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CURE
TO GET RID OF WARTS, DO THE FOLLOWING:
1) CUT A POTATO IN TWO HALVES.
2) WITH ONE OF THE HALVES, RUB THE WART WITH ITS CUT ENDS.
3) BURY THAT HALF OF POTATO.
THE WARTS WILL BE GONE IN TWO WEEKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
MEDICINE
A SYRIAN CURE FOR WARTS HOLDS THAT THEY CAN BE TREATED
SUCCESSFULLY IF AN EGG IS BROKEN OVER THEM AND THEN BURIED.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Animal product Egg BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001920S
CURE FOR WARTS ON THE HAND
IF A WART APPEARS SOMEWHERE ON YOUR HAND,
TIE A STRING AROUND THE THIRD FINGER OF THE OPPOSITE HAND,
TO GET RID OF A WART
Submitter comment:
THE CURE ONLY APPLIED TO WARTS ON THE HAND. IT WAS BELIEVED TO BE AN
EXCELLENT METHOD FOR CLEARING UP WARTS.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
CURE FOR WARTS
TO RID YOURSELF OF A WART, RUB A PENNY ON IT AND TAKE THE
PENNY TO THE NEAREST CROSSROAD. THROW THE PENNY OVER YOUR
LEFT SHOULDER AND LEAVE WITHOUT LOOKING BACK. THE NEXT
PERSON FINDING THE PENNY WILL ALSO GET THE WART. THIS
WAS TOLD TO ME AROUND 1970 BY MY GRANDMOTHER, MARY GIBBLE,
IN KALAMAZOO. SHE ALSO TOLD ME THAT SHE TRIED THE CURE
YEARS AGO AND IT WORKED.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LATER TOLD ME THAT MRS. GIBBLE WAS BORN IN
SWITZERLAND AND EMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES AROUND 1920.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-00-1982
AFRO-AMERICAN BELIEFS
TO TALK WITH THE DEAD WAIT UNTIL MIDNIGHT, WRITE THE NAME
OF THE PERSON YOU WISH TO CONVERSE WITH, COVER A GLASS
OF WATER WITH THE NAME WRITTEN ON A SHEET OF PAPER, AND
STAND BEFORE A MIRROR WITH LIGHTED CANDLE. THE FIGURE OF
THE PERSON WILL APPEAR IN THE MIRROR. MM
IF A PERSON SWEEPS ACROSS YOUR FEET WITH THE BROOM YOU
MUST SPIT UPON IT OR YOU WILL GO TO JAIL. MM
PICKING A MARRIAGE PARTNER:
A WOMAN WHOSE SECOND TOE IS LONGER THAN THE FIRST IS A
POOR CHOICE FOR A WIFE IN THAT SHE WILL MAKE HER
HUSBAND MISERABLE BY DOMINATION OR HER ATTEMPTS AT DOING
SO. MM
ANOTHER IS THAT A PREGNANT WOMAN SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED
TO PREPARE FOOD BECAUSE SHE IS UNCLEAN. MM
IF A MAN'S WIFE
CLIMBS ACROSS HIM TO GET OUT OF BED HE WILL BEAR THE
LABOR PAINS.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC ; TRANSFER
Date learned: 07-00-1967
WHEN TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE FRIENDS ARE WALKING SIDE BY SIDE ON THE
ROAD IT IS FORBIDDEN FOR ANOTHER PERSON TO PASS BETWEEN THEM.
IF ANOTHER FELLOW PASSES BETWEEN THEM, THE COMMONSENSE OF THE TWO
FRIENDS WILL MOVE IN TO THE HEAD OF THE PERSON THAT PASSES
WHILE THE TWO FRIENDS WILL BECOME IDIOTS.
Where learned: NIGERIA ; KADUNA
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION ; TRANSFER
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IT IS SAID THAT IF A WOMAN IS PREGNANT
AND DOES NOT WANT TO HAVE MORNING SICKNESS, WHAT SHE DOES IS WAIT
UNTIL HER HUSBAND GOES TO SLEEP AND CRAWL ACROSS HIM WITHOUT
HIM KNOWING AND HE WILL BEAR ALL THE SICKNESS.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Superstition
My father's sister was an alcoholic. Her mother
believed that when a member of a family died,
he could take a curse with him. So when my uncle Marcel
died, she prayed that he would take her daughter's
alcoholism with him. Shortly thereafter her daughter
stopped drinking, and she attributes this to her wish.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 00001980CA
For headaches, grate a potato, put a lot of pepper on it, put
that on a handkerchief and tie it around your head. The potato
will turn black as the headache fades away.
James Callow comment: See Puckett, Ohio, no. 9897 - 9898.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001910s
TO RID YOURSELF OF AN UNWANTED WART, TAKE A BLACK CAT AND SLEEP
THE ENTIRE NIGHT WITH IT IN A GRAVEYARD. IN THE MORNING THE
WART WILL HAVE DISAPPEARED.
Where learned: SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 09-10-1969
TO DESTROY WARTS YOU COOK CHICKEN'S FEET AND RUB THE WARTS
WITH THEM. PUT THEM UNDER THE EAVES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN HER YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
A TOAD WILL GIVE YOU WARTS.
Submitter comment: FROM RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
IF YOU HAVE A WART, RUB A TOAD AGAINST IT AND THE WART WILL
GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 01-30-1968
ROASTED CHICKEN FAT JUICE RUBBED ON THE WART WILL MAKE IT
GO AWAY.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; LONDON
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
ON A FULL