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FOLK MEDICINE
TO INSURE FERTILITY, DRINK A MIXTURE OF ONE TEASPOON HONEY AND
ONE TABLESPOON APPLE VINEGAR EVERY DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
CURE
TO CURE CHILLBLAINS, SOAK THEM IN URINE FOR HALF AN HOUR EVERY DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
WEARING A ROOT OF A TREE WILL PREVENT OR LESSEN
ARTHRITIC PAIN.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Arthritis ; CURE ; DISEASE ; REMEDY ; Root ; Tree
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
IF ONE EATS GARLIC AND HAS WORMS, THE WORMS WILL DISAPPEAR.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CURE ; Garlic ; REMEDY ; WORMS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
CURE FOR CHEST COLD OR SORE THROAT:
EAT MELTED LARD AND SUGAR.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Cold ; CURE ; Lard ; MEDICAL ; REMEDY ; Sore Throat ; Sugar
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
CURE FOR COUGHING:
MIX BAKING SODA AND MOLASSES
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Baking Soda ; COUGH ; CURE ; Molasses ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
TAKE A TABLET OF CALAMO BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP AT NIGHT
AND A TABLESPOON OF CASTOR OIL UPON RISING IN THE
MORNING.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COOKEVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Calamo ; CASTOR OIL ; CURE ; REMEDY ; Teaspoon
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
COLD CURE: FLAX SEED LEMONADE REMEDY
TO A LARGE TABLESPOON OF FLAX SEED, ALLOW A TUMBLER
AND A HALF OF COLD WATER. BOIL THEM TOGETHER 'TILL
THE LIQUID BECOMES VERY STICKY, THEN STRAIN IT HOT
OVER A QUARTER OF A POUND OF PULVERIZED SUGAR AND
AN OUNCE OF PULVERIZED GUM ARABIC. STIR 'TILL QUITE
DISSOLVED AND SQUEEZE INTO IT THE JUICE OF A LEMON.
THIS MIXTURE HAS FREQUENTLY BEEN FOUND AN EFFICACIOUS
REMEDY FOR A COLD TAKING A WINE GLASS AS OFTEN AS THE
COUGH IS TROUBLESOME.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Cold ; COUGH ; CURE ; DRINK ; FLAX ; Flax Seed ; Lemonade ; RECIPE ; REMEDY ; TEA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
COUGH SYRUP REMEDY:
SYRUP OF SQUILLS FOUR OUNCES; SYRUP OF TOLU FOUR
OUNCES; TINCTURE OF OPIUM FOUR OUNCES. MIX. DOSE
FOR AN ADULT, ONE TEASPOONFUL REPEATED EVERY TWO TO
FOUR HOURS OR AS OFTEN AS NECESSARY.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): COUGH ; Dose ; Opium ; REMEDY ; Squills ; Syrup ; Tobu
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
DANDRUFF CURE:
WARM BORAX WATER WILL REMOVE DANDRUFF
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Borax ; CURE ; Dandruff ; REMEDY ; Warm
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
FEVER CURE:
COOL A FEVER BY FREQUENTLY SPONGING OFF WITH SODA WATER
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): bathing ; CURE ; Fever ; REMEDY ; Sponging ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
HEADACHE CURE:
A LITTLE SODA WATER WILL RELIEVE SICK HEADACHE CAUSED
BY INDIGESTION.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CURE ; HEADACHE ; INDIGESTION ; REMEDY ; Soda Water
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
CURE FOR HOG CHOLERA:
A TEASPOONFUL OF GUNPOWDER WILL CURE HOG CHOLERA.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
CURE FOR CROUP:
TAKE A KNIFE OR GRATER AND SHAVE OR GRATE OFF IN SMALL
PARTICLES ABOUT A TEASPOONFUL OF ALUM, MIX IT WITH
ABOUT TWICE ITS QUANTITY OF SUGAR TO MAKE IT PALATABLE
AND ADMINISTER AS QUICKLY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-10-1973
CURE FOR AN EARACHE:
PUT A LITTLE BLACK PEPPER IN SOME COTTON, DIP IN A SWEET
OIL AND INSERT IN THE EAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-10-1973
CURE FOR FELON:
TAKE ONE TABLESPOON OF RED LEAD AND ONE TABLESPOON OF
CASTILE SOAP, MIX THEM WITH AS MUCH WOOL LYE AS WILL
MAKE IT SOFT ENOUGH TO SPREAD LIDE (SIC) A SALVE, AND APPLY
IT ON FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE FELON AND IT WILL CURE IT
IN TWELVE HOURS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): FELON: AN INFECTION OF THE FINGER AROUND THE BONE OR FINGERNAIL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-10-1973
CURE FOR MANGE IN SWINE:
WASH THE HOG WELL IN SOAPSUDS, THEN TO ONE PINT OF LARD,
WHILE HOT, ADD ONE OUNCE OF CARBOLIC ACID, STIRRING IT
UNTIL IT IS COOL. RUB THE HOG TWO OR THREE TIMES WITH
THIS FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND GIVE YOURSELF NO UNEASINESS
ABOUT THE MANGE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-17-1973
CURE FOR REMOVING WARTS:
PURCHASE A DIME'S WORTH OF SPIRITS OF HARTSHORN; BATHE
WARTS, OR IF VERY NUMEROUS ON THAT PORTION OF THE HAND,
PLACE A SMALL PORTION OR HARTSHORN EACH MORNING AND
EVENING FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS NOT WASHING THE HANDS
IMMEDIATELY AFTER. THE CURE USUALLY TAKES ABOUT THREE
WEEKS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-17-1973
PUT HOUSEHOLD BLUING ON A BEE STING AND THE SWELLING WILL
GO DOWN.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-02-1973