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CONGESTION CURE1
TO BREAK UP CONGESTION I AM TOLD, A TEA MADE OF BOILED
HOG MIXED WITH HONEY WAS USED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MARTIN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Brew of leaf, bark, root BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00001940CA
CONGESTION CURE 2
PIZZLE GREASE, WHICH IS MADE FROM THE MALE ORGANS OF A
HOG COOKED DOWN INTO GREASE AND THEN THE ORGANS STRAINED
FROM THE GREASE, WAS BOTTLED AND SOLD AS A CURE FOR A BAD
COLD AND PNEUMONIA.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MARTIN
James Callow Keyword(s): PIZZLE=ANIMAL PENIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00001940CA
CONGESTION CURE 3
A CURE FOR CONGESTION TOLD TO ME BY MY AUNT, IS IN THE
FORM OF A TEA MADE FROM BOILED RHUBARB MIXED WITH SUGAR,
A BIT OF LEMON AND A DROP OF CAMPHORATED SPIRITS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MARTIN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Brew of leaf, bark, root BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00001940CA
FEVER RELIEF
IN ORDER TO BRING DOWN A PERSON'S FEVER WHEN IT WAS HIGH,
THE PERSON WAS BATHED IN A TUB THAT HAD A MIXTURE OF
WATER AND BAKING SODA IN IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MARTIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001940CA
IF SOMEBODY HAS A COLD OR A SORE THROAT, A GOOD CURE IS
TO DRINK A MIXTURE OF RAW EGG, LIQUOR, MILK, AND HONEY.
THIS IS CALLED A GOGOL MUGGLE. THIS IS A GERMAN TERM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WEST BLOOMFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
REMEDY
A POULTICE MADE FROM MILK-SOAKED BREAD PLACED UPON
AN INFECTED AREA WILL DRAW THE INFECTION OUT.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS LEARNED FROM THE INFORMANT'S MOTHER, STELLA
ODOERFER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARLETTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001940CA
If I have a cold or headache or anything that requires
medicine, I don't take the medicine. I never take pills for a
headache or a cold. I go the natural way and drink liquids and
let it go away naturally.
Submitter comment:
Gordie just doesn't believe in taking pills or putting drugs
into his system so he doesn't.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
If you have a bad dream or a nightmare, the only way to stop
it is if you get out of bed and have something to drink. If you
just wake up and try to go back to sleep, you will continue to
have your nightmare.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00001980S
A home remedy for a cold is rum, lemon and honey. This is all
boiled together in a pot and poured into a coffee mug.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001970S
Cure for nose bleeding
Place a piece of brown paper bag folded to about a half inch,
place this folded piece of paper between the upper lip and the
upper gum. Have the person who has the nose bleed to keep their
head straight forward.
James Callow comment:
See Hand, North Carolina, nos. 1871-1872. Many of the
sources in the bibliographical notes recommend stopping a nose
bleed with a folded paper that is wet, sometimes from soaking in
vinegar.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
Use baby urine on your face to remove pimples and keep your
skin smooth.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; Waukegan
Keyword(s): BABY ; Home Remedy ; Homeopathy ; Pimples ; Skincare ; URINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
WHEN YOU STEP ON A NAIL, PUT BACON ON THE PUNCTURE TO
DRAW OUT THE POISON.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
CURE FOR INFECTION
WRAP A HOT BREAD POULTICE AROUND THE INFECTED AREA TO DRAW
OUT ALL THE PUS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND OF MINE, AND HE CLAIMS THAT HIS
GRANDMOTHER USED TO USE THIS TREATMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
TO CURE DIARRHEA DRINK SOUP WITH LOTS OF BLACK PEPPER.
Where learned: JAMAICA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
FOLK LINAMENT
ZYOKOST (UNABLE TO TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH) MIXED
WITH ALCOHOL AND USED LIKE A LINAMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WARTS--STICK THE HAND WHICH HAS THE WARTS ON IT INTO A
BAG AND TIE IT UP. THE FIRST PERSON WHO OPENS IT WILL
GET YOUR WARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
TO REMOVE A WART, RUB THE WART WITH A GREEN ELDER STICK, THEN
BURY THE STICK TO ROT. WHEN THE STICK ROTS THE WART WILL
GO AWAY.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
IF YOU HAVE WARTS, DAB IT THREE TIMES A DAY WITH IODINE
AND IT WILL BE EATEN AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-17-1969
EGGPLANT WILL REMOVE WARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
SUGAR AND VINEGAR AND CORNOIL CURES WARTS ON HANDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-07-1971