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CARRY A BUCKEYE FOR ARTHRITIS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BLACK HAWK BUSH IS GOOD TO MAKE COUGH MEDICINE OUT OF IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HIVES:
TEA OF CATNIP NOT TOO STRONG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ASTHMA AND BREATHING DIFFICULTIES:
TEA MADE FROM DANDELION TEA, 1/2 CUP TWO OR THREE TIMES A
DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CHILDREN WITH MEASLES OR WHOOPING COUGH OR COLDS:
TEA OF THE WILD SAGE, 1/2 CUP THREE OR FOUR TIMES A DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COLDS:
TEA OF MULLEIN
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
JEPSEN WEED--GOOD FOR SWELLING AND FOR HEADACHE. CRUSH
IT AND PUT IT IN A CLOTH (BRUISE IT).
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BROWNED FLOUR FOR HEAT RASH
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MULLEIN HERB IS GOOD FOR SWELLING. STEEP THIS IN WATER
AND THEN BATHE THE SWOLLEN PART IN IT. DON'T DRINK THIS!
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WILD SAGE (STEEP THIS)---GOOD FOR MEASLES. THIS WILL BRING
OUT THE MEASLES. MAKES YOU BREAK OUT IN A RASH SO IT WON'T
SETTLE INTERNALLY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MINT IN WATER---GOOD FOR UPSET STOMACH
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WART CURE:
TAKE AN IRISH POTATO AND CUT IT IN TWO PIECES, RUB ON WART,
THEN THROW AWAY- WART GONE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
ANOTHER VERSION OF USING ASPIRIN TO KEEP A FLOWER FRESH IS
TO PUT THE ASPIRIN DIRECTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOWER OR
ON IT THEN PUT IT IN WATER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 04-11-1972
ASPIRIN IN PLANT WATER
TO KEEP A FLOWER FROM DYING AS SOON AS IT'S PICK, PUT IT
IN A GLASS OF WATER AND DISSOLVE TWO ASPIRIN IN THE WATER.
THIS SOLUTION KEEPS THE FLOWER FRESH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 04-12-1972
DRINK SASSAPHRAS TEA IN FEBRUARY TO THIN THE BLOOD.
Where learned: HAMPSHIRE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 07-25-1968
BELIEF
IT IS UNLUCKY TO BURN THE WOOD OF TH ELDER TREE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 06-24-1973
BELIEF
SADNESS WILL DESCEND ON YOUR HOME IF YOU TAKE MAY BLOSSOMS INTO
A ROOM.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 06-24-1973
BELIEF
DON'T THANK PERSONS WHO GIVE YOU PLANTS OR FLOWERS. IF YOU DO,
THE PLANTS OR FLOWERS WILL DIE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 06-24-1973
BELIEF
A HEAVY CROP OF HICKORY NUTS OR WALNUTS IS A SIGN THAT THERE
WILL BE A BAD WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 06-16-1973