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A REMEDY
TO HEAL A BURN, PUT SALIVA ON IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPITTLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
BURN REMEDY
WHENEVER ANYONE BURNS ANY PART OF HIS BODY,
MY GRANDMOTHER URGES HIM TO IMMEDIATELY APPLY ICE.
THIS HAS MORE MEDICINAL EFFECT THAN BUTTER.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER FIRMLY BELIEVES THIS REMEDY WHEN ANYBODY GETS BURNED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ICE, MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-31-1971
BURNS
WHEN YOU BURN YOURSELF, IT IS BELIEVED
THAT YOU CAN RELIEVE THE PAIN
BY PUTTING BUTTER ON THE BURN.
Data entry tech comment: TWO SIMILAR CURES ARE IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): BUTTER, MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
FOLK REMEDY
TO CURE BURNS, TAKE ASHES FROM A WOOD FIRE
AND PACK THEM AROUND THE BURN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
REMEDY FOR CHAP HANDS
FOR CHAP HANDS AND FEET APPLY URINE TO THEM.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THIS FROM MY MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): URINE, MEDICINAL VALUE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
A HOME REMEDY FOR A PERSON WHO HAS A CRACKED LIP IS THIS:
TAKE SOME WAX FROM YOUR OWN EAR AND APPLY IT TO THE CRACKED LIP.
THIS WILL RELIEVE THE PAIN AND HEAL THE LIP.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-14-1969
HOME REMEDIES
CHEST CONGESTION - PLACE A LARGE QUANTITY OF ROCK CANDY
IN A LITTLE WHITE WHISKEY TO MAKE A THICK SYRUP.
TAKE A FEW SPOONFULS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.
(SECOND CURE:)
RENDER THE FAT OF A POLECAT. EAT TWO OR THREE SPOONFULS
THIS BRINGS UP THE PHLEGM.
Where learned: GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 04-01-1972
EGG WHITE RAW IN MILK IS GOOD FOR CHEST PAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-22-1971
CURE
FOR COMMON COLDS AND FEVERS WHICH ACCOMPANY A COLD
IT IS ADVISABLE FOR THE SICK PERSON TO BE WRAPPED IN A WOOL BLANKET
AND FED WHISKEY, SUGAR AND WARM WATER.
THEN BELTS ARE TO BE PUT AROUND THE BLANKET
SO THAT THE BLANKET CAN NOT BE LOOSENED.
THIS WILL BREAK UP CONGESTION AND ALSO BREAK UP THE FEVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
HOME REMEDIES
CONSTIPATION
GATHER THE ROOTS OF MAYAPPLE,
CUT OUT THE JOINTS, AND DRY THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOT.
PLACE IN A CLOTH AND BEAT TO A POWDER.
ADD A FEW DROPS OF CASTOR OIL AND ROLL INTO PILLS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): BOWEL HABITS ; HERBAL REMEDIES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 04-01-1972
REMEDY
TEA AND HONEY WILL CURE A COUGH.
Data entry tech comment: THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES CONTAINS SEVERAL SIMILAR ITEMS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; LINCOLNSHIRE
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
THERE IS A FAMOUS ELIXIR KNOWN IN THE HILLS
OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS CALLED GREAT KNOX LINIMENT,
NAMED AFTER ITS NEGRO INVENTOR, GREAT KNOX.
IT WAS MADE AT HOME AND CONTAINED EGGS, TURPENTINE, KEROSENE
AND CAYENNE PEPPER.
THIS WILL CURE ANY CUT ON MAN OR ANIMAL.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-08-1968
OLD TIME HEALER
OLD BELIEF OF PUTTING COBWEBS ON A CUT
TO HEAL IT.
Submitter comment: HER FATHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
THE GREEK CURE FOR DIARRHEA:
BOIL RICE AND PLACE IN BOWLWITH JUICE FROM ONE LEMON.
IF THE PATIENT EATS THE RICE WITH LEMON FOR ONE DAY,
HE WILL BE CURED.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SENT ALL TO ME ON REQUEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-19-1971
IF YOU WAKE WITH VOMITING AND DIARRHEA,
YOU SHOULD DRINK APPLE CIDER VINEGAR AND WATER
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
IT USUALLY STRAIGHTENS OUT YOUR STOMACH, AND DIARRHEA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CURE FOR GASTRIC AILMENTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-10-1971
FOLK CURE
SWAB ONE'S THROAT WITH KEROSENE FOR STREP THROAT
OR DIPTHERIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
HOME REMEDIES
DYSENTRY - TAKE A HIGH PROOF LIQUOR, PUT IN A CUP
AND SET IT AFIRE, AND AFTER IT BURNS
AND GOES OUT, DRINK WHAT'S LEFT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 04-01-1972
A GOOD TREATMENT FOR HAY FEVER IS TO TAKE TWO TABLESPOONS OF HONEY
WITH EVERY MEAL.
YOU WILL HAVE EITHER A MILD CASE, OR NONE AT ALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-10-1971
FOLK CURE- HEADACHE
IF YOU HAVE A HEADACHE, TAKE THREE MATCHES AND LIGHT THEM.
TAKE A GLASS HALF FILLED WITH WATER AND LET THE MATCHES BURN
ALMOST TO THE END. THEN LET THE MATCHES DROP INTO THE WATER,
AND IF THE HEADS OF THE MATCHES DROP STRAIGHT TO THE BOTTOM OF
THE GLASS, SOMEONE GAVE YOU THE EVIL EYE.
THEN YOU TAKE YOUR THUMB, FOREFINGER, AND INDEX FINGER, AND YOU
DIP THEM IN THE GLASS OF WATER. NEXT, MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS
ON YOUR FOREHEAD AND TAKE SOME MORE WATER AND PUT IT ON THE BACKS
OF BOTH HANDS. THEN YOU TAKE THE INSIDE HEM OF YOUR DRESS AND
YOU WIPE THE BACKS OF YOUR HANDS AND YOUR FOREHEAD ON THE HEM.
PUT A LITTLE BIT OF WATER ON THE HINGE IN THE CORNER OF A DOOR
SO THE HEADACHE WILL GO OUT THE DOOR AND POUR THE REMAINDER
OF THE WATER DOWN THE SINK AND TURN THE GLASS BOTTOMS-UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications BELIEF -- Remedy SPEECH -- Gesture |
TO CURE A HEADCAHE
SLICE A RAW POTATOE. PUT IT IN A CLOTH AND PLACE IT ON THE HEAD.
Submitter comment: THIS REALLY WORKS. INFORMANT'S MOTHER TOLD HER THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 08-00-1964