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THERE WAS A "QUACK" WHO LIVED IN SCOTLAND AND HAD A
CURE FOR WARTS. HE WOULD GIVE THE PATIENTS A LARGE
SHEAF OF STRAW AND HE HAD TO CARRY THE STRAW IN
HIS HAND AND FIND OUT WHERE A FUNERAL WAS TAKING
PLACE, AND AT THE FIRST MOVEMENT OF THE HEARSE, HE
HAD TO THROW THE STRAW UNDER THE HEARSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SCOTLAND
Date learned: 01-28-1971
CURE FOR FLU
CASTOR OIL AND TURPENTINE SPRINKLED ON HAIR.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant learned this from the book "These Are Our Lives" (Kingsport Press, 1939, pp.26-29), a Federal Writers' Project publication featuring the everyday lives of people in the South.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; KINGSPORT ; "These Are Our Lives"
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1939
WART CURE
RUB A WART WITH A PIECE OF RAW POTATO, WRAP IT UP AND PUT IT AWAY. WHOEVER FINDS IT WILL GET THE WART.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; INFORMANT'S HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 08-02-1970
WHEN INFORMANT WAS A BOY, HIS GRANDMOTHER MADE HIM DRINK A SMALL AMOUNT OF TURPENTINE FOR WORMS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 06-00-1970
CURE FOR COLD OR FLU
COMBINE A SHOT OF WHISKEY, THE JUICE FROM A WHOLE LEMON, AND A TABLESPOON OF SUGAR IN A CUP OF HOT WATER. SIT IN A STEAMING TUB OF BATHWATER AND SIP THIS DRINK. AFTER THE BATH, TAKE TWO ASPIRIN, GO TO BED AND SLEEP FOR AT LEAST EIGHT HOURS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; St. Clair's Restaurant
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 08-12-1970
HANGOVER CURE
PUT TWO TABLESPOONS OF HONEY IN COFFEE OR ANOTHER HOT DRINK, DRINK IT, THEN TAKE A VERY HOT BATH IN EPSOM SALTS, FOLLOWED BY A COLD BATH OR SHOWER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; St. Clair's Restaurant
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 08-12-1970
DRINK SUGAR AND WATER IF YOU HAVE THE HICCUPS AND WANT TO CURE THEM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; INFORMANT'S HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 08-10-1970
CURE FOR HICCUPS
LICK YOUR FINGER AND WRITE THE INITIALS OF YOUR GIRL OR BOYFRIEND ON THE TOE OF YOUR SHOE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 08-10-1970
CURE FOR WARTS
STEAL SOMEONE'S DIRTY DISHRAG, BURY IT IN A SECRET PLACE, AND IN THREE DAYS THE WART WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment:
Collected at Helen Mim's home.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-15-1970
HANGOVER CURE
TOMATO JUICE AND ALKA-SELTZER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; INFORMANT'S HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-15-1970
WHEN I WAS THIRTEEN OR FOURTEEN YEARS OLD I WAS VISITING MY
UNCLE'S FAMILY AT CATLETTSBURG, KENTUCKY. UNCLE JIM LIVED
ABOUT A HALF A MILE FROM WHERE THE BIG SANDY EMPTIES INTO THE
OHIO RIVER. EVERY AFTERNOON WE WOULD GO TO THE RIVER TO SWIM.
TO GET TO THE RIVER WE HAD TO GO DOWN THIS STEEP EMBANKMENT
AND ACROSS A CORNFIELD. AS I WENT DOWN THE BANK I STEPPED ON
A PIECE OF GLASS AND MADE A DEEP GASH ABOUT AN INCH LONG ON MY
HEEL. MY COUSINS HELPED ME BACK UP THE BANK AND TO THE FRONT
PORCH SWING. MY AUNT SALLY BROUGHT SOME CLEAN RAGS AND A BASIN
OF WATER AND WAS TRYING TO WASH OFF MY HEEL BUT THE BLOOD JUST
KEPT POURING. MY COUSIN CATHERINE SAID, "I'LL GO GET UNCLE
ISHAM TO STOP IT."
