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Chicken Pox
If a child has chicken pox, in order to bring the actual bumps
or pox out, make the child "corn husk tea." Use fresh corn husk
from corn on the cob. In a sauce pan of water, boil the husks for
approximately 10 minutes. Strain the juice and prepare as you
would any tea. This process is done to bring out the pox and speed
up the uncomfortable portion of the infection.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Rub your body down with vinegar when you have a fever to
reduce the fever.
James Callow comment:
Salt and other ingredients are added to the vinegar in
Puckett, Ohio, nos. 9502, 9547.
Where learned: GEORGIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
RUB MILKWEED ON WARTS AND THEY WILL BE CURED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
BREAK THE STEM OF A MILKWEED PLANT AND POUR ITS JUICE ON A
WART. THE GROWTH WILL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
TO REMOVE A WART, PLANT THREE PIECES OF CEDAR WOOD. IF
THE WOOD TAKES ROOT THE WART WILL LEAVE.
Submitter comment: FOLK REMEDIES IN TENNESSEE
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WHILE TRAVELING
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001940S
TO GET RID OF WARTS, AT THE FULL OF THE MOON RUB DRY PEAS ON
THE WARTS WITH YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. DROP THE PEAS
ON THE GROUND AND THE NEXT MORNING YOUR WARTS WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment: MRS. LAWRENCE, WHO LEARNED IT FROM A GERMAN LADY IS THE SOURCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
FOR A STY IN THE EYE, PLACE CARROT PEELINGS ON GAUZE AND
KEEP OVER EYE AFFECTED FOR A COUPLE OF NIGHTS.
FOR A WART APPLY COD LIVER OIL ONCE A DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
TO GET RID OF A WART, RUB IT WITH A DRY NAVY BEAN, THEN THROW
BEAN OVER YOUR RIGHT SHOULDER AND DON'T LOOK TO SEE
WHERE IT LANDED.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO HER BY HER FATHER, WHO SAID IT WORKED FOR HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
FOR WARTS, SQUEEZE AN ONION AND DAB ITS JUICE ON THE
INFECTED AREAS. THEN THROW THE REMAINDER OF THE ONION
OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-09-1969
TO REMOVE WARTS, CUT AN APPLE, A TURNIP, OR AN ONION INTO
HALVES AND RUB THE WART WITH THE PIECES AND BURY THEM
UNDER THE EAVES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
BURY A POTATO IN A CEMETERY AT MIDNIGHT TO RID YOURSELF OF
WARTS.
Data entry tech comment: AFTER RUBBING THE WART WITH IT?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-17-1970
IF YOU CUT UP A RAW POTATO AND RUB IT ON A WART, IT WILL
MAKE THE WART GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
SLICE A PIECE OF A POTATO AND RUB IT ON THE WART. CONTINUE
THIS FOR SEVERAL DAYS UNTIL THE WART DISAPPEARS.
Where learned: ON A DATE
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-21-1969
TO TAKE OFF WARTS, CUT A POTATO IN HALF, RUB THE WART WITH
BOTH HALVES WHILE SAYING SOME MAGIC WORDS (THESE WORDS
AREN'T KNOWN). TIE THE HALVES BACK TOGETHER AND BURY
THEM UNDER THE DRAINPIPE OF THE EAVES. THE WARTS WILL DROP
OFF WHEN THE POTATO HAS ROTTED.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; LA PORTE
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
TO GET RID OF A WART PUT MILKWEED JUICE ON IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
RUBBING A RAW POTATO ON WARTS WILL HELP THE WARTS TO VANISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-18-1969
CARRY A POTATO IN YOUR POCKET TO GET RID OF WARTS.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001900s
RUB A RAW POTATO ON A WART AND THEN PLACE POTATO
UNDER A ROCK TO GET RID OF WARTS.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001900s
TO GET RID OF A WART, BURY A POTATO. AS IT DECOMPOSES, THE
WART WILL DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER TRIED THIS ON HIM WHEN HE HAD A WART
AND IT WORKED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 08-11-1964
IF YOU PLANT A POTATO IN THE BACKYARD, BELIEVING THAT
YOUR WARTS WILL GO AWAY, THEY WILL.
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1968