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LARYNGITIS CURE
A FOLK CURE FOR LARYNGITIS IS TO DRINK A MIXTURE OF
RAW EGG, LEMON JUICE, AND HONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
RUSTY NAIL
IF YOU GET A RUSTY NAIL THROUGH YOUR FOOT, PUT LARD ON THE NAIL AND PUT IT ON A SHELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL CURE ; INFECTION ; PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-17-1969
TO RELIEVE ITCHING ON YOUR BODY
SOAK AND TAKE A BATH IN BAKING SODA
Submitter comment: THIS ACTUALLY WORKS.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-15-1969
PARSLEY TEA
QUITE OFTEN A PERSON WITH A KIDNEY DISORDER
WAS FREQUENTLY GIVEN PARSLEY TEA.
THIS TEA WAS ALSO USED FOR A GENERAL PANACEA.
Data entry tech comment: THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES CONTAINS SEVERAL SIMILAR ITEMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-10-1969
FOLK CURE FOR MEASLES
GATHER SHEEP DUNG FROM THE PASTURE
AND BOIL IT IN WATER,
THEN STRAIN IT THROUGH A CLOTH AND DRINK LIKE TEA.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT NEVER ACTUALLY TRIED THIS BUT SAID
THAT THE PEOPLE DID IT IN THE AREA HE WAS BORN IN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTERN YMCA ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
A REMEDY FOR THE MUMPS IS TO RUB GOOSE FAT ON YOUR NECK,
WRAP A HEAVY SOCK AROUND IT
AND LEAVE IT THERE OVERNIGHT.
Where learned: HUNGARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1918
REMEDY
A PIECE OF BROWN PAPER PLACED ON THE UPPER GUM
WILL STOP A NOSEBLEED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
REMEDY
COBWEBS WILL STOP A NOSEBLEED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 01-22-1970
POISON IVY
THE BEST WAY TO CURE POISON IVY
IS TO PUT EQUAL PARTS OF APPLE CIDER VINEGAR AND WATER
ON THE AFFECTED SKIN.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-08-1969
FOR A SORE THROAT, GARGLE WITH URINE.
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE 2 OTHER SIMILAR REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
FOLK REMEDY-PASTE
A PASTE CONSISTING OF BREAD, MILK, AND NAPTHA SOAP WAS SPREAD
OVER A SLIVER. THE AFFECTED AREA WAS THEN WRAPPED IN A TOURNIQUET
AND BY THE FOLLOWING DAY THE INFECTION HAD BEEN DRAWN OUT
AND THE SLIVER BROUGHT TO A HEAD.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NAPHTHA SOAP ; POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 01-20-1970
SPRAINED ANKLE
USE RED CLAY TO RELIEVE PAIN FROM SPRAINED ANKLE OR ARM.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-01-1971
ANIMAL BELIEF
IF YOU GET STUNG BY A BEE, MUD WILL TAKE THE STING OUT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS HE WAS TOLD THIS BY A COMPLETE STRANGER,
WHEN HE WAS STUNG BY A BEE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 04-10-1972
FOLK CURE FOR UPSET STOMACH
BOIL A BAY LEAF IN WATER FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN DRINK.
WILL CURE UPSET STOMACH AND ALSO EASE DIARRHEA.
Data entry tech comment: COLLECTOR'S SPELLING CORRECTED BY KEYPUNCHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-14-1971
FOR MEASLES, GET RED SASSAFRAS AND BOIL IT.
IN THREE DAYS YOU WILL BE CURED.
FOR MUMPS, GET MARROW FROM THE JAWBONE (THEY WERE SAVED)
AND RUB YOUR FACE IN IT. IN THREE DAYS YOU WILL BE CURED.
IF YOU STUB A TOE OR HURT A FINGER, CUT A HOLE IN A PINE TREE
AND PUT THE TURPENTINE ON THE INJURY.
Submitter comment:
BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HAD SO LITTLE MONEY THEY FOUND CURES THEMSELVES
WHEN THEY BECAME ILL. DOCTORS WERE HARD TO GET , THEY CHARGED
BY THE MILE WHEN THEY CAME, FOR 10 MILES HE CHARGED $10.
THE PEOPLE FOUND HERBS FOR THE DIFFERENT AILMENTS.
THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
STYE CURE
TO GET RID OF A STYE, YOU URINATE AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S FATHER, AND THIS WAS A BELIEF AMONG
THE PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH WHERE HE GREW UP.
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE 2 OTHER REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH (GERMAN)
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
CURE FOR ULCERS
DRINKING A POTION OF PINE BARK BOILED IN WATER WILL CURE ULCERS.
Where learned: "PASSING PARADE"-THE MACOMB DAILY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 01-20-1968
UMBILICAL HERNIA
A TREATMENT FOR UMBILICAL HERNIA, A CONDITION IN WHICH THE NAVEL
APPEARS VERY LARGE AND BULGING, IS TO BIND THE ABDOMEN VERY TIGHTLY.
Submitter comment:
THE CONDITION, WHICH IS NOT SERIOUS AND OFTEN DISAPPEARS WITHOUT
TREATMENT, IS COMMON AMONG BLACKS, AND PROBABLY GENETICALLY CAUSED.
ONE PATIENT TOLD MISS BAUER TO FIRST SCORCH THE CLOTH.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): NEGRO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
FOLK CURE WARTS
IF YOU HAVE A WART, AND YOU TAKE A DISHCLOTH
AND RUB THE WART WITH IT,
AND IF YOU BURY THE SAME DISHCLOTH,
THE WART WILL DISAPPEAR WHEN THE DISHCLOTH DECAYS.
Data entry tech comment: SEVERAL SIMILAR CURES ARE FOUND IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS ; HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-16-1969
BELIEF
IF A PERSON HAS A WART, ANOTHER PERSON SHOULD BUY IT FROM HIM.
AFTER RECEIVING THE MONEY THE WART IS SUPPOSED TO GO AWAY.
Data entry tech comment: SEVERAL SIMILAR CURES ARE FOUND IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-24-1969