UNCLE ISHAM DANIEL WAS IN HIS EIGHTIES. HE WAS NOT MY UNCLE, BUT
WAS DISTANTLY RELATED TO MY AUNT'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY. HE LIVED
ABOUT 400 YARDS FROM MY UNCLE JIM'S. HE WAS SITTING ON THE
PORCH OF HIS HOUSE. CATHERINE RAN OVER THERE, AND WE COULD
SEE HER TELLING UNCLE ISHAM. THE BLOOD SUDDENLY STOPPED.
CATHERINE TOLD ME UNCLE ISHAM SAID A CERTIN VERSE FROM THE
BIBLE. SINCE HE WAS GETTING OLD AND KNEW HE WOULDN'T BE AROUND
MUCH LONGER, HE WAS WILLING TO TELL THE SECRET OF STOPPING BLOOD
BUT IT HAD TO BE TO SOMEONE WHO WAS NOT A BLOOD RELATIVE.
CATHERINE DIDN'T QUALIFY AND SHE TRIED TO GET ME TO GO. FOR
SOME REASON I DON'T REMEMBER, I NEVER DID GO. IT WAS FAIRLY
COMMON FOR NEIGHBORS TO CALL ON UNCLE ISHAM TO STOP BLOOD.
I NEVER HEARD OF HIM FAILING.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; CATLETTSBURG
James Callow Keyword(s): CLOTTING ; HEMORRHAGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curer BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
BACKACHE CURE
WALK ON THE PERSON'S BACK. IT TAKES A CERTAIN TECHNIQUE
AND A SMALL PERSON (LIGHT WEIGHT).
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ACHE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
REPEAT THREE TIMES EZEKIEL 16:6
"AND WHEN I PASSED BY THEE, AND SAW THEE POLLUTED IN THINE
OWN BLOOD, I SAID UNTO THEE WHEN THOU WAS IN THY BLOOD,
LIVE, YEA, I SAID UNTO THEE WHEN THOU WAS IN THY BLOOD,
LIVE.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS USED BY MRS. WARREN'S GRANDMOTHER TO STOP
Where learned: PARIS ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
TO OBTAIN A CURE FOR A SPELL WHICH ONE HAS HAD CAST ON HIM
A PERSON GOES TO A ROOT DOCTOR. THE ROOT DOCTOR WORKS A
COUNTER-SPELL AND GIVES A WHITE POWDER WHICH MUST BE TAKEN
DAILY UNTIL IT IS ALL USED UP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Curer BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 08-03-1968
TO CURE A SPELL BATHS IN HOT LYE SOLUTION EVERY EVENING
AND MORNING BATHS IN ICE WATER MUST BE TAKEN FOR NINE
DAYS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
SUPERSTITION
SPIDER WEBS WILL STOP A WOUND FROM BLEEDING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOU PUT BOTH HANDS ON HEAD AND THINK OF YOUR BOYFRIEND/
GIRLFRIEND AND HE/SHE TRULY LOVES YOU, BY THEY TIME YOU
COUNT TO TEN YOU WILL BE RID OF YOUR HICCUPS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): CURE ; HICCUPS ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
FOLK MEDICINE BELIEF
FEED A COLD AND STARVE A FEVER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; RED BOILING SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
TO CURE A TOOTHACHE PICK THE TOOTH WITH A COFFIN NAIL,
MIDDLE TOE OF AN OWL, A SPLINTER FROM A TREE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING OR APPLY THE JUICE OF A PRICKLY ASH.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Claw ; Coffin ; Juice ; LIGHTNING ; Nail ; Owl ; Prickly Ash ; REMEDY ; Splinter ; TOOTHACHE ; Tree
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-30-1973
WART CURES:
RUB IT WITH A KILLED CAT AND BURY THE CAT IN A BLACK
STOCKING.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Black ; Bury ; CAT ; CURE ; Dead ; Kill ; STOCKING ; Wart
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-30-1973