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TO TAKE FIRE OUT OF BURNS:
REPEAT TO YOURSELF: "TWO LITTLE ANGELS CAME TO HEAVEN,
ONE BROUGHT FIRE AND THE OTHER FROST. GO OUT FIRE AND
COME IN FROST."
YOU BLOW ON THE BURN AS YOU SAY THIS, BUT ONLY ON THE
LAST WORD. A MAN MUST NOT TOUCH MAN NOR A WOMAN TOUCH
A WOMAN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.760 BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
TOOTHACHE CURE:
GO TO A TREE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, GET A SPLINTER FROM IT,
PICK THE TOOTH WITH IT UNTIL YOU DRAW A DROP OF BLOOD.
GET A DROP OF BLOOD ON THE SPLINTER AND STICK IT IN THE
GROUND UNDER THE () OF THE HOUSE AND LET IT STAY THERE.
THAT WILL KILL THE NERVE OF THE TOOTH ANYTIME.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
CURE FOR RINGWORM:
GO TO A TEAKETTLE OF BOILING WATER, RUB YOUR THUMB IN
A CIRCLE THE SIZE OF THE RINGWORM ON THE INSIDE OF THE
LID AND THEN AROUND THE RINGWORM. DO THIS WITH THE
FOREFINGER AND THEN THE THUMBS AGAIN. DO THIS WITH ALL
THE FINGERS ON THAT HAND, ALTERNATING EACH TIME WITH THE
THUMB. WHEN THROUGH, GO AWAY AND BE SURE NOT TO LOOK
BACK AT THE TEAKETTLE; IT WILL GET WELL.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
TOOTHACHE CURE:
A SURE CURE FOR TOOTHACHE IS TO FIND THE OLD SKELETON
OF A HORSE. GET THE JAWLINE BY KNEELING DOWN AND
PICKING IT UP WITH YOUR TEETH. WALK BACKWARDS WITH IT
IN YOUR TEETH. AS MANY STEPS AS YOU TAKE BACKWARDS
BEFORE DROPPING IT THAT MANY YEARS WILL ELAPSE BEFORE
THE TOOTH WILL ACHE AGAIN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
CURE FOR A STY:
SAY, "STY, STY LEAVE MY EYE AND CATCH THE FIRST ONE
PASSING BY."
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.750 BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
WART CURE:
GO TO A HOME WHERE THERE IS AN ORCHARD AND STEAL A KNIFE
OF ANY KIND FROM THE HOUSE. GO TO A FRUIT TREE AND CUT
AS MANY NOTCHES AS YOU HAVE WARTS. GO AWAY AND THE
WARTS WILL LEAVE SOON.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
TO GET RID OF A STY RUB A GOLD RING ON IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-04-1973
PUT A PIECE OF FRESHLY CUT POTATO ON A WART AND RUB IT, THEN
THROW IT AWAY AND DON'T WATCH WHERE IT GOES. AS THE POTATO
ROTS, THE WART WILL GO AWAY.
Submitter comment:
Micheline Caputo - deceased Grandmother. Housewife, Italian.
I heard these things from my grandmother throughout most of my young adult life. She was a fantastic storyteller, and was a storehouse of all kinds of information.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; VANDERBILT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
TO HAVE PRETTY SKIN WASH YOUR FACE IN BABY URINE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Date learned: 06-00-1972
WEARING A COPPER BAND ARRESTS ARTHRITIC PAINS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-15-1973
DURING CHILDBIRTH IF YOU PUT A KNIFE UNDER THE PILLOW IT
CUTS THE PAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 06-27-1973
QUILLING: TO BLOW SNUFF OR POWDER INTO THE FACE OF A WOMAN
IN LABOR TO HASTEN CHILDBIRTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-24-1977
A SCARE WILL CURE HICCUPS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
FEED A COLD AND STARVE A FEVER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
IF YOU HAVE A WART, PRICK IT AND LET A DROP OF BLOOD ON A
GRAIN OF CORN. FEED THE CORN TO A CHICKEN AND THE WART WILL
DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-02-1973
WHEN A CHILD IS SLOW TO WALK, WASH HIS LEGS DOWN WITH GREASY
DISHWATER, IT WILL CAUSE HIM TO WALK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Maturity BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-11-1973
PLACE AN AX UNDER THE BED TO CUT THE PAIN DURING CHILDBIRTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
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
FOLK CURE - COUGH CURE (ASSUMED)
CUT UP WHITE ONION AND PUT SUGAR ON IT; DRINK THE JUICE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 08-07-1977
FOLK CURE - HEADACHE CURE (ASSUMED)
PUT A PIECE OF BROWN PAPER IN VINEGAR AND PUT SALT ON IT;
TIE AROUND HEAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 08-07-1977