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REMEDY
TO CURE DIARRHEA, DRINK BOILED RICE WATER.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-20-1967
BRONCHITIS REMEDY
ORANGE PEEL, DRY FIGS, DRY LEMON PEEL, COOKED FOR 3 HOURS,
MAKE A SYRUP AND DRINK AT REGULAR INTERVALS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 12-00-1969
CURE
ONIONS RUBBED ON A BRUISE TO HEAL IT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT ACTUALLY DOES THIS. HER GRANDMOTHER FIRST TOLD HER OF IT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
CURE
"PUT A SHAMROCK ON YOUR FOOT TO TAKE AWAY A BUNION."
Submitter comment:
IRISH BELIEF INFORMANT LEARNED ABOUT 60 YEARS AGO IN CANADA.
INFORMANT CLAIMS SHE HAS SEEN THIS WORK.
Data entry tech comment: SPELLING CORRECTION OF BUNION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
REMEDY
FOR BURNS - OLIVE OIL.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
REMEDY FOR BURNS
AN OLD POLISH REMEDY FOR BURNS.
IS TO PUT COOKED CABBAGE LEAVES ON THE AFFECTED AREA.
Data entry tech comment: OTHER SIMILAR CARDS IN ARCHIVES
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): CABBAGE LEAVES ; FOOD ; POLISH BELIEF
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-15-1968
REMEDY- PLANT
TO HEAL BURNS, YOU POUND OR PRESS THE JUICE OF A MALE FERN
AND SPREAD THIS ON A BURN.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THIS FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; GREENFIELD
Keyword(s): FERN, HEALING PROPERTIES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
SAFFRON TEA
TEA MADE WITH SAFFRON WAS DRUNK TO BRING OUT INFECTION
OF MEASLES AND CHICKENPOX.
Data entry tech comment: THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES CONTAINS A SIMILAR CURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
METHOD OF CURING
INFORMANT RELATED THAT WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD
AND HAD A COLD SORE ON HER MOUTH,
HER MOTHER WOULD SPLIT A RAISIN AND PUT IT ON THE SORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
PLASTER FOR A CHEST COLD
MAKE A HOT MIXTURE OF FLAXSEED AND LARD AND SPREAD IT ON THE CHEST.
THEN COVER THE BODY WITH A LINEN TOWEL OR WRAP.
ADDITIONAL BLANKETS SHOULD BE USED TO FURTHER INDUCE SWEATING.
THIS PLASTER WAS USED ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN
BECAUSE IT DID NOT BURN THEIR SKIN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER USED THIS WITH HER CHILDREN. (1900-1930).
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
Keyword(s): CHILDHOOD REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
HAIR AND SCALP TREATMENT
MY AUNT TOLD ME HOW TO FIX UP TROUBLE WITH
YOUR HAIR.
AT SPRINGTIME, BEFORE THE LEAVES COME OUT,
YOU FIND A NICE BIRK (BIRCH) TREE.
YOU CUT A LITTLE HOLE INTO THE BIRK TREE
AND PUT A BOTTLE TIGHT INTO THAT HOLE.
NEXT DAY GO BACK AND GET THOSE JUICES.
RUB THAT JUICE INTO YOUR HEAD AND HAIR
AND THEY WILL GET HEALTHY.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO ME IN MY HOME BY MY NEIGHBOR
WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN RURAL GERMANY.
CIRCA 00001929-00001939
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
CURE
MRS. BOLCEN'S MOTHER WAS A DIABETIC WHO REFUSED TO TAKE INSULIN
AND THEREFORE HER DOCTOR GAVE HER ONLY SIX MONTHS TO LIVE.
AN INDIAN FRIEND OF THE FAMILY BROUGHT A WEED CALLED
SILVER THREAD, LET IT DRY AND MADE TEA OUT OF IT.
HER MOTHER DRANK IT IN PLACE OF WATER
AND SHE LIVED FOR FIFTEEN YEARS.
Submitter comment: MARIE LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER IN 1934
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BRASS RAIL CHOP HOUSE
Keyword(s): HERBAL CURE ; PROLONGATION OF LIFE BELIEF
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
REMEDY
PUT STEAMED RED CABBAGE LEAVES ON SKIN TO CURE ECZEMA.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER SUPPOSEDLY CURED INFORMANT BY THIS METHOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): VEGETABLE CURE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-16-1970
TO CURE SORE EYES, PLACE A PIECE OF ROTTEN APPLE
OVER EACH EYE OVERNIGHT.
Submitter comment: (MRS. DEVEREUX LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD FROM HER RELATIVES.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-02-1963
FOLK CURE
THE BLACK ROOT PLANT WHEN USED AS A POULTICE
WILL HEAL OR CURE BROKEN OR BRUISED BONES.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-04-1969
BELIEF-MEDICINE
IF A LEAF IS HEART-SHAPED, IT WILL MAKE A GOOD TEA FOR THE HEART.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN YOUTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HEART ; HOMEOPATHIC-IMITATIVE MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
CATNIP TEA
THE TEA MADE FROM CATNIP IS EFFECTIVE IN "BRINGING OUT THE HIVES".
THIS IS DONE WHEN A BABY,USUALLY, HAS A RASH, ESPECIALLY ON THE FACE.
THE PEOPLE BELIEVE POISON FESTERS UNDER THE RASH AND IF HIVES
APPEAR, THE POISON IS LEAVING.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS TOLD BY DIFFERENT PATIENTS, ALL POOR BLACK INNER
CITY RESIDENTS, MOSTLY FROM THE SOUTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HERBAL CURE ; HIVES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
MEDICINAL BELIEF
"RUMIANEK" OR CHAMOMILE TEA IS A REMEDY FOR DIGESTIVE DISTURBANCES.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT USED THIS REMEDY ON HER FAMILY WHEN SHE FIRST CAME TO
THIS COUNTRY FROM POLAND. HOWEVER, NOW SHE DOESN'T USE IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HERBAL CURE ; INDIGESTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
FLU REMEDY
TO GET RID OF THE FLU
MAKE A LIQUID MIXTURE
COMPOSED OF CORN SHUCKS, HEAT THE MIXTURE
AND THEN DRINK IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-00-1971
CURE FOR A BLEEDING LUNG
FROM MY AUNT I REMEMBER.
SHE TOLD ME THIS WHEN I WAS WORKING ON HER FARM.
WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL, SHE HAD A BAD COLD
AND GOT A BROKEN PART IN HER LUNG.
TO FIX UP THE BLEEDING, YOU GET BLACK ROOTS
FROM SOMETHING THAT LOOKS ON THE TOP
LIKE PARSLEY.
THIS BLACK ROOT, YOU CLEAN OFF THE BLACK SKIN
THEN CUT IT IN LITTLE PIECES.
THEN COOK THE AMOUNT 2 CUPS BLACK ROOT, 1 CUP HONEY,
ONE CUP UNSALTED BUTTER UNTIL IT IS TENDER.
THEN EVERY DAY 2 TABLESPOONS MORNING AND EVENING.
THIS HELPS THE BLEEDING NOT TO COME SO FAST.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO ME IN MY HOME BY MY NEIGHBOR
WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN RURAL GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |