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WART CURE:
RUB IT WITH A STOLEN STEAK AND BURY IT WHERE THREE
ROADS CROSS.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Bury ; Crossroads ; CURE ; Roads ; Steak ; Stolen ; Wart
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-30-1973
WART CURE:
RUB IT WITH A PEELED APPLE AND GIVE THE APPLE TO A PIG.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Apple ; BELIEF ; CURE ; Peeled ; Pig ; Wart
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-30-1973
WART CURE:
RUB IT WITH A STONE AND HIDE THE STONE.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CURE ; STONE ; Wart
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-30-1973
WART CURE:
RUB IT WITH A PENNY AND THROW THE PENNY AWAY.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CURE ; Penny ; Wart
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-30-1973
CURE FOR MEASLES:
PUT TWO COCKROACHES IN A JAR TO CURE MEASLES; WHEN THEY
DIE, THE MEASLES IS (ARE) CURED.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Cockroach ; CURE ; Measles
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-30-1973
STOP NOSEBLEED BY WEARING A RED STRING AROUND THE
LITTLE FINGER OR A NECKLACE OF RED CORN KERNELS.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CORN ; Nosebleed ; REMEDY ; String
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-13-1973
REALLY REALLY OLD GREASY RAG, AND PUT TWO WALNUTS IN IT. WHOEVER HAS THE WARTS MUST CARRY IT IN POCKET FOR TWO DAYS.
THEN AFTER THE DAYS, BURY IT DEEP IN GROUND AND CAN'T
TELL A SOUL WHERE YOU HID IT.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Bury ; CURE ; Grease ; Rag ; REMEDY ; SECRET ; Walnuts ; Wart
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
CURE FOR INDIGESTION:
BAKING SODA IN WATER.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Baking Soda ; CURE ; INDIGESTION ; REMEDY ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
IF A PERSON IS SERIOUSLY ILL AND NOT EXPECTED TO RECOVER,
GO BUILD A COFFIN AND SET IT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. SO
WHEN DEATH COMES TO TAKE AWAY THAT PERSON, HE WILL SEE
THE COFFIN AND THINK THAT ANOTHER DEATH HAS ALREADY
GOTTEN HIM. DEATH WILL GO AND THE PERSON WILL RECOVER.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MCKENZIE
James Callow Keyword(s): Coffin ; DEATH ; Fool ; ILLNESS ; Reaper ; TRICK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-14-1973
REMEDY FOR SUNSTROKE:
WRAP A WET CLOTH BANDAGE OVER THE HEAD; WET ANOTHER
CLOTH, FOLDED SMALL, SQUARE, COVER IT THICKLY WITH
SALT AND BIND IT ON THE BACK OF THE NECK; APPLY DRY
SALT BEHIND THE EARS. PUT MUSTARD PLASTERS TO THE
CALVES OF THE LEGS AND SOLES OF THE FEET.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BANDAGE ; Cloth ; CURE ; FEET ; Mustard ; NECK ; REMEDY ; Salt ; Sunstroke
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
CURE FOR CONSTIPATION:
EAT ONE OR TWO FIGS AND FAST.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CONSTIPATION ; CURE ; Fast ; Figs ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
LEANNESS: CURE FOR OBESITY:
OBESITY IS CAUSED GENERALLY BY LACK OF POWER IN THE
DIGESTIVE ORGANS TO DIGEST AND ASSIMILATE THE FAT
PRODUCING ELEMENTS OF FOOD. FIRST, RESTORE DIGESTION,
TAKE PLENTY OF SLEEP, DRINK ALL THE WATER THE STOMACH
WILL BEAR IN THE MORNING ON RISING, TAKE MODERATE
EXERCISE IN THE OPEN AIR, EAT OATMEAL, CRACKED WHEAT,
GRAHAM MUSH, BAKEAD SWEET APPLES, ROASTED AND BROILED
BEEF, CULTIVATE JOLLY PEOPLE AND BATHE DAILY.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Apples ; Beef ; Company ; DIET ; EXERCISE ; FOOD ; Grain ; Jolly ; Lean ; Leanness ; Obesity ; OVERWEIGHT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
CURE FOR CHOLICKES IN HORSES:
ONE POINT OF SALT DISSOLVED IN WARM WATER. ANOTHER REMEDY:
WET A BED QUILT WITH COLD WATER, WRAP IT AROUND THE HORSE AND
AS IT GETS WARM, POUR ON MORE COLD WATER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): COLIC?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
CURE FOR DOG DISTEMPER:
AS SOON AS YOU FIND THE DOG IS SICK, THROW DOWN HIS
THROAT A HANDFUL OLD FINE SALT THREE TIMES A DAY AND
CONTINUE IT THREE DAYS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
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 FESTULA:
CUT THE TAIL TO THE MARROW, SHAVE THE HAIR AND PUT
POULTICE OF RAW ONION TO FIT THE TAIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-17-1973
TO REMOVE FILM FROM HORSE'S EYES:
TAKE A PIECE OF FRESH BUTTER ABOUT THE SIZE OF A COMMON
WALNUT AND PUT IT IN THE OPPOSITE EAR (IF RIGHT EYE, LEFT
EAR). IF THE BUTTER BE HARD, HOLD THE EAR A LITTLE WITH
YOUR HAND UNTIL IT MELTS. IF YOU HAVEN'T THE BUTTER,
HOG'S LARD CLEAR OF SALT WILL ANSWER. IN EVERY CASE I
EVER SAW IT TRIED, ONE APPLICATION IS SUFFICIENT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-17-1973
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
NOSEBLEED CURE (ASSUMED)
A VIGOROUS MOTION OF THE JAWS AS IF IN THE ACT OF
MASTICATION. IN THE CASE OF A CHILD, A QUAD OF PAPER IN
ITS MOUTH AND THE CHILD INSTRUCTED TO CHEW IT HARD; OF
COURSE THE ADULT DOES NOT NEED THE PAPER. IT IS THE
MOTION OF THE JAW THAT STOPS THE FLOW OF BLOOD.
TO CHEW IT HARD, OF COURSE THE ADULT DOES NOT NEED THE
PAPER. IT IS THE MOTION OF THE JAW THAT STOPS THE FLOW
OF BLOOD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-17-1973
TO CURE THE BITE OF A MAD DOG:
TAKE IMMEDIATELY VINEGAR OR TEPID WATER AND WASH THE WOUND
VERY CLEAN. THEN DRY IT AND POUR UPON THE WOUND A FEW DROPS
OF MURIATIC ACID. MINERAL ACID (ASSUMED) DESTROYS THE
POISON OF THE SALVA AND ITS EVIL EFFECT IS NEUTRALIZED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-10-1973