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CURE FOR BOILS:
SMASHED FIGS ARE GOOD TO PLACE ON BOILS...WILL TAKE PAIN
OUT AND CAUSE THEM TO OPEN UP AND DRAIN
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
SASSAFRAS TEA AND HONEY IS (ARE) NEEDFUL TO THIN YOUR
BLOOD IN THE SPRINGTIME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Spring BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
ONIONS ARE THE SECRET TO GOOD HEALTH, BUT AFTER EATEN
WHO CAN KEEP A SECRET?
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
EARACHE CURE:
USE WARM OLIVE OIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GOODLETTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-03-1973
BOIL TOGETHER RED CURRANT JAM AND GINGER. TAKE BY SPOONFULS
FOR COLDS.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; Plant City
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-20-1973
PUT A PIECE OF FRESHLY CUT POTATO ON A WART AND RUB IT, THEN
THROW IT AWAY AND DON'T WATCH WHERE IT GOES. AS THE POTATO
ROTS, THE WART WILL GO AWAY.
Submitter comment:
Micheline Caputo - deceased Grandmother. Housewife, Italian.
I heard these things from my grandmother throughout most of my young adult life. She was a fantastic storyteller, and was a storehouse of all kinds of information.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; VANDERBILT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
ONE TEASPOON OF NUTMEG TAKEN WITH A GLASS OF WATER WILL STOP
DIARRHEA.
Submitter comment:
Lucy matro. 50 Years old. Textile worker - Italian. Jeanette, Penn.
She got most of her information from her mother.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; JEANETTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 08-00-1973
DRINK SASSAFRAS TEA IN THE SPRING FOR A TONIC.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Spring BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-15-1985
ONIONS WILL CURE A COLD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-03-1977
PEPPERMINT TEA IS GOOD FOR A COLD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-04-1977
RUB GREEN TOMATO ON A WART AND IT WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-24-1977
TO STOP A CUT FROM BLEEDING PROFUSELY, --- WHITE SUGAR IN
A SKILLET, HOLD BLEEDING PART OVER THE SUGAR IN SKILLET.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-13-1973
TO PREVENT COLDS WEAR A ASAFETIDA BAG AROUND THE NECK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-12-1973
KIDNEY AND BLADDER INFECTIONS:
GET THE LEAVES FROM A POTATO VINE, PUT IN REFRIGERATOR, AND
THEN DRINK THE WATER OFF OF IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 08-07-1977
CURE FOR HICCUPS:
PUT A HEAPING TEASPOON OF SUGAR ON YOUR TONGUE 'TIL IT
ALL DISSOLVES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO STOP A COUGH, MIX EQUAL PARTS RYE WHISKEY AND HARD
PACKED BROWN SUGAR. WHEN ALL THE SUGAR IS DISSOLVED, THIS
MAKES A GOOD COUGH SYRUP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-20-1977
CURE FOR CHRONIC LIVER SICKNESS:
PUT THE ROOTS OF CHRYSANTHEMUM INTO THE POT AND BOIL ON
LOW TEMPERATURE. IF YOU DRINK IT CONTINUOUSLY, THE CHRONIC
LIVER SICKNESS WILL BE RECOVERED. THIS HAS BEEN PRACTICED
BY MANY PEOPLE IN JAPAN AND MOST OF THEM WHO COULD NOT
GET WELL BY CHEMICS RECOVERED.
Where learned: JAPAN ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-25-1977
NUTMEG IN BAG AROUND NECK TO WARD OFF ARTHRITIS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN