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TO CURE A WART, CUT A POTATO IN HALF AND RUB ONE HALF ON THE
WART. AT MIDNIGHT THAT NIGHT, BURY BOTH PARTS OF THE POTATO.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS AN OLD FRENCH CURE WHICH HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN IN
QUEBEC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; CANADA ; QUEBEC
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-19-1970
TO GET RID OF A WART: CUT A POTATO IN HALF, HOLD IT OVER YOUR
BACK, WALK OUT TO A RIVER BED, THEN THROW IT OVER YOUR
SHOULDER INTO THE RIVER WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-22-1969
PUT A CUT UP LEMON ON YOUR WART FOR TWO DAYS AND RUB IT.
THEN TAKE THE LEMON AND BURY IT. DIG IT UP A FEW DAYS
LATER, AND IF YOUR LEMON IS ROTTEN, YOUR WART WILL
ALSO BE SHRIVELED UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
TO RID ONE'S SELF OF A WART, YOU TAKE A RAW POTATO, CUT INTO THREE
EQUAL PARTS, TAKE THE MIDDLE SECTION AND RUB IT ON THE WART.
AFTER THIS IS DONE, TAKE THE POTATO AND BURY IT WITH THE SIDE
USED TO RUB THE WART FACE UP, AND IN A FEW WEEKS THE WART WILL
BE GONE.
Submitter comment:
DIANE TOLD ME THIS WHEN I TOLD HER I USED TO HAVE A WART WHEN
I WAS LITTLE.
Where learned: SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-10-1969
RUB WART WITH A CUT POTATO, THEN BURY THE POTATO.
Data entry tech comment: THIS CURES IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
TO GET RID OF A WART RUB IT WITH A POTATO AND BURY IT
WHERE IT CAN'T BE FOUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO GET RID OF WARTS THROW A POTATO OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER, AND
WHEN THAT POTATO ROTS, YOUR WARTS WILL BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
TO REMOVE WART, RUB A POTATO ON IT AND THEN THROW THE
POTATO OUTSIDE. WHEN IT ROTS THE WART WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
TO GET RID OF A WART, TAKE A POTATO AND CUT IT IN HALF. RUB ONE HALF
OF IT ON THE WART. THEN CONNECT THE TWO HALVES WITH TWO
TOOTHPICKS AND BURY THE POTATO IN YOUR BACKYARD. AS THE POTATO
BEGINS TO DECOMPOSE, THE WART WILL BEGIN TO DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-30-1970
IF YOU HAVE A WART, CUT A POTATO IN HALF. RUB OPEN PART ON
WART AND THEN BURY THE POTATO. THE WART WILL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
TAKE ONE HALF OF A POTATO AND BURY IT IN THE YARD FOR A WEEK
AND YOUR WARTS WILL GO AWAY.
Submitter comment: DONE BY A FRIEND OF INFORMANT IN ABOUT 1959.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-07-1970 ; 00-00-1959
TO CURE WARTS, RUB THEM WITH A CUT POTATO, BURY THE POTATO
EYES, WHEN THEY START TO GROW YOUR WARTS WILL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
TAKE A POTATO AND RUB IT ON THE WART AND THEN GO AND BURY
THE POTATO. WHEN THE POTATO HAS ROTTED, THE WART WILL
BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
TO CURE WARTS: FOR WARTS ON THE THUMB, USE A RAW POTATO; RUB
IT ON THE WART AND THUMB AND THEN BURY THE POTATO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST GRAND RAPIDS
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-29-1971
TO CURE WARTS, SOME SAY THAT YOU WOULD PEEL A POTATO, AND PUT IT
IN A DIRTY SOCK; THEN THEY SAY, THAT YOU SHOULD BURY IT IN YOUR
BACKYARD. WHEN THE POTATO ROTS, YOUR WARTS WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DID NOT BELIEVE THIS, BUT SAID THAT HER MOTHER DID
THIS WHEN SHE WAS SMALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-09-1972
WHENEVER YOU HAVE WARTS, THIS IS A GOOD CURE. TAKE AN APPLE
AND SLICE IT IN HALF, RUB THE SLICES OVER YOUR WARTS.
PUT THE APPLE TOGETHER AND BURY IT. BY THE TIME THE APPLE
ROTS, YOUR WARTS WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT HER FRIEND DID THIS IN FRONT OF HER. WITHIN
A WEEK, HER FRIEND'S' WARTS WERE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-02-1972
RUB A WART WITH A RAW POTATO. THEN BURY THE POTATO. THE WART
SHOULD SHORTLY DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT ACTUALLY DID THIS WHEN YOUNG (1920S) AND CLAIMS
THAT WARTS DID DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
RUB A WART WITH A POTATO AND THEN BURY THE POTATO IN A SACK IN
THE GROUND; WHEN THE POTATO ROTS THE WART WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
IF YOU HAVE A WART AND RUB IT WITH A POTATO, THEN BURY THE
POTATO, BY THE TIME THE POTATO DIES, IN THE GROUND, YOUR
WART WILL BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-30-1971
IT WAS SAID IN ITALY THAT YOU COULD GET RID OF WARTS IN THE
FOLLOWING WAY:
CUT A POTATO IN HALF. RUB THE WART WITH A HALF OF THE POTATO.
NEXT, BURY THE POTATO. WHEN THE POTATO DECAYS, THE WART WILL
DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment:
GUIDO HAD A WART ON HIS HAND AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE FOLK CURES
HIS MOTHER MADE HIM TRY TO GET RID OF IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ITALY ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-12-1971