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CHEW ON A MATCH AND IT WILL CURE HEARTBURN.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-01-1973
TO CURE A POISONING, GIVE THE PERSON A DOSE OF LOBELIA,
A NAUSEATING TEA.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-01-1973
DRINK HOT LEMONADE MIXED WITH HONEY TO EASE A SORE THROAT
AND STOP A HACKING COUGH.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-20-1973
TO CURE A SORE THROAT, TIE A RAG ABOUT THE NECK THAT HAS
BEEN DIPPED IN CAMPHORATED OIL.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-01-1973
TO CURE A SORE THROAT, TIE AN OLD SOCK AROUND THE NECK.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-01-1973
EARWAX WILL CURE A FEVER SORE ON YOUR LIP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
FEED A COLD AND STARVE A FEVER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
COUGH CURE:
EQUAL PARTS OF HONEY, WHISKEY, AND LEMON. MIX WELL. TAKE AS
OFTEN AS NEEDED FOR COUGH. SOME FIND IT BETTER TO LEAVE
OUT THE HONEY AND LEMON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
COLD CURE:
MIX CHICKEN FAT (MELTED) AND CAMPHOR TOGETHER FOR CHEST
COLD -- RUB ON CHEST.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; Plant City
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-20-1973
USE BAKING SODA FOR BURNS AND BAKING SODA ON INSECT
BITES LIKE A WASP BITE.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; Plant City
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-20-1973
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
COLDS IN THE CHEST ARE RELIEVED BY MUSTARD PLASTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-15-1973
HOT TOTTIES AND ROCK CANDY RELIEVE A COUGH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): TODDIES TODDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-24-1977
IF YOU EAT CARROTS YOU WILL HAVE BEAUTIFUL EYES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-24-1977
IF YOU EAT ALL YOUR SPINACH, YOU WILL GROW UP BIG AND STRONG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Remedy |
IN ORDER TO REMOVE SKUNK ODORS FROM DOGS OR PETS, BATHE
THE PET IN EITHER VINEGAR OR TOMATO JUICE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RUB MOSQUITO BITES WITH SET SOAP TO STOP ITCHING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO GET RID OF WARTS TAKE THE EYE OF NEWT AND TOE OF FROG.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-13-1973
COUGH MEDICINE:
TWO OR THREE DROPS OF KEROSENE
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 08-07-1977