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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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SOUTHERNERS BELIEVED THAT A PERSON WITH A COLD SHOULD BE
RUBBED DOWN WITH VICK'S VAPOR RUB ON THE FOREHEAD, CHEST, AND
BACK. THE PERSON SHOULD THEN BE PLACED UNDER HEAVY COVERS SO
THEY COULD SWEAT OUT THE COLD.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER ALWAYS RUBS ME DOWN WITH VICK'S WHENEVER I HAVE A COLD.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
James Callow Keyword(s): VICK'S VAPO RUB
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-14-1984 ; 00001960S
To cure a sore throat or a cold, sulphur powder
was placed on a feather. The feather was placed
in the back of the throat and the person administering
the treatment would blow the sulphur onto the throat.
Submitter comment:
Mrs. Wolf's mother routinely used this procedure when
she was growing up.
Where learned: OHIO ; Hicksville
Keyword(s): Remedies, Medicine
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
TIME IS AN HERB THAT CURES ALL DISEASES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MEDICINE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
Potus Sack
In Ireland, people wear potus sacks around their neck to ward off illness.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Holistic ; ILLNESS ; IRELAND ; MEDICINE ; Potus
James Callow Keyword(s): ILLNESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Belief
Take a large piece of Alum and put it in your back pocket and it will cure anything.
Data entry tech comment:
Contributed to Folklore Archive; December 1967.
Motifs Added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Patient
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CURE ; DOCTOR ; Medicinal ; MINERAL ; Patient
James Callow Keyword(s): BELIEF ; MEDICINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Warm Blood
Vivien's mother would drink warm blood from the butcher shop to prevent disease and sickness.
Data entry tech comment:
Stamped into Archive; December 1969
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BLOOD ; Butcher ; ILLNESS ; MEDICAL ; PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE ; PREVENTION ; Vampire ; Vampirism
James Callow Keyword(s): PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE ; Warm Blood
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Japanese Snake Medicine
Japanese may eat snakes because of their belief in its medicinal value, especially when charred black.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by T.R. Davidson
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; COOKING ; Culinary ; CURE ; Japanese ; MEDICINE ; Natural Remedy ; PREVENTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Superstition
Superstition:
That warts come from handling frogs
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P880.440] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): AMPHIBIAN ; ANIMAL ; BELIEF ; CURE ; Fallacy ; FROG ; HEALTH ; ILLNESS ; MEDICINE ; SUPERSTITION ; Touching tabu ; Warts
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Proverb
An ounce of prevention is a pound of cure
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V600] crossed out. replaced with current classification.
The word [worth] is written in between is and a , with a question mark next to it.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Ail ; CURE ; Ill ; MEDICINE ; PREVENTION ; Remedies ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK ;
Keyword(s): Ail ; CURE ; Ill ; MEDICINE ; PREVENTION ; Remedies ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Submitter comment:
Proverb remembered by the informant - real source unknown
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): Ail ; CURE ; Ill ; MEDICINE ; PREVENTION ; Remedies ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Belief
The pishtace are nocturnal murderers of Indians. The pishtaco murder Indians in order to obtain human fat to be sold as lubricants for machinery and to be used in pharmacuticals.
The legend derives from 16th and 17th centurey Spanish practices of using human body fats as treatment for wounds and diseases. the people who tell this tale are poor Indians and the pishtaco are usually wealthy industrial men in the area. The tale helps draw lines of social class.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: Journal of American Folklore ; The Pishtaco: Institutionalized Fear in Highland Peru
Keyword(s): BODY ; Cultural ; Culture ; Fat ; FEAR ; HORROR ; INDIAN ; INDUSTRY ; Kill ; Lubrication ; Machinery ; MEDICINE ; MURDER ; Native American ; Peru ; Peruvian ; Pharmaceutical ; Pishtaco ; Poor ; Social Class ; Wealthy
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Superstition
You should not operate on pigs (geld) if the moon sign is in the heart or head. If you do, there is more sickness and loss.
Data entry tech comment:
Entered by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD ; U.H. Garrett
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; ASTROLOGY ; HEAD ; HEART ; MEDICINE ; MOON ; SIGN ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Working |