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PA. DUTCH BELIEF
A MAMMY IS CALLED IN FOR SICKNESS-- ESPECIALLY BLEEDING OF
ANY SORT.
FOR AN ADULT: THE "POW-WOWER" OR MAMMY RECITES BIBLE
PHRASES TO HERSELF WHILE HOLDING THE SICK PERSON, AND IT CURES HIM.
FOR A CHILD: THE "POW-WOWER" PASSES THE CHILD AROUND A TABLE LEG
WHILE RECITING BIBLE PHRASES, AND THE CHILD WILL BE CURED.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS CALLED "POW-WOWING" AND IT AFFECTS THE WHOLE PA. DUTCH
AREA. IT IS NECESSARY TO BELIEVE IN IT TO HAVE IT WORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH (GERMAN) ; POWWOWING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-24-1968
CURE FOR BLEEDING
IF YOU PUT A COLD KEY DOWN YOUR BACK, IT WOULD STOP
BLEEDING - ESPECIALLY NOSE BLEEDING.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A GIRL IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HIDDEN CONNECTION
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
METHOD OF CURING
SPIDER WEBS APPLIED TO A CUT WILL STOP BLEEDING.
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE 5 OTHER SIMILAR REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION OF ARCHIVE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-26-1970
CURE
FOR BOILS: HEAT A BOTTLE BY POURING SCALDING WATER IN IT UNTIL
THE GLASS IS VERY HOT. POUR WATER FROM BOTTLE AND APPLY THE HOT
NECK TO THE BOIL. AS THE BOTTLE COOLS IT WILL SUCK OUT THE PUSS.
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE 2 SIMILAR REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION OF ARCHIVE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
Keyword(s): BOILS ; HEAT REMEDY ; INFECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-29-1970
METHOD OF CURING
SULFUR AND MOLASSES SERVE AS A LAXATIVE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-26-1970
HOME REMEDY
PUT VANILLA FLAVORING ON A BURN TO SOOTHE IT.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
A CURE THAT VIVIAN'S MOTHER USED ALL THE TIME
FOR BURNS, WAS A MIXTURE OF PINE TAR AND LARD
APPLIED TO THE BURN AREA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-17-1969
HOME REMEDY
PUT GREASE AND BAKING SODA ON A BURN.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
METHOD OF CURING
CHIMNEY SOOT AND FLOUR APPLIED TO A BURN WILL SOOTHE
AND HEAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-26-1970
BELIEF
TURN A BURNT HAND TOWARDS THE EAST TO REDUCE THE STING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMPASS POINT - EAST ; DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
IF YOU BURN YOUR FINGER,
HOLD YOUR EARLOBE TO RELIEVE THE PAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 04-06-1971
POULTICES
A CARBUNCLE IS ABOUT TEN DEGREES WORSE
THAN A BOIL.
WHEN I HAD ONE, THE DOCTOR CAME DOWN
AND TOLD ME TO PUT A BREAD AND BUTTER POULTICE ON IT.
IT WASN'T READY TO LANCE YET --
IT HAD TO BE DRAWN TO A HEAD.
NEXT TIME, HE LANCED IT.
Submitter comment: HAPPENED IN HOLLISTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
CHEST PAIN
IF YOU ARE SUFFERING FROM A CHEST PAIN
BUY A PINT OF WHISKEY, DRINK IT, THEN RUB YOUR CHEST
WITH THE EMPTY BOTTLE.
THE CHEST PAIN WILL GO AWAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S FATHER BELIEVES THIS
AND HAS PRACTICED THIS CURE MANY TIMES.
INFORMANT HAS SEEN HIM DO THIS SEVERAL TIMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WHISKEY, MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-06-1971
CHILL REMEDY
TO CURE ONE FROM CHILLS:
TAKE A STRING AND TIE AS MANY KNOTS IN THE STRING AS YOU HAVE CHILLS.
THEN SOAK STRING IN TURPENTINE AND WEAR STRING AROUND YOUR WAIST.
WHEN YOU LOSE THE STRING THE CHILLS WILL HAVE LONG AGO STOPPED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): IMITATIVE MAGIC
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 01-00-1971
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
CORNS
IF YOU WANT TO GET RID OF A CORN- CUT IT OFF
AND BURY IT SOMEWHERE YOU WILL NEVER GO AGAIN AND IT WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): SYMPATHETIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-31-1968
CURE FOR CORNS
FOR THOSE WHO SUFFERED FROM CORNS ON THEIR FEET, WOULD SAY
BEFORE BREAKFAST, 27 CONSECUTIVE TIMES, "EARTH TAKE MY PAIN" AND FOR
ANOTHER 27 CONSECUTIVE TIMES WOULD SPIT ON THE GROUND.
SPITTING ON THE GROUND ALSO HAS THE VIRTUE
OF HAVING A MEDICINE TO TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY,
AND WAS AN EFFECTIVE ANTIDOTE AGAINST THE EVIL EYE.
Submitter comment: PEOPLE STILL PRACTICE THIS CURE IN ITALY
Data entry tech comment: COLLECTOR'S SPELLING CORRECTED BY KEYPUNCHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PROTECTION AGAINST EVIL FORCES ; SUPERNATURAL ; SYMPATHETIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number P686.1.27 BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-20-1967
FOLK CURE
TO BRING SOMEONE OUT OF A FAINT, BURN A FEATHER.
Submitter comment: FROM HER MOTHER, MRS. METZEN, OF ENGLISH DESCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): ACRID ODORS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
FEVER BLISTERS
WHEN YOU FEEL A FEVER BLISTER COMING,
RUB BEHIND YOUR EAR (EITHER ONE) THREE TIMES AND IT WILL NEVER
COME TO A HEAD.
Submitter comment: LEARNED WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): POWER OF NUMBERS ; PREVENTITIVE TREATMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
METHOD OF CURING
WASH YOUR FACE IN THE MORNING DEW
AND YOU WILL GET RID OF FRECKLES.
Data entry tech comment: THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES CONTAINS SEVERAL SIMILAR ITEMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SAINT MATTHEWS CHURCH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1959