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CURE
TREATMENT FOR SUNBURN: PLACE A FRYING PAN ON THE HEAD
(TO DRAW OUT THE HEAT).
Submitter comment: HE HEARD THIS FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; MADISON HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
CURE FOR WARTS
IF YOU CARRY A DEAD CAT TO THE GRAVE AT MIDNIGHT,
YOUR WARTS WILL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 12-00-1969
WART REMEDY
A GOOD WAY TO CURE WARTS IS TO TOUCH A DEAD PERSON'S HAND
TO THE WART AND IT IS SUPPOSED TO DRY IT UP.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER
WHO LIVED ON A FARM AS A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
REMEDY
RUB A PENNY ON A WART, THEN THROW THE PENNY
OVER YOUR SHOULDER AND THE WART WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-11-1970
FEVER
TO GET RID OF A FEVER TAKE CORN IN A PASTY FORM, WRAP IT IN A TOWEL,
AND PUT IT ON YOUR FEET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; COLLECTORS OFFICE
Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-31-1968
FEVER
IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO MAKE A HIGH FEVER GO AWAY ONE WOULD RUB
HIS FEET WITH CORN HUSKS.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-00-1971
FEVER
TO REDUCE A FEVER, PLACE LARGE, YELLOW, STRONG-SMELLING ONION SLICES
ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FEET. THIS SHOULD DRAW DOWN THE FEVER.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
FEVER
IF SOMEONE HAS A HIGH FEVER, STRAP SLICES OF ONIONS TO THE BOTTOM OF
THE PERSON'S FEET. THIS WILL DRAW THE FEVER INTO THE ONIONS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
FEVER
PUT RAW POTATOES ON THE FOREHEAD FOR A HIGH FEVER. INFORMANT LEARNED
THIS FROM HER NEIGHBORS IN BERKLEY, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
FEVER
FOR A FEVER WRAP HOT BANANA PEELS AROUND THE ARCH OF THE FOOT TO DRAW
OUT THE FEVER. (THIS IS FROM A TEXAN GIRL).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ADRIAN
Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-04-1967
FEVER
WRAP GARLIC AROUND PARTS OF YOUR BODY (WAIST, ARMS, LEGS) TO DRAW OUT
FEVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WHILE DRINKING AT WORK
Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-05-1971
FEVER
TO REMEDY A HIGH FEVER, FIND A RABBIT, KILL IT,
SPLIT IT LENGTHWISE AND WHILE IT IS STILL WARM
LAY IT ON YOUR CHEST.
IF LEFT OVERNIGHT THE
FEVER WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE RABBIT AND IT WILL TURN GREEN. BURY
THE RABBIT, AFTER IT'S GREEN, IN A DEEP HOLE.
Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
GOITER
IF YOU HAVE A GOITER ON THE NECK PUT A DEAD PERSON'S HAND THERE
AND IT WILL PASS AWAY.
Submitter comment: NOONE WOULD REALLY TRY THIS CURE.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 01-26-1972
TOENAILS
HER FATHER ONCE HAD AN INGROWN TOENAIL AND SO CUT A HOLE IN A POTATO
AND PUT THE POTATO ON HIS TOE.
HE KEPT IT ON HIS TOE FOR ABOUT THREE DAYS,
AFTER WHICH THE POTATO TURNED A BLUEISH GREEN COLOR
AND THE TOENAIL WAS NO LONGER INGROWN.
Submitter comment: NO DOUBT IN HER MIND THAT THE POTATO REALLY WORKED.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-29-1971
WOUNDS
IN UKRAINE IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF YOU SPEAK OF ANOTHER'S OPERATION
OR WOUNDS AND DEMONSTRATE ON YOUR OWN BODY THEIR LOCATION
THE SAME WILL HAPPEN TO YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION
PASSED ON FROM GRANDPARENTS IN THE UKRAINE.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC ; TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | DRAMA -- Secular BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
METHOD OF CURING
THE OWNER OF THE WART IS TO GO TO KENTUCKY TO SEE THE LADY WHO CHARMS
WARTS OFF. SHE TIES A STRING AROUND EACH WART, CAREFULLY REMOVES
THE STRING (BEING SURE TO PRESERVE THE FRAME OF EACH WART). NO ONE
KNOWS JUST WHAT SHE DOES WITH THE STRING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PONTIAC
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curer BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
METHOD OF CURING
CUT AN IRISH POTATO IN HALF, RUB IT ON THE WART, THROW IT OVER YOUR
SHOULDER AND DON'T LOOK BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
REMEDY
TO CURE WARTS, CUT AN IRISH POTATO IN HALF, RUB IT ON THE WART,
THROW IT OVER YOUR SHOULDER AND DON'T LOOK BACK.
Submitter comment:
WHEN JUDY VISITED IRELAND SHE FOUND THE IRISH TO BE SOMEWHAT
SUPERSTITIOUS. THEY ALSO HAD REMEDIES FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.
Where learned: IRELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
WART CURE
CUT A RAW POTATO IN HALF. APPLY BOTH HALVES OF THE MEAT OF THE
POTATO TO THE WART. GO OUTSIDE AND DIG A BIG HOLE. BURY THE
POTATO IN THIS HOLE. WHEN THE POTATO ROTS, THE WART WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment:
THIS CURE WAS DISCOVERED AT A TIME WHEN THE COMMON MAN COULD NOT
AFFORD PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL TREATMENT. BASED ON PAST RESULTS, MY
AUNT BELIEVES THAT THIS CURE WORKS.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: CA00001916 ; 01-13-1980
FOLK CURE AND REMEDY
A SURE CURE FOR WARTS INVOLVES THE USE OF LEAVES FROM A WEEPING
WILLOW TREE. THE INFLICTED PERSON RUBS THE LEAVES OVER THE WART IN
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS. THEN THEY BURY THEM.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT FIRST HEARD THIS REMEDY AROUND THE YEAR 1910 IN
POLAND. IT IS A PLUGGING CURE IN WHICH THE OBJECT USED TO CURE
THE WARTS IS BURIED IN THE GROUND. A HIGH DEGREE OF BELIEF WAS
PORTRAYED WHEN SHE DISPLAYED HER HANDS TO THE COLLECTOR. WHERE
THERE USED TO BE WARTS, THERE WERE NONE PRESENT. THE INFORMANT
DID NOT INDICATE WHETHER A TRANSFER OCCURRED FROM THE HAND TO THE
LEAF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-00-1980