SHOULD
THEN BE BOTTLED AND USED AT LEAST SIX TIMES A DAY, ONE TEASPOON
PER DOSE.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; OAKLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | 686 Sixths / Six BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001920S
REMEDY
FOR CHEST COLDS, TAKE GOOSE FAT AND MELT IT DOWN. WHILE IT IS STILL
HOT, COVER THE CHEST AND BACK WITH IT, THEN COVER IT WITH FLANNEL
AND RENEW AS OFTEN AS NECESSARY.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; OAKLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
REMEDY
TO RELIEVE AREAS OF THE BODY THAT ARE AFFECTED WITH RHEUMATISM, ONE
SHOULD PLACE BOILED PEPPERMINT LEAVES ON THE AREAS TO RELIEVE THE
PAIN.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; OAKLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001960S
MEDICINE
A SYRIAN CURE FOR WARTS HOLDS THAT THEY CAN BE TREATED
SUCCESSFULLY IF AN EGG IS BROKEN OVER THEM AND THEN BURIED.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Animal product Egg BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001920S
BODY PART BELIEFS
IF A PART OF YOUR BODY GOES TO "SLEEP", LICKING YOUR FINGER
AND DRAWING AN "X" ON THE PART WILL MAKE IT GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00001970S
CURE FOR WARTS ON THE HAND
IF A WART APPEARS SOMEWHERE ON YOUR HAND,
TIE A STRING AROUND THE THIRD FINGER OF THE OPPOSITE HAND,
TO GET RID OF A WART
Submitter comment:
THE CURE ONLY APPLIED TO WARTS ON THE HAND. IT WAS BELIEVED TO BE AN
EXCELLENT METHOD FOR CLEARING UP WARTS.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
EVIL EYE
REMEDY FOR A SEVERE MIGRAINE HEADACHE. TAKE A BOWL OF WATER, MAKE
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS OVER THE BOWL THREE TIMES. THEN, TAKE A TINY
BIT OF OIL ON A TEASPOON AND DIP FINGER TIP IN OIL. HOLD OVER BOWL
UNTIL THREE DROPLETS OF OIL DROP INTO THE WATER. IF THE DROPLETS OF
OIL SPREAD SOMEONE HAS GIVEN YOU THE "EVIL EYE". CHANGE WATER AND
REPEAT PROCESS UNTIL DROPLETS DO NOT OPEN UP OR SPREAD, AT THIS
POINT HEADACHE WILL GO AWAY. IF IT DOES NOT SPREAD OPEN NO ONE HAS
GIVEN YOU THE "EVIL EYE".
CUSTOM WITHIN SICILIAN NATIONALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A SUPERSTITION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-00-1982
TATTOO
MY FATHER, WHO GREW UP IN LEBANON, HAD A CLOVER-LIKE TATTOO ON EACH
OF HIS TEMPLES. HE EXPLAINED THAT WHEN HE WAS A CHILD, HE HAD VERY
POOR EYESIGHT AND WAS BELIEVED TO BE GOING BLIND. HIS GRANDMOTHER
TOOK HIM TO A MAN WHO GAVE HIM THE TATTOOS. HE SWORE HIS VISION WAS
RETURNED TO NORMAL. HE NEVER WORE GLASSES UNTIL HE WAS ABOUT
50 YEARS OLD.
Submitter comment:
MY FATHER WAS BORN IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT LIVED IN LEBANON
FROM THE TIME HE WAS A YEAR OLD UNTIL HE WAS TWENTY AND CAME TO THE
U.S. HE DIED IN DEARBORN, MICHIGAN IN 1980.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Human or animal body Tattoo BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
MEDICAL BELIEF
CHEWED BREAD PLACED UPON AN INFECTED WOUND WILL DRAW THE
INFECTION OUT.
Submitter comment: THIS BELIEF IS PURPORTED TO WORK WELL. ITALIAN ORIGIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLINTON TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-00-1982
WARM WEATHER CUSTOM
TO COOL OFF ON A HOT DAY RUN COLD WATER OVER YOUR WRISTS
THIS WORKS FAIRLY WELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLINTON TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
FOLK CURE FOR WARTS
FOR WARTS, CUT A POTATO IN HALF, RUB ONE HALF ON THE WART
AND PLANT IT IN THE GROUND. DISCARD THE OTHER HALF. AS
THE POTATO PLANT GROWS, THE WART WILL DISAPPEAR. MY FATHER
TOLD ME THAT HE TRIED IT AS A CHILD AND THAT IT WORKED.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAYS THAT HER FATHER TOLD HER ABOUT THIS CURE
IN KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN AROUND 1970. THE FATHER CLAIMS
TO HAVE TRIED THE CURE IN LEWISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA AROUND
1942 AND THE WART DISAPPEARED. THE FATHER'S NAME IS
MARTIN ELLSWORTH GINGERICH, BORN MAY 24, 1933, LEWISTOWN,
PENNSYLVANIA. THE INFORMANT SAYS THAT HER FATHER IS
OF GERMAN, SCOTTISH, AND IRISH DESCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-00-1982