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IF YOU GET A NAIL IN YOUR FOOT, PULL IT OUT, BURY IT, AND
SOAK YOUR FOOT IN COAL OIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-26-1973
COLD CURES:
LEMON STEW OR HONEY AND TEA STEW
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-26-1973
CURE FOR WORMS:
TURPENTINE ON STOMACH IN A CIRCLE AROUND THE NAVEL, THEN
PLACE SOME ON A SPOON WITH SUGAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Circle and other round forms BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-26-1973
TO CURE WARTS, GET A STONE AND RUB THE WART WITH IT 'TIL
THE WART BLEEDS. GET BLOOD ON THE STONE, GO TO A FORK IN
THE ROAD AND THROW THE STONE AWAY. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE
WARTS WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
THE CURE FOR HICCUPS IS TO DRINK A GLASS OF WATER UPSIDE
DOWN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 06-15-1973
TO CURE HICCUPS, HAVE SOMEONE SCARE YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THERE IS ONE STORY TOLD ABOUT THE BELL WITCH CAVE. ABOUT
FORTY YEARS AGO, A DOCTOR SENT ONE OF HIS PATIENTS TO THE
CAVE. SHE WAS TO STAND AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CAVE TO CURE
HER OF HER COMPLAINTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Formation BELIEF -- Curer BELIEF -- Remedy |
GOOSE GREESE AND SUGAR A LAXATIVE FOR CHILDREN
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN THE SPRING, DRINK MOLASSES AND SULFUR TO PURIFY THE BLOOD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Spring BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POISON IVY:
() OF OETAM SOAP AND RINSE OFF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOR COLDS IN KIDS:
FLANNEL JACKET MADE WITH COAL OIL AND TURPENTINE WITH
GREASE UNDER THIS TO PREVENT BURNING
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COLD BISCUIT FOR STY IN THE EYE
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOR BOILS:
POULTICE MADE FROM FRESH COW'S MANURE WITH ONE HUNDRED AND
TWO DROPS OF TURPENTINE AND HEATED TO TEMPERATURE OF 300
DEGREES FOR FOUR DAYS. PUT IN CLOTHS AND BRING TO BOIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PUT A DIME ON A STRING AND HANG IT AROUND YOUNG CHILDREN TO
HELP THEM CUT TEETH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOR BIG CUTS ON BODY:
FIRST PUT COBWEBS OVER CUT, THEN SOOT ON TOP OF THAT, THEN
A HANDFUL OF SUGAR ON THAT. WRAP THIS UP, THEN POUR
TURPENTINE ON TOP OF THIS, IT STOPS THE BLEEDING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AN OLD COLORED WOMAN WE HAD WORKING FOR US USED TO MAKE
ME EAT CHARCOAL SO I'D HAVE WHITE TEETH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS KEPT THIS SPECIAL STONE AND WHENEVER
SHE GOT A WART SHE RUBBED THIS STONE ON IT AND IT WENT AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
DURING DOG DAYS IT TAKES A CUT A LONGER TIME TO HEAL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August BELIEF -- Measure of time BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 06-17-1973
TAKE A COLD SHOWER SOON AFTER YOU ARE SUNBURNED, TAKES HEAT
OUT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-04-1973