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KEEP COOL
IF, IN THE SUMMER, YOU ARE HOT.
PUT A CUCUMBER ON YOUR FOREHEAD.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO RONDA BY HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNION LAKE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-06-1967
REMEDY - PLANT
TO CURE PILES, CARRY HORSECHESTNUTS IN YOUR POCKET.
Submitter comment: (LEARNED FROM YOUTH.)
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
Keyword(s): HEMORRHOIDS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
FOLK CURE
FOR PNEUMONIA, PUT CHOPPED RAW ONIONS
IN A WOOL SOCK AND PUT THE SOCK ON YOUR FOOT
OR ON YOUR CHEST.
THE POISON WILL BE DRAWN OUT BY THE ONIONS.
Submitter comment: FROM MRS. HOWARD OF SCOTCH - IRISH DESCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
PLANT CURE FOR RHEUMATISM
IN ORDER TO CURE RHEUMATISM, SOME PEOPLE
WILL CARRY A HALF OF A POTATO AROUND IN THEIR POCKET.
WHEN THE POTATO TURNS BLACK, IT'S A SIGN
THAT IT HAS DRAWN OUT ALL THE POISON.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT WAS TOLD OF THIS CURE BY A FRIEND
IN HAMTRAMCK WHO ABSOLUTELY SWEARS BY IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): IMITATIVE MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-18-1970
STY
TO GET RID OF A STY PLACE A TEABAG ON IT.
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE 3 OTHER REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-16-1968
BELIEF
IF YOU EAT A LOT OF GARLIC YOU'LL RID YOURSELF OF TAPE WORMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-05-1972
REMEDY
FOR TONSIL CASES THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO BOIL POTATOES WITH
THEIR SKINS ON. WHEN THEY ARE DONE MASH THEM A LITTLE WITH A FORK,
PUT THEM IN A SCARF AND WRAP THE SCARF AROUND THE NECK.
THE HEAT WILL DRAW OUT THE INFECTION.
Submitter comment: MEMORIES OF HOMELAND GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BEAUTY SHOP
Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-00-1971
CURE FOR A TOOTHACHE
YOU TAKE OIL OF CLOVES AND PLACE IT ON THE TOOTH THAT ACHES.
Submitter comment: SHE HEARD THIS FROM SOMEONE.
Data entry tech comment: THERE IS 1 OTHER SIMILAR REFERENCE IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-30-1967
CURE
"RUB A RAW POTATO ON A WART,
BURY IT, WHEN IT DECAYS THE WARTS WILL BE GONE."
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HAS SEEN THIS WORK.
Data entry tech comment: SEVERAL SIMILAR CURES ARE IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-21-1972
PLANT REMEDY
A TEA MADE OF THE ACORNS OF THE WHITE OAK IS GOOD FOR WEAK LIMBS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
SLEEP REMEDY
DRINK WARM WINE IF YOU CAN'T SLEEP.
Submitter comment: RELATIVES TOLD HER THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): INSOMNIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-00-1965
BRAIN FOOD
WALNUTS ARE GOOD FOR DISEASES OF THE BRAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-18-1968
TONIC INGREDIENTS
ALWAYS PICK FLOWERS AND ROOTS FOR TONICS. OUR SPRING TONIC WAS
SASSIFRAS AND SWEET ANISE. WE'D USE THE ROOTS OF THE SASSIFRAS FOR
TEA AND WE'D CHEW THE SWEET ANISE.
MAY APPLE ROOT AND GINSENG WERE MADE INTO MEDICINAL ROOTS AND DRIED
AND SOLD.
WE'D ALSO USE GREENS- LADY BRITCHES, POLK, DANDELIONS, ETC.-
WE'D PUT THEM IN A TUB AND WASH THEM. THEN MOM WOULD BOIL IT WITH
BACON OR PORK FAT AND YOU'D END UP WITH JUST A LITTLE BOWLFULL-
IF YOU GOT A QUART YOU WERE GOING GOOD. THEN WE'D MAKE
CORN BREAD WITH IT.
Submitter comment: HAPPENED IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO.
Data entry tech comment: SPELLING CORRECTED BY KEYPUNCHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): POKEWEED ; SASSAFRAS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
BABY BELIEF
SHE WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT THAT WHEN A BABY HAS AN UPSET STOMACH THAT
HE OR SHE SHOULD BE GIVEN ESSENCE OF PEPPERMINT OR CAMIL TEA
WHICH IS ACTUALLY TEA LEAVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
Keyword(s): CHAMOMILE? CAMOMILE?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
MEDICINAL BELIEF
BEST TONIC FOR POOR APPETITES WAS TEA MADE FROM WILD CHERRY BARK AND
RATSBANE (SPOTTED WINTERGREEN). THE INFORMANT ADVISED ME THAT THIS
TONIC WAS GIVEN TO HER AS A CHILD AND TASTED TERRIBLE.
Keyword(s): APPETITE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
ARTHRITIS CURE
CARRY A BUCKEYE IN YOUR PURSE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT ACTUALLY DOES THIS.
Where learned: HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
COUGH
TO CURE A COUGH YOU ROAST AN ONION AND RUB THE SOLES OF THE PATIENT'S
FEET WITH IT.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; GREENFIELD
Keyword(s): HIDDEN CONNECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
COUGH
TO CURE VERY BAD COUGHS, YOU TAKE SUGAR AND PUT IT IN A JAR, YOU THEN
CHOP UP ONIONS INTO THE JAR. YOU THEN CLOSE UP THE JAR TIGHT AND
LEAVE IT OVERNIGHT. IN THE MORNING, THERE WILL BE JUICE IN THE JAR.
TAKE A TEASPOON OF THIS JUICE WHENEVER THIS COUGHING IS HEAVY.
INFORMANT'S MOTHER IS OF FLEMISH BACKGROUND AND HAS USED THIS TREAT-
MENT FOR ALL OF HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. IT CURED INFORMANT'S
SON WHEN ALL OTHER MEDICINES FAILED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-08-1972
COUGH
EAT BAKED ONIONS AND SUGAR SYRUP TO CURE A COUGH.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
HOMEMADE COUGH SYRUP
PASSED ON THROUGH THE GENERATIONS- PRESENTLY IN WRITTEN FORM:
1 CUP SUGAR
1 CUP WINE
1/2 PINT GLYCERINE
1/4 OUNCE BEECHWOOD CREOSOTE
BOIL SUGAR, WINE AND GLYCERINE AND ADD CREOSOTE, REMOVE FROM
HEAT AND BOTTLE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WOULD ALWAYS STORE THIS SYRUP IN A WINE BOTTLE.
THIS MAY BE FOUND IN AN OLD HANDWRITTEN RECORDBOOK, ITS PAGES
BROWN AND WORN, IN THE POSSESSION OF THE INFORMANT.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-27-1968