The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

WHENEVER YOU HAVE WARTS, THIS IS A GOOD CURE. TAKE AN APPLE
AND SLICE IT IN HALF, RUB THE SLICES OVER YOUR WARTS.
PUT THE APPLE TOGETHER AND BURY IT. BY THE TIME THE APPLE
ROTS, YOUR WARTS WILL BE GONE.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THAT HER FRIEND DID THIS IN FRONT OF HER. WITHIN
A WEEK, HER FRIEND'S' WARTS WERE GONE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK

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Date learned: 02-02-1972

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RUB A WART WITH A RAW POTATO. THEN BURY THE POTATO. THE WART
SHOULD SHORTLY DISAPPEAR.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT ACTUALLY DID THIS WHEN YOUNG (1920S) AND CLAIMS
THAT WARTS DID DISAPPEAR.

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH

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Date learned: 10-02-1971

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RUB A WART WITH A POTATO AND THEN BURY THE POTATO IN A SACK IN
THE GROUND; WHEN THE POTATO ROTS THE WART WILL GO AWAY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

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Date learned: 03-00-1971

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IF YOU HAVE A WART AND RUB IT WITH A POTATO, THEN BURY THE
POTATO, BY THE TIME THE POTATO DIES, IN THE GROUND, YOUR
WART WILL BE GONE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS

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Date learned: 10-30-1971

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IT WAS SAID IN ITALY THAT YOU COULD GET RID OF WARTS IN THE
FOLLOWING WAY:
CUT A POTATO IN HALF. RUB THE WART WITH A HALF OF THE POTATO.
NEXT, BURY THE POTATO. WHEN THE POTATO DECAYS, THE WART WILL
DISAPPEAR.

Submitter comment: GUIDO HAD A WART ON HIS HAND AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE FOLK CURES
HIS MOTHER MADE HIM TRY TO GET RID OF IT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ITALY ; DETROIT

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Date learned: 10-12-1971

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