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TO GET RID OF WARTS THROW A POTATO OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER, AND
WHEN THAT POTATO ROTS, YOUR WARTS WILL BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
TO REMOVE WART, RUB A POTATO ON IT AND THEN THROW THE
POTATO OUTSIDE. WHEN IT ROTS THE WART WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
TO GET RID OF A WART, TAKE A POTATO AND CUT IT IN HALF. RUB ONE HALF
OF IT ON THE WART. THEN CONNECT THE TWO HALVES WITH TWO
TOOTHPICKS AND BURY THE POTATO IN YOUR BACKYARD. AS THE POTATO
BEGINS TO DECOMPOSE, THE WART WILL BEGIN TO DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-30-1970
IF YOU HAVE A WART, CUT A POTATO IN HALF. RUB OPEN PART ON
WART AND THEN BURY THE POTATO. THE WART WILL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
TAKE ONE HALF OF A POTATO AND BURY IT IN THE YARD FOR A WEEK
AND YOUR WARTS WILL GO AWAY.
Submitter comment: DONE BY A FRIEND OF INFORMANT IN ABOUT 1959.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-07-1970 ; 00-00-1959
TO CURE WARTS, RUB THEM WITH A CUT POTATO, BURY THE POTATO
EYES, WHEN THEY START TO GROW YOUR WARTS WILL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
TAKE A POTATO AND RUB IT ON THE WART AND THEN GO AND BURY
THE POTATO. WHEN THE POTATO HAS ROTTED, THE WART WILL
BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
TO CURE WARTS: FOR WARTS ON THE THUMB, USE A RAW POTATO; RUB
IT ON THE WART AND THUMB AND THEN BURY THE POTATO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST GRAND RAPIDS
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-29-1971
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
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-02-1972
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
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
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
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
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
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-30-1971
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
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-12-1971
GERMAN SUPERSTITION: TO CURE WARTS, DROP A BUTTON INTO A WELL
ONE MUSN'T HEAR THE SOUND AND THE WART WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: SOUTHFIELD ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-06-1968
HERE'S A WAY TO GET RID OF WARTS. SPIT ON A KERNEL OF CORN AND
THEN RUB THE CORN ON THE WART. BURY THE KERNEL AND THE
WART WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 03-12-1968
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
WHEN YOU HAVE A WART (WHICH YOU GET BY CONTACT WITH FROGS)
YOU CAN RELIEVE YOURSELF OF IT BY BURYING A POTATO IN THE
GROUND.
Submitter comment:
MISS BALDWIN LEARNED THIS FROM HER GRANDMOTHER, MRS. JOHN
BARDEN, OF BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 12-00-1963
YOU BURY A TOAD IN ORDER TO GET RID OF WARTS.
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
RUB AN ONION ON A WART; BURY THE ONION WHERE WATER WILL DRIP
ON IT. THE ONION WILL ROT AND THE WART WILL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-22-1968
TO REMOVE A WART, ONE WOULD PLANT AN ONION UNDER A RAINSPOUT
WITHOUT ANYONE SEEING YOU AND BY THE TIME THE ONION HAD ROTTED
AWAY, THE WART WOULD BE GONE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 01-20-1970