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RECIPE FOR DEODORANT:
GATHER TOGETHER ONE HALF CUP COOKING
SODA, FOUR TABLESPOONS OF VASELINE, AND
ONE FOURTH CUP OF TALCUM POWDER. MIX ALL
INGREDIENTS TOGETHER WITH A FORK. COOK IN
A DOUBLE BOILER UNTIL MIXTURE STARTS TO
SMOOTH OUT. REMOVE FROM HEAT AND IMMEDIATELY
BEAT WITH AN ELECTRIC MIXER AT HIGH SPEED
UNTIL CREAMY.
Submitter comment: I MYSELF TRIED THE DEODORANT AND IT'S GREAT.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; BATON ROUGE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
MY GRANDMOTHER WAS TOLD BY HER MOTHER THAT RED FLANNEL PAJAMAS HELP
DRAW THE MEASLES OUT OF A SICK PERSON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001940CA
MY MOTHER TOLD ME THIS CURE FOR A BOIL. FELS NAPTHA SOAP AND SUGAR
AS A COMBINED MIXTURE ARE SUPPOSED TO DRAW OUT THE PUS FROM THE
BOIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
MY MOTHER TOLD ME THAT BREAD SOAKED IN MILK AND PUT ON A BOIL IS
SUPPOSED TO CURE THE BOIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
MY MOTHER TOLD ME THIS CURE FOR AN INFECTION. A PERSON CAN PUT
EITHER BLEACH WATER OR FELS NAPTHA SOAP ON IT. THIS ENDS THE
INFECTION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
COLD REMEDY FROM GREECE
THIS IS A TYPE OF HOMEMADE ELIXIR. YOU NEED A COFFEE CUP.
POUR IN A FOURTH OF A CUP OF WHISKEY, A THIRD OF A CUP OF HONEY,
THE HONEY SHOULD BE HEATED, A THIRD OF A CUP OF HOT TEA, AND TWO
TABLESPOONS OF LEMON JUICE. THIS YOU MIX VIGOROUSLY WITH A SPOON.
TO THIS YOU ADD A PINCH OF NUTMEG, TWO TEASPOONS OF SUGAR, AND
A CINNAMON STICK TO STIR IT WITH. THIS ACTUALLY DOES COAT THE
THROAT, BUT EVEN IF IT DID NOT, THE WHISKEY IS ENOUGH TO MAKE
YOU NOT CARE!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights ; WHERE I LEARNED THIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
BLACK AMERICAN
FOR FLAT-CHESTED WOMEN. RUB
BAKING POWDER OVER THE BREASTS.
LEAVE ON OVERNIGHT AND THE BREASTS
WILL HAVE RISEN BY MORNING.
Submitter comment:
PASSED TO A CLASSMATE BY HER GRAND-
MOTHER.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
SPRING RITUALS
ONE SHOULD TAKE A BATH EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT
TO START THE WEEK/SPRING OFF FRESH.
ONE SHOULD TAKE CASTOR OIL AT THE END OF
WINTER TO CLEAN OUT THE SYSTEM FOR SPRING.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Spring BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001980S
MOTHERS USED TO GIVE THEIR CHILDREN BIG SPOONS OF CASTOR
OIL JUST BEFORE SPRING TO RID THEM OF WINTER GERMS AND
DISEASES.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001970S
WHISKEY AND HONEY AND LEMON IN A GLASS WILL CURE A COLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-18-1987
NEW BORN BABIES' URINE IS GOOD FOR THE SKIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-18-1987
THERE IS AN OLD REMEDY FOR GETTING RID OF A COUGH AND A COLD.
FIRST YOU GET SOME GRANDDADDY WHISKEY, THEN ADD PEPPERMINT
AND LEMON, STIR IT OVER A HOT STOVE WITH A BIG SPOON FOR ONE HOUR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1920 ; 11-00-1987
IF YOU HAVE A NOSE BLEED, TAKE A DIME AND PUT IT BETWEEN YOUR
UPPER LIP AND YOUR GUM, AND YOUR NOSE WILL STOP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
An Old African Fable: When a baby is about to teethe,
about four months or so (drooling stage) take a raw egg
from the refrigerator and wrap it in a cloth diaper if
you have one. Keep it where you place other diapers
(hamper). This will prevent the baby from any
difficulty in teething. Older people have sworn by it.
Where learned: VIRGINIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1939
APPLY MEAT TENDERIZER SUCH AS "ACCENT" TO A BEE STING
OR BUG BITE, IT WILL TAKE AWAY THE PAIN AND ITCH.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS AT A PARTY FROM A NEIGHBOR, WHEN SOMEONE WAS
STUNG BY A BEE. SHE SAID SHE HEARD IT SOMEWHERE, AND TRIED
IT ON HER SON WHEN HE WAS STUNG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTHVILLE
Keyword(s): BEE STINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-00-1987
DAB BUTTER ON A BURN, IT WILL MAKE IT FEEL BETTER.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER TOLD ME TO DO THIS WHEN I BURNED
MY HAND WHEN I WAS VISITING HER. I LATER FOUND OUT
THIS IS A TERRIBLE THING TO DO. IT SORT OF FRIES THE
SKIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
Keyword(s): BURN CURE ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
WIPE A BABY'S RASH WITH A WET DIAPER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-00-1987
A UNIVERSAL POISON ANTIDOTE USED BY THE ROMANS CONSISTED
OF SOME 50 INGREDIENTS, INCLUDING VIPER'S FLESH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-01-1988
DURING THE RENAISSANCE, ALCHEMISTS CONCOCTED MEDICINES
CONSISTING OF THE SPOTTED SKINS OF LIZARDS FOR MALIGNANT
TUMORS AND OF WALNUT SHELLS FOR HEAD INJURIES.
Submitter comment: THE WALNUT SHELLS RESEMBLE THE BRAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-01-1988