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IN THE OLD COUNTRY THEY CURED WARTS BY THROWING BEANS IN A
FIRE AND REPEATED A SECRET FORMULA SOMETHING LIKE WART,
WART, GO AWAY.
Where learned: HUNGARY
James Callow Keyword(s): INCANTATION ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1918
RUB A DIRTY PENNY ON A WART, IT WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 01-26-1968
RUB AN ONION ON A WART; BURY THE ONION WHERE WATER WILL DRIP
ON IT. THE ONION WILL ROT AND THE WART WILL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-22-1968
IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A WART, YOU TAKE AN ONION AND SLICE IT
IN HALF. YOU TAKE ONE HALF OF THE ONION AND RUB THE WART
WITH IT. THEN MAKING SURE NO ONE SEES YOU, YOU TAKE THAT
HALF OF THE ONION AND HIDE IT WHERE NO ONE WILL EVER FIND
IT BUT YOURSELF. WHEN THAT HALF OF THE ONION DECAYS, YOUR
WART WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-04-1969
TO CURE A WART, TAKE A PIECE OF MEAT AND RUB IT ON THE WART
THEN BURY THE MEAT. AS THE MEAT BEGINS TO ROT THE WART WILL
START TO GO AWAY. WHEN THE MEAT IS COMPLETELY DECOMPOSED
THE WART WILL BE COMPLETELY GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 04-04-1970
KEN HAD BEEN SUFFERING FROM WARTS ON HIS LEFT HAND FOR QUITE
A WHILE. NOT EVEN THE DOCTOR IN HIS SMALL NEW HAMPSHIRE TOWN
COULD CURE HIM. ONE DAY DURING A RAINSTORM, KEN'S FRENCH-
CANADIAN GRANDMOTHER TOLD HIM TO RUB THE WARTS WITH SALT
PORK. HAVING DONE THIS, HE THEN THREW THE SALT PORK
OVER HIS SHOULDER SO HE COULDN'T SEE WHERE IT LANDED. HE
WAS CURED IMMEDIATELY AND BELIEVES TO THIS DAY THAT IT
WILL WORK SHOULD HE EVER GET ANOTHER WART.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-15-1967
IF YOU COUNT YOUR WARTS, MAKE A KNOT IN A THREAD FOR EVERY
WART, AND THROW THE THREAD AWAY, THE WARTS WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-08-1967
TO CURE A WART, RUB THE WART ON THE HAND OF A DEAD PERSON
WHO IS LAID OUT IN A FUNERAL PARLOR.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SAID TO HAVE ACTUALLY WORKED ON THE INFORMANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
IF YOU WANT TO GET RID OF A WART COVER IT WITH A RAW
POTATO AND PRESS IT FOR A FEW MINUTES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): POULTICE ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
IF YOU FIND A PENNY AND RUB IT ON A WART AND THEN
THROW THE PENNY AWAY AND NOT THINK OF IT EVER AGAIN,
YOUR WART WILL BE GONE WITHIN A WEEK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-16-1971
TO CURE A WART STEAL A PIECE OF MEAT, RUB IT ON THE WART,
AND THEN BURY IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 04-05-1970
TO CURE WARTS, BURY A STRIP OF BACON UNDERNEATH A RAILROAD
CROSSING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
RUB YOUR WARTS WITH SALT PORK AND THROW IT OVER YOUR
SHOULDER. (THE SALTPORK THAT IS) THIS REALLY WORKS.
I HAD A WART THAT WENT AWAY AFTER I DID IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
IF YOU HAVE A WART AND COVER IT WITH A PIECE OF BACON
AND THEN BURY THE BACON, THE WART WILL GO AWAY.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT DOESN'T BELIEVE THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-10-1968
TO GET RID OF A WART, RUB A POTATO ON IT AND THROW THE POTATO
AWAY. THE WART WILL GO AWAY WHEN THE POTATO DRIES UP.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S FATHER, AND THIS WAS A PRACTICE
WHEN HE WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
TO GET RID OF WARTS, ONE SWINGS A DEAD CAT AROUND HIS HEAD
THIRTEEN TIMES, PUTS IT IN A GUNNY SACK, HANGS IT FROM A TREE
IN A GRAVEYARD, AND SITS UNDER IT ON A NIGHT WITH A FULL
MOON.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND OF MINE WHO LEARNED THIS FROM HER
ROOMMATE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IN CHAMPAIGN,
ILLINOIS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
TO GET RID OF A WART, RUB IT WITH A PIECE OF RAW PORK, BURY IT
IN THE YARD, AND NEVER LOOK AT THAT SPOT IN THE YARD AGAIN.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND OF MINE AND MY FIRST ROOMMATE WHEN
I CAME TO DETROIT (MICHIGAN). HE REMEMBERS THIS FROM HIS
CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
TO GET RID OF WARTS, MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS OVER THE WART
WITH SALT PORK AND BURY THE PORK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS THAT THIS WORKS BUT DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HE
GOT THE CURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
IN ORDER TO CURE OR REMOVE A WART, YOU TAKE ONE HALF OF A
POTATO AND RUB IT ON THE WART, THEN TOSS IT OVER YOUR
LEFT SHOULDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-15-1969
WART CURE:
TAKE THREE GRAINS OF CORN, GO TO A PLACE WHERE THE ROAD
FORKS IN THREE WAYS, PUT A GRAIN OF CORN IN EACH ROAD
AND PLACE A LITTLE ROCK OVER EACH. THE WARTS WILL LEAVE
YOU AND GO TO THE FIRST PERSON KNOCKING THE ROCKS OF THE
GRAINS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 07-10-1973