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BURNS
WHEN YOU BURN YOURSELF, IT IS BELIEVED
THAT YOU CAN RELIEVE THE PAIN
BY PUTTING BUTTER ON THE BURN.
Data entry tech comment: TWO SIMILAR CURES ARE IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): BUTTER, MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
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
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
POWDERED MILK FACIAL
TO REMOVE WRINKLES AND RELAX THE FACE MUSCLES,
ADD ENOUGH WATER TO A BOWLOF MILK POWDER TO FORM A THICK PASTE.
SPREAD IT EVENLY OVER THE ENTIRE FACE AND THROAT,
AND LET IT SET FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES.
REMOVE GENTLY BY SPLASHING THE HARDENED MASK WITH WARM WATER
UNTIL IT BEGINS TO DISSOLVE;
THEN WASH FACE IN WARM WATER AND SOAP, DRY, AND APPLY MOISTURE CREAM.
Submitter comment:
THIS METHOD IS QUITE EFFECTIVE
BUT SHOULD NOT BE USED TOO FRQUENTLY.
BECAUSE IT TENDS TO DRY THE SKIN.
MY INFORMANT OBTAINED THE INFORMATION FROM HER BEAUTY OPERATOR.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): BEAUTY TREATMENTS ; COMPLEXION ; FACIALS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
HOME REMEDIES
CONSTIPATION
GATHER THE ROOTS OF MAYAPPLE,
CUT OUT THE JOINTS, AND DRY THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOT.
PLACE IN A CLOTH AND BEAT TO A POWDER.
ADD A FEW DROPS OF CASTOR OIL AND ROLL INTO PILLS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): BOWEL HABITS ; HERBAL REMEDIES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 04-01-1972
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
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
THROAT CURE
TOUCH THE HAND OF A DEAD INFANT TO A PERSON'S THROAT TO CURE IT.
Submitter comment:
MRS. DUNMIRE SAID THAT HER MOTHER, WHO HAD A GOITER, DID THIS
WHEN SHE DRESSED A LITTLE BABY BEFORE ITS FUNERAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEATH BELIEF ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 01-00-1970
HANGOVER PREVENTION
IF YOU COME HOME DRUNK, DRINK A COCA-COLA
OR A PEPSI-COLA BEFORE YOU GO TO BED
TO SETTLE YOUR STOMACH.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT AND I TRIED THIS WHEN WE CAME HOME
DRUNK IN AUGUST OF 1970.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): CARBONATION ; SOFT DRINKS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-00-1970
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
WART CURE
IF YOU COUNT YOUR WARTS,
MAKE A KNOT IN A THREAD FOR EVERY WART,
THROW THE THREAD AWAY,
AND THE WARTS WILL BE CURED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MEASURING ; POWER OF NUMBERS ; SEVERAL SIMILAR COMMENTS IN THE ARCHIVES.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
REMEDY
COUNT THE NUMBER OF WARTS OR MOLES,
CONCENTRATE ON THE NUMBER,
AND THEY WILL SOON DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MEASURING ; POWER OF NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
A PRIEST CAN CURE INSANITY IF HE READS 4 GOSPELS OVER A PATIENT;
TAKES HIM TO A MONASTERY AND CHAINS HIM TO THE RING ON THE FLOOR.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT POINTS OUT THAT THIS IS VERY OLD.
Where learned: TOLD IN A LETTER
Keyword(s): BIBLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-19-1971
SUPERSTITION
DON'T CUT YOUR FINGERNAILS ON SUNDAY, BECAUSE IF YOU DO, YOU WILL DO
SOMETHING YOU'LL BE ASHAMED OF BEFORE THE WEEK IS OVER-
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): SABBATH WORK TABU
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 10-02-1969
IN THIS INFORMANTS FAMILY
SOME OF THE CHILDREN HAVE A SMALL BROWN FRECKLE
OR BEAUTY MARK UNDER EACH EYE.
IT IS SAID THAT THESE ARE TEARS
BECAUSE THEY CAME INTO THE WORLD ON A SAD DAY.
IT IS ALSO SAID "MONDAY'S CHILD IS FULL OF WOE,"
AND THESE SAME CHILDREN WERE BORN ON MONDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHGATE
Keyword(s): BEAUTY MARKS ; FRECKLES ; WOE
Date learned: 10-00-1971
SUPERSTIYIOUS BELIEF
I HAVE A BIRTHMARK ON MY CHEEK.
WHICH MY MOTHER ATTRIBUTED TO HAVING EATEN STRAWBERRIES
BEFORE SHE KNEW SHE WAS PREGNANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
Keyword(s): BIRTHMARKS ; CONTAGIOUS MAGIC ; FOOD ; PREGNANCY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Specific distinguishing characteristic Dimple, wart, mole, scar, freckle, birthmark, strawberry mark, bruise, spot (on any part of body) BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-29-1969
CAUSE OF ILLNESS
IF YOU EAT TOO MANY STRWBERRIES,
YOU WILL GET A STRAWBERRY MARK ON YOUR NECK.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
Keyword(s): FOOD ; PUNISHMENT FOR IMMODERATE EATING. ; STRAWBERRY ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Specific distinguishing characteristic Dimple, wart, mole, scar, freckle, birthmark, strawberry mark, bruise, spot (on any part of body) |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
VITAMIN BELIEF
IF YOU EAT GREEN VEGETABLES
THEY'LL MAKE YOUR HAIR THICK AND GROW FASTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): VEGETABLES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-31-1971