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FOR EVERY WART YOU HAVE, TIE A KNOT IN A PIECE OF STRING AND
THROW IT AWAY. THE WARTS WILL THEN DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-20-1970
IF YOU HAVE WARTS, TIE A STRING AROUND THEM. SLIP THE STRING
OFF AND BURY IT. AS THE STRING ROTS, THE WARTS WILL GO GO AWAY.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001920S
WARTS CAN BE REMOVED BY TYING A STRING AROUND IT AND THEN
THROWING THE STRING AWAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TIE A KNOT IN A STRING, RUB IT ON THE WART, THEN GO BURY
THE STRING AND WHEN YOU FORGET WHERE YOU BURIED THE
STRING THE WART WILL BE GONE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WART CURE
TAKE A PIECE OF BLACK STRING AND TIE AS MANY KNOTS IN IT AS
YOU HAVE WARTS. BURY IT AT THE CORNER OF THE HOUSE WHERE
THE RAIN PIPES COME TOGETHER (WHERE THE RAIN DROPS DOWN)
AND THE WARTS WILL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
TO REMOVE A WART, RUB THE WART OVER A DEAD MAN'S HAND AND
IT'LL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001955-1956
YOU CAN GET RID OF WARTS ON YOUR HANDS BY WIPING THEM ON A
DEAD MAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
YOU TELL SOMEONE THAT YOU ARE BUYING THEIR WARTS, AND
GIVE THEM A DIME. THE WARTS WILL GO AWAY.
Submitter comment: FROM AUNT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 12-04-1967
HER GRANDMOTHER USED TO BUY EACH GRANDCHILD'S WARTS FOR
A NICKEL.
Submitter comment:
SHE STATES THAT WHEN HER GRANDMOTHER BOUGHT THE WARTS,
THEY REALLY DISAPPEARED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNION LAKE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-20-1967
TO CURE A WART, STEAL A PIECE OF MEAT, RUB IT ON THE WART,
AND BURY IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 01-12-1970
WART CURE--GO TO A HOUSE WHERE THE WOMAN IS FRYING BACON. WHEN
SHE ISN'T LOOKING, STEAL A PIECE OF BACON AND WHEN YOU GO
OUTSIDE, THROW IT AWAY.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO ME BY MY NEIGHBOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001940-1950
TO RID YOURSELF OF WARTS YOU HAVE TO GET SOMEONE TO HIDE YOUR
DISHRAG FOR YOU.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; SAINT PAUL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-10-1970
TO GET RID OF WARTS YOU CAN BURY AN OLD RAG; WHEN THE RAG IS
COMPLETELY ROTTEN, YOUR WARTS WILL BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-28-1968
AFTER WASHING DISHES, WRING OUT THE DISHRAG, SWING IT OVER YOUR
HEAD THREE TIMES, THEN THROW IT OUT IN THE YARD AND YOUR WARTS
WILL GO AWAY.
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
BURY AN OLD DISH TOWEL UNDER THE BACK PORCH OR STEP TO GET
RID OF WARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-20-1965
A PERSON, UNCOMFORTABLE WITH WARTS, WAS OFTEN TOLD TO CUT
A WHITE POTATO IN HALF, RUB IT ON THE WARTS. THIS WAS SAID
TO REMOVE THE WARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-10-1969
HALF A RAW POTATO HAS TO BE RUBBED OVER THE WART, THEN BURIED
BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO CURE WARTS, TAKE A POTATO AND SLICE IT IN HALF. PRESS ONE HALF
ON THE WART AND THEN PRESS THE POTATO BACK TOGETHER AND THROW
IT OVER YOUR SHOULDER AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-13-1968
RUBBING A POTATO ON A WART AND THEN BURYING IT, YOUR WART WILL
SOON GO AWAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HIS FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SAINT FRANCIS CLUB
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
IF THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WARTS ON THE HAND, COUNT THE NUMBER OF
WARTS AND THEN GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEAS. THEN WHEN YOU
WALK PAST SOMEONE'S HOUSE, THROW THE PEAS OVER YOUR SHOULDER,
BUT DON'T LOOK BACK UNTIL YOU GET HOME. THE WARTS ARE THEN
SUPPOSED TO LEAVE YOUR HAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-16-1969