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TO GET RID OF WARTS RUB POTATOES ON THEM AND THEY WILL GO AWAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER NEIGHBORS IN BERKLEY,
MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
A GOOD CURE FOR WARTS IS TO STEAL YOUR MOTHER'S DISHCLOTH
AND BURY UNDER THE FRONT PORCH, AND THIS SHOULD REMOVE
YOUR WARTS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER PARENTS WHO ARE OF IRISH
DESCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; BERKELEY
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
REMEDY FOR A WART: WASH WARTS WITH A DIRTY DISHCLOTH AND THEN
BURY IT IN THE BACKYARD.
Submitter comment: HER MOTHER TAUGHT HER THE REMEDY.
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
RUB A POTATO ON A WART THEN BURY IT AND IT WILL CURE IT.
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
STEAL A DISH RAG AND RUB IT ON A WART AND BURY IT TO
GET RID OF THE WART.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
IF YOU WILL STEAL A DISHCLOTH AND BURY IT UNDER A STEP, WHEN
THE STEP ROTS THE WART WILL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
IF YOU HAVE A WART, STEAL A NEIGHBOR'S WASHCLOTH RUB THE
WART WITH THE CLOTH AND BURY IT UNDER YOUR PORCH AND NEVER
TELL THE NEIGHBOR WHERE IT IS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
TO REMOVE A WART, TAKE A NEW WASHCLOTH CUT OFF THE CORNER AND
BURY THE REST IN THE GROUND.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM GERMAN TALES
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
TO GET RID OF A WART, TAKE A BEAN AND CUT IT IN HALF.
RUB ONE HALF ON THE WART AND BURY BOTH TOGETHER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS DURING HIS CHILDHOOD YEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-12-1971
TAKE A POTATO AND CUT IN IN THREE SECTIONS AND BURY IT ON THE
SIDE UP AND THIS IS SUPPOSED TO GET RID OF A WART.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT READ THIS IN THE "DEAR ABBEY COLUMN" SEVERAL
YEARS BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-10-1971
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A WART GO AWAY, GO NEXT DOOR AND STEAL
YOUR NEIGHBOR'S DISHCLOTH AND RUB IT ON THE WART. WHEN
YOU ARE FINISHED, BURY THE DISHCLOTH IN THE GROUND.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT READ THIS IN THE "DEAR ABBEY COLUMN" SEVERAL
YEARS BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-10-1971
IF YOU HAVE A WART, RUB IT WITH A POTATO. THEN BURY THE POTATO
AND THE WART WILL SLOWLY GO AWAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TOLD ME TO DO THIS TO A WART THAT I HAD, AND I DID,
AND THE WART WENT AWAY IN TWELVE DAYS. THE FAMILY DOCTOR
COULDN'T EXPLAIN IT EITHER.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
TO CURE WARTS: QUARTER A CARROT LONGWAYS, RUB IT ON THE WART
AND BURY EACH QUARTER CARROT AT EACH CORNER OF THE HOUSE AND
WHEN THE CARROT ROTS FROM THE WATER FROM THE EAVES, THE
WARTS WILL GO.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; LONDON
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION ; TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
CURE FOR WARTS: GO TO AN ORCHARD AND FIND A PLACE WHERE FRUIT
HAS FALLEN ON THE GROUND. TAKE THIS FRUIT (THREE FOR EACH
WART) AND RUB IT ON THE WART. THEN FIND A RAINSPOUT WHERE
WATER ALWAYS DRAINS AND BURY THE FRUIT UNDER THIS SPOT.
WHEN THE FRUIT ROTS AWAY COMPLETELY THE WART(S) WILL BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-22-1972
IF YOU HAVE A WART AND YOU BURY A PIECE OF GARLIC, IT WILL
GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-10-1972
MITCH RELATES THAT HIS MOTHER FIRMLY BELIEVES THAT WARTS CAN
BE CURED OR REMOVED BY RUBBING A RAW POTATO AGAINST THEM UNTIL
THEY ARE GONE. THEN THE CURED PERSON IS SUPPOSED TO THROW
THE PIECE OF POTATO OVER HIS SHOULDER AND NOT LOOK TO SEE
WHERE IT HAS FALLEN. THIS IS TO INSURE THE CURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-15-1967
TO REMOVE A WART TAKE A POTATO, CUT IN HALF, DURING THE
FULL MOON RUB IT ON THE WART, THEN BURY IT IN YOUR
BACKYARD IN A DEEP HOLE AND NEVER DIG IT UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MELVINDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-00-1971
TO REMOVE A WART, RUB A RAW PEELED POTATO ON IT DURING THE
FULL MOON AND THEN BURY THE POTATO IN YOUR BACKYARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOR WARTS, RUB A POTATO ON THE WART, THEN BURY THE POTATO IN
THE MORNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TELEPHONE
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-09-1970
IF YOU HAVE A WART, RUB A SLICE OF RAW POTATO ON IT. BURY
THE POTATO AT MIDNIGHT. AFTER THREE DAYS, THE WART WILL
BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 01-26-1968