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REMEDY
IN ORDER TO EFFACE SCARS, MASSAGE THEM ONCE A DAY WITH THREE
TEASPOONS OF BORIC ACID, 1 OUNCE OF ALCOHOL, 2 TEASPOONS OF TANNIC
ACID, AND ONE OUNCE OF ORANGE FLOWER WATER MIXED TOGETHER.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; OAKLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
REMEDY
TO REMOVE SCARS FROM THE SKIN MIX THOROUGHLY THE FOLLOWING: ONE-HALF
OUNCE BORAX, TWELVE GRAMS OF SALICYLIC ACID, THREE GRAMS GLYCERINE,
AND SIX OUNCES OF ROSEWATER. BATHE THE SCARS THREE OR FOUR TIMES
DAILY IN THIS LOTION AND THE SCARS SHOULD BEGIN TO FADE AWAY.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; OAKLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
REMEDY
TO RELIEVE CHAPPED LIPS, TAKE EQUAL PARTS OF BEESWAX, SWEET OIL, AND
TURPENTINE, MELT THE WAX AND OIL TOGETHER. LET IT THEN COOL
AND ADD THE TURPENTINE. KEEP THIS MIXTURE EVENLY MIXED BY STIRRING
UNTIL COLD. THEN APPLY IT WITH A THIN LINEN CLOTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
REMEDY
FOR CHAPPED HANDS USE A MIXTURE OF EQUAL PARTS OF WHITE WAX, POWDERED
CAMPHOR, GLYCERINE, SPERMACETI, AND SWEET OIL. MIX THESE TOGETHER
AND APPLY AS NEEDED.
Submitter comment: THIS REMEDY IS IN THE INFORMANT,S ORIGINAL SPELLING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
REMEDY
FOR CRACKED LIPS, APPLY A MIXTURE OF ONE HALF OUNCE OF LANOLIN AND
AN EQUAL PART OF GLYCERINE OR HONEY. ONE HALF TEASPOON OF BORAX
MIXED WITH A TABLESPOON OF HONEY IS ANOTHER REMEDY EQUALLY GOOD FOR
THE SAME AFFLICTION.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; OAKLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
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
IN ORDER TO RELIEVE A SORE THROAT, BOIL SEVERAL ONIONS AND PLACE THEM
IN A BAG. THIS BAG SHOULD THEN BE TIED AROUND THE THROAT AND LEFT
THERE UNTIL THE SORENESS DISAPPEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001960S
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
REMEDY
A NEVER-FAIL COUGH SYRUP IS MADE BY MIXING COFFEE, HONEY, AND SHNAPPS
TOGETHER AND TAKING IN DOSES UNTIL THE COUGH DISAPPEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
REMEDY
TO RELIEVE INDEGESTION, MIX VINEGAR, WATER, AND BAKING SODA
TOGETHER. THIS MIXTURE SHOULD THEN BE QUICKLY SWALLOWED TO RELEIVE
THE UNCOMFORTABLENESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001960S
REMEDY
TO RELIEVE A SORE THROAT, SIMPLY PLACE SEVERAL STRANDS OF ONE HUNDRED
PERCENT WOOL YARN AROUND THE THROAT. WITHIN MINUTES THE PAIN SHOULD
ALL BUT DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
REMEDY
TO PREPARE A SORE THROAT REMEDY AHEAD OF TIME, PUT ONE-HALF CUP
OF PUMPKIN SEEDS IN ONE QUART OF WATER AND BOIL FROM ONE AND A HALF
TO TWO HOURS. DRAIN OFF THE JUICE AND BOTTLE IT FOR FUTURE DOSES
OF A FEW TEASPOONS EVERY THREE HOURS TO RELIEVE SORE THROAT PAIN.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; OAKLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
REMEDY
TO GIVE RELIEF TO A SMALL BABY WITH AN UPSET STOMACHE, BEAT UP THE
WHITE OF AN EGG UNTIL IT IS STIFF. ADD A FEW DROPS OF LEMON JUICE
AND A TINY BIT OF SUGAR. GIVE IT TO THE INFANT A LITTLE AT A TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
HOME REMEDY
IF A CHILD HAS WORMS,PINWORMS;TWICW A DAY GIVE HIM SOME BAKED
EGG SHELLS AND MIX IT WITH REGULAR OLD PANCAKE SYRUP AND THAT,LL GET
RID OF EM.
Submitter comment: YUK.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-17-1981
TO STOP A NOSE BLEED, PUT A PIECE OF WRITING PAPER, FOLDED SEVERAL
TIMES, BETWEEN THE UPPER LIPS AND GUMS.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD IN INDIANA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-04-1982
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
TOOTH ACHE REMEDY
CLOVES FOR A TOOTH ACHE.
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
TAPE WORM REMEDY
SUGAR AND KEROSENE FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE WORMS.
Where learned: ALABAMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1935
FAINTING REMEDY
IF A PERSON FAINTS PLACE A SPIRIT OF AMMONIA UNDER THAT PERSON'S
NOSE, AND THEY SHOULD COME TO.
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
DISEASE CURES
A DIRTY SOCK WORN "ROUND THE NECK" ON GOING TO BED WILL CURE A
SORE THROAT.
A BUCKEYE CARRIED IN THE POCKET WILL CURE RHEUMATISM.
ASSAFETIDA WORN AROUND THE NECK IN THE WINTER WILL
KEEP DISEASE AWAY.
BLOOD STOPPING WAS USED BY PEOPLE WHO CLAIMED THEY COULD
STOP THE FLOW OF BLOOD. IT ORIGINATED IN THE LUMBERJACK CAMPS,
WHEN SERIOUS INJURIES WERE RECEIVED BY THE LUMBERJACKS AND PERHAPS
SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE THEY COULD GET TO A DOCTOR.
Where learned: OHIO ; CONTINENTAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curer BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001909-00001919 CHILDHOOD, 00001922-00001929, TEEN AGE YEARS