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TO CURE A WART STEAL A PIECE OF MEAT, RUB IT ON THE WART,
AND THEN BURY IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 04-05-1970
TO CURE WARTS, BURY A STRIP OF BACON UNDERNEATH A RAILROAD
CROSSING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
RUB YOUR WARTS WITH SALT PORK AND THROW IT OVER YOUR
SHOULDER. (THE SALTPORK THAT IS) THIS REALLY WORKS.
I HAD A WART THAT WENT AWAY AFTER I DID IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
IF YOU HAVE A WART AND COVER IT WITH A PIECE OF BACON
AND THEN BURY THE BACON, THE WART WILL GO AWAY.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT DOESN'T BELIEVE THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-10-1968
TO GET RID OF A WART, RUB A POTATO ON IT AND THROW THE POTATO
AWAY. THE WART WILL GO AWAY WHEN THE POTATO DRIES UP.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S FATHER, AND THIS WAS A PRACTICE
WHEN HE WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
TO GET RID OF WARTS, ONE SWINGS A DEAD CAT AROUND HIS HEAD
THIRTEEN TIMES, PUTS IT IN A GUNNY SACK, HANGS IT FROM A TREE
IN A GRAVEYARD, AND SITS UNDER IT ON A NIGHT WITH A FULL
MOON.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND OF MINE WHO LEARNED THIS FROM HER
ROOMMATE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IN CHAMPAIGN,
ILLINOIS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
TO GET RID OF A WART, RUB IT WITH A PIECE OF RAW PORK, BURY IT
IN THE YARD, AND NEVER LOOK AT THAT SPOT IN THE YARD AGAIN.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND OF MINE AND MY FIRST ROOMMATE WHEN
I CAME TO DETROIT (MICHIGAN). HE REMEMBERS THIS FROM HIS
CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
TO GET RID OF WARTS, MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS OVER THE WART
WITH SALT PORK AND BURY THE PORK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS THAT THIS WORKS BUT DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HE
GOT THE CURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
COW DUNG WAS SOMETIMES USED TO CURE A SORE THROAT. IT
WAS APPLIED TO THE OUTSIDE OF THROAT, AND THEN CLOTHS
WERE WRAPPED AROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
GOOSE LARD WAS USED A LOT AS A REMEDY FOR CHEST COLDS.
THE CHEST WAS RUBBED WITH IT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECALLS THIS FROM HIS CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
A MIXTURE OF OIL OF WINTERGREEN (2 DROPS) AND HARD
APPLE CIDER (GLASSFUL) MAY BE TAKEN INTERNALLY TO
ACT AS A CURE FOR ARTHRITIS OR RHEUMATISM.
Where learned: ROCHESTER ; NEW YORK, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
A MIXTURE OF LARD AND TURPENTINE MAY BE RUBBED ON
CHEST FOR RELIEF OF COLDS.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; LE ROY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
A RAW ONION PLACED ON A WART WILL REMOVE IT WITHIN
A MONTH.
Submitter comment:
A REMEDY, RECALLED BY MY MOTHER, WHICH I REMEMBER
HAVING WORKED ON ME SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-11-1970
FOR WAX IN THE EARS: WRAP A PENCIL WITH AN OLD CLOTH,
LIGHT A CANDLE AND DRIP THE WAX ALL OVER THE CLOTH,
REMOVE THE PENCIL, PLACE THE END OF THE WAX COVERED
CLOTH IN THE EAR, LIGHT THE CLOTH AND IT WILL DRAW
THE WAX OUT.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; LE ROY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Ears, noise in ear BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
FOR CHILL BLAND (FROSTBITE), CUT A RAW ONION OR
POTATO IN HALF AND RUB AFFECTED AREA.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; LE ROY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
PUT AN ONION IN A SOCK AND PIN NEXT TO A BABY'S
CHEST TO LOOSEN A CHEST COLD.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; LE ROY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
RAW BACON PLACED ON AN INFECTED WOUND WILL RELIEVE
THE INFECTION WITHIN A DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-03-1970
FRIED ONIONS PLACED ON A BOIL WILL TAKE OUT THE POISON
CAUSING THE BOIL AND HEAL THE WOUND WITHIN A FEW
DAYS.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS A COMMON METHOD OF GETTING RID OF BOILS ON
PEOPLE AS WELL AS OTHER ANIMALS, LIKE HORSES, COWS,
ETC. THIS METHOD WAS USED IN POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; POLAND ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-03-1970
YOU MUST PLANT AN ONION TO CURE WARTS.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; KOMOKA
Date learned: 10-17-1970
IN ORDER TO GET RID OF WARTS, CERTAIN PEOPLE
POSSESS A SPECIAL POWER TO CURE THEM BY BUYING
THE WART FOR ONE CENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 02-18-1971