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IF YOU HAVE A WART, STEAL A NEIGHBOR'S WASHCLOTH RUB THE
WART WITH THE CLOTH AND BURY IT UNDER YOUR PORCH AND NEVER
TELL THE NEIGHBOR WHERE IT IS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
TO REMOVE A WART, TAKE A NEW WASHCLOTH CUT OFF THE CORNER AND
BURY THE REST IN THE GROUND.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM GERMAN TALES
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
TO GET RID OF A WART, TAKE A BEAN AND CUT IT IN HALF.
RUB ONE HALF ON THE WART AND BURY BOTH TOGETHER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS DURING HIS CHILDHOOD YEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-12-1971
TAKE A POTATO AND CUT IN IN THREE SECTIONS AND BURY IT ON THE
SIDE UP AND THIS IS SUPPOSED TO GET RID OF A WART.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT READ THIS IN THE "DEAR ABBEY COLUMN" SEVERAL
YEARS BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-10-1971
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A WART GO AWAY, GO NEXT DOOR AND STEAL
YOUR NEIGHBOR'S DISHCLOTH AND RUB IT ON THE WART. WHEN
YOU ARE FINISHED, BURY THE DISHCLOTH IN THE GROUND.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT READ THIS IN THE "DEAR ABBEY COLUMN" SEVERAL
YEARS BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-10-1971
IF YOU HAVE A WART, RUB IT WITH A POTATO. THEN BURY THE POTATO
AND THE WART WILL SLOWLY GO AWAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TOLD ME TO DO THIS TO A WART THAT I HAD, AND I DID,
AND THE WART WENT AWAY IN TWELVE DAYS. THE FAMILY DOCTOR
COULDN'T EXPLAIN IT EITHER.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
TO CURE WARTS: QUARTER A CARROT LONGWAYS, RUB IT ON THE WART
AND BURY EACH QUARTER CARROT AT EACH CORNER OF THE HOUSE AND
WHEN THE CARROT ROTS FROM THE WATER FROM THE EAVES, THE
WARTS WILL GO.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; LONDON
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION ; TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
CURE FOR WARTS: GO TO AN ORCHARD AND FIND A PLACE WHERE FRUIT
HAS FALLEN ON THE GROUND. TAKE THIS FRUIT (THREE FOR EACH
WART) AND RUB IT ON THE WART. THEN FIND A RAINSPOUT WHERE
WATER ALWAYS DRAINS AND BURY THE FRUIT UNDER THIS SPOT.
WHEN THE FRUIT ROTS AWAY COMPLETELY THE WART(S) WILL BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-22-1972
IF YOU HAVE A WART AND YOU BURY A PIECE OF GARLIC, IT WILL
GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-10-1972
MITCH RELATES THAT HIS MOTHER FIRMLY BELIEVES THAT WARTS CAN
BE CURED OR REMOVED BY RUBBING A RAW POTATO AGAINST THEM UNTIL
THEY ARE GONE. THEN THE CURED PERSON IS SUPPOSED TO THROW
THE PIECE OF POTATO OVER HIS SHOULDER AND NOT LOOK TO SEE
WHERE IT HAS FALLEN. THIS IS TO INSURE THE CURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-15-1967
TO REMOVE A WART TAKE A POTATO, CUT IN HALF, DURING THE
FULL MOON RUB IT ON THE WART, THEN BURY IT IN YOUR
BACKYARD IN A DEEP HOLE AND NEVER DIG IT UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MELVINDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-00-1971
TO REMOVE A WART, RUB A RAW PEELED POTATO ON IT DURING THE
FULL MOON AND THEN BURY THE POTATO IN YOUR BACKYARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOR WARTS, RUB A POTATO ON THE WART, THEN BURY THE POTATO IN
THE MORNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TELEPHONE
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-09-1970
IF YOU HAVE A WART, RUB A SLICE OF RAW POTATO ON IT. BURY
THE POTATO AT MIDNIGHT. AFTER THREE DAYS, THE WART WILL
BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 01-26-1968
TO CURE A WART, CUT A POTATO IN HALF AND RUB ONE HALF ON THE
WART. AT MIDNIGHT THAT NIGHT, BURY BOTH PARTS OF THE POTATO.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS AN OLD FRENCH CURE WHICH HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN IN
QUEBEC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; CANADA ; QUEBEC
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-19-1970
TO GET RID OF A WART: CUT A POTATO IN HALF, HOLD IT OVER YOUR
BACK, WALK OUT TO A RIVER BED, THEN THROW IT OVER YOUR
SHOULDER INTO THE RIVER WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-22-1969
PUT A CUT UP LEMON ON YOUR WART FOR TWO DAYS AND RUB IT.
THEN TAKE THE LEMON AND BURY IT. DIG IT UP A FEW DAYS
LATER, AND IF YOUR LEMON IS ROTTEN, YOUR WART WILL
ALSO BE SHRIVELED UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
TO RID ONE'S SELF OF A WART, YOU TAKE A RAW POTATO, CUT INTO THREE
EQUAL PARTS, TAKE THE MIDDLE SECTION AND RUB IT ON THE WART.
AFTER THIS IS DONE, TAKE THE POTATO AND BURY IT WITH THE SIDE
USED TO RUB THE WART FACE UP, AND IN A FEW WEEKS THE WART WILL
BE GONE.
Submitter comment:
DIANE TOLD ME THIS WHEN I TOLD HER I USED TO HAVE A WART WHEN
I WAS LITTLE.
Where learned: SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-10-1969
RUB WART WITH A CUT POTATO, THEN BURY THE POTATO.
Data entry tech comment: THIS CURES IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
TO GET RID OF A WART RUB IT WITH A POTATO AND BURY IT
WHERE IT CAN'T BE FOUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN