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YOU MUST GO OUT BEFORE DAWN AND CUT A PIECE FROM A FRESH-CUT STUMP.
RUB THE DEW FROM IT ON THE WART TO GET RID OF IT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM A LADY IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WEST VIRGINIA ; ROCHESTER HILLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO RID YOURSELF OF WARTS YOU HAVE TO PUT WATER ON THEM.
THE WATER MUST HAVE BEEN OUT UNDER THE FULL MOON FOR ONE
NIGHT.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; SAINT PAUL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-10-1970
SINCE TOADS CAUSE WARTS, ONE MUST KILL A TOAD AND BURY IT
BENEATH A FULL MOON IF HE WISHES TO LOSE HIS WARTS.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM MY FATHER, HORACE COUSINEAU, FRENCH-CANADIAN-AMERICAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A FEW MAGIC WORDS REPEATED OVER (SILENTLY) A WART WILL MAKE IT
DISAPPEAR. THESE MAGIC WORDS CAN BE PASSED ON BY A FEMALE TO
THREE MALES, OR A MALE CAN PASS THESE WORDS ON TO THREE
FEMALES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
TO GET RID OF WARTS: YOU SNEAK INTO A GENERAL STORE AND STEAL A
SACK OF SALT AND THEN WALK DOWN THE STREET LOOKING FOR TWO
WHITE HORSES. UPON SEEING THE HORSES, YOU THROW THE SALT
UNDER THEIR HOOFS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
TO CURE WARTS SPIT ON THEM THREE TIMES A DAY, MORNING, NOON AND
NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
FASTING SPITTLE
TO GET RID OF WARTS, EVERY MORNING BEFORE YOU EAT, SPIT ON
YOUR FINGER, WET THE WARTS, AND AT THE SAME TIME REPEAT
THE WORDS OF THE SIGN OF THE CROSS ON EACH WART.
Submitter comment: MISS DEVLIN KNOWS THIS TO BE TRUE FROM ACTUAL EXPERIENCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-11-1964
TO REMOVE WARTS, APPLY OLIVE OIL TO THEM FOR SEVEN
CONSECUTIVE DAYS, LEAVE OFF FOR SEVEN DAYS, AND THEN RESUME
FOR SEVEN MORE. THE WARTS WILL THEN GO AWAY.
Submitter comment:
I DON'T RECALL WHERE I HEARD THIS REMEDY. I USED IT AS A
BOY AND IT WORKED FOR ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RUB THE WART WITH CASTOR OIL FOR A COUPLE DAYS AND THE WART
WILL DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment: FROM GRANDPARENTS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; GRANDPARENTS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO REMOVE A WART--RUB A DRY NAVY BEAN ON THE WART AND THEN THROW
THE BEAN OVER YOUR SHOULDER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER TOLD HER THIS BELIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
IF YOU RUB A BEAN OVER A WART, THEN THROW IT AWAY, WHEN THE BEAN
SPROUTS UP, THE WART WILL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CURE FOR WARTS--GET THREE SOYBEANS FOR EACH WART. SPIT ON EACH
SOYBEAN THEN PUT THE SOYBEAN ON THE WARTS. AFTER THIS IS
DONE, WRAP THE BEANS IN A RAG AND BURY THEM. THE WARTS SHOULD
DISAPPEAR WITHIN A MONTH.
Submitter comment: HIS GRANDFATHER DID THIS AND IT REALLY WORKED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; YPSILANTI
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
IF SOMEONE SPITS ON YOUR WART AND GIVES YOU A PENNY, YOUR WART
WILL FALL OFF.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-20-1967
WASH THE WART IN OLD, ROTTEN STUMP WATER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WASH YOUR HANDS IN RAINWATER ON THE TOP OF A BLUFF TO GET
RID OF WARTS.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
OFTEN A CHILD WHO HAD WARTS WAS TOLD TO GO OUT IN THE
FOREST, FIND A DEAD STUMP WITH WATER IN IT, RUB THE WATER
ON HIS WARTS, AND WITHIN TIME, THE WARTS WOULD DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-10-1969
RUB WARTS WITH A CHICKEN BONE AND BURY IT. WHEN THE BONE
ROTS, THE WARTS WILL GO AWAY.
Submitter comment: FROM AUNT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 12-04-1967
TO GET RID OF WARTS, YOU RUB THEM WITH A CHICKEN BONE AND BURY
THE BONE IN THE BACKYARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
TIE A STRING INTO AS MANY KNOTS AS YOU HAVE WARTS AND BURY IT
UNDER A ROCK. WHEN THE STRING ROTS, THE WART WILL BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
TO GET RID OF A WART, TIE A SILK THREAD AROUND IT. EACH DAY,
MAKE THE THREAD TIGHTER. THE WART WILL EVENTUALLY FALL OFF.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER TRIED THIS ON HIM WHEN HE HAD A WART
AND IT WORKED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 08-11-1964