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PRESERVATION OF FOOD. PRODUCT OR ACTIVITY OF MAN.
A WOMAN SHOULD NEVER CAN (JAR PICKLES, TOMATOES, ETC.)
WHEN SHE HAS HER PERIOD. IF SHE DOES, THE CANNED GOODS
WILL SPOIL.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER CANNED TOMATORES WHILE SHE HAD
HER PERIOD AND THE WHOLE BATCH SPOILED. THIS HAPPENED
THE SUMMER OF 1971.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MENSTRUATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.1 |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
TIE A HORSE HAIR AROUND A WART AND THE WART WILL DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS SAID WHEN YOUNG (AROUND 1920) BUT DOES
NOT REMEMBER SEEING IT EVER PRACTICED.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
TO GET RID OF A WART ON A HAND FIRST FIND THE
OLDEST WART. PLACE A PIECE OF CLOTH AROUND THE WART AND
TIE THE CLOTH IN PLACE WITH A STRING. LEAVE IT LIKE THIS
FOR A WEEK WITHOUT CHANGING THE CLOTH. AT THE END OF
A WEEK REMOVE THE CLOTH AND THE WART WILL PEEL OFF.
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
TO GET RID OF WARTS, TIE A STRING AROUND THEM AND TIGHTEN
THE STRING A BIT EACH DAY TO GRADUALLY CUT OFF THE WART.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER AUNT WHO IS OF ITALIAN
DESCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
MY MOTHER WILL TELL YOU TO GO AND GET 3 (OR MAYBE 7) STONES.
EACH ONE SHE RUBS OVER YOUR WARTS. AND IN SO MANY DAYS THEY
WILL GO AWAY. AND THEY ACTUALLY GO AWAY.
WHEN I WAS 7 OR 8 I HAD A SEED WART AND MOTHER COULDN'T
CHARM IT OFF. HER POWER WOULDN'T WORK IN THE IMMEDIATE
FAMILY. SO I WENT TO A LADY WHO TOOK A BLACK THREAD AND
MADE A LOOP WITH IT AND PUT IT AROUND THE WART AND DREW
IT TIGHT. SHE TOLD ME TO LEAVE IT ALONE AND IT WOULD GO
AWAY. AND IT WAS GONE IN A WEEK OR TWO.
Submitter comment: HAPPENED IN SEYMOUR, INDIANA, WHERE HE LIVED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; INDIANA ; SOUTHFIELD ; SEYMOUR
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-19-1965
CURE FOR WARTS: TAKE A PIECE OF STRING AND FOR EACH WART, TIE
THREE KNOTS IN THE STRING AND RUB THE STRING OVER THE WART.
THEN FIND A RAINSPOUT WHERE WATER FREQUENTLY DRAINS AND BURY
THE STRING UNDER THIS AREA. WHEN THE STRING ROTS AWAY THE
WARTS WILL BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING MEASURING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-22-1972
TIE A SILK THREAD AROUND THE WART; WHEN THE THREAD HAS WORN
AWAY, THE WART SHOULD DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-23-1970
ANOTHER CURE FOR A WART IS TO TIE A STRING TIGHTLY AROUND IT
AND LEAVE IT THERE UNTIL THE WART AND STRING FALL OFF.
Where learned: HUNGARY
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1897
TIE ONE KNOT IN A STRING FOR EACH WART WHICH YOU HAVE,
THEN BURY THE STRING. WHEN THE STRING ROTS, YOUR WARTS
WILL HAVE VANISHED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING ; PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
WARTS WILL GO AWAY IF MYLON THREAD IS WOUND TIGHTLY
AROUND THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-02-1970
TO REMOVE A WART, TIE A STRING AROUND IT TIGHT ENOUGH SO
THAT THE STRING WILL STAY ON. EACH DAY, TIE ANOTHER KNOT
MAKING THE STRING TIGHTER AND TIGHTER AROUND THE WART,
EVENTUALLY, THE WART WILL FALL OFF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-25-1970
TIE A STRING AROUND THE WART. THEN REMOVE THE STRING AND PULL
IT UNTIL THE LOOP FORMS A KNOT. PUT THE STRING AWAY AND
WHEN IT ROTS, THE WART WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID SHE DID THIS AS A CHILD. SHE DIDN'T REVEAL
THE RESULTS. SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN THE CURE ANYMORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING ; PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
TO GET RID OF WARTS: GET A STRING AND TIE AS MANY KNOTS ON
THE STRING AS YOU HAVE WARTS. THEN TAKE THIS STRING
OUTSIDE, PLACING IT UNDER A ROCK WHICH IS PLACED AT
THE END OF A DRAIN PIPE. WHEN THE STRING HAS ROTTED
AWAY, YOUR WARTS WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY GRANDMOTHER TO MOTHER TO MONICA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING MEASURING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
IF YOU HAVE WARTS, YOU TIE A KNOT FOR EACH WART IN A PIECE
OF STRING AND PUT THE STRING IN THE EAVESTROUGH AND WHEN
THE STRING ROTS, THE WARTS WILL GO AWAY
Submitter comment: HE LEARNED IT FROM HIS GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING ; PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-24-1967
A MENSES SUPERSTITION
IF YOU CANNED ANYTHING DURING YOUR PERIOD THAT WHICH
YOU CANNED WOULD TURN BAD.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A CHILD AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MENSTRUATION
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Preservation |
Date learned: 03-10-1967
IF YOU TURN A LOAF OF FRESHLY BAKED BREAD UPSIDE
DOWN ON A TABLE, SOMEONE WILL GET PREGNANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
IF YOU CLEAN OUT YOUR PLATE THE SUN WILL SHINE THE
NEXT DAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID HE (SIC) PARENTS TOLD HER THIS DURING
HER CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): CLEAN OUT MEANS CLEAN UP.
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Eating BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.28 |
Date learned: 09-24-1970
IF A BABY CRIES AT NIGHT AND SLEEPS IN THE DAY,
THEN TURN HIM IN A SUMMERSAULT TO REVERSE HIS
SCHEDULE--HE IS CONFUSED AS TO THE NIGHT AND THE
DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-28-1970
IF YOU SLEEP WITH THE COVERS OVER YOUR HEAD, YOU'LL
DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN ; 00001969 ASSUMED
TO FIND OUT IF A PERSON IS A WITCH, PUT A PAIR OF
OPEN SCISSORS UNDER HER CHIN AND IF SHE IS A WITCH,
SHE CAN'T GET OUT OF THE CHAIR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): METAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 07-00-1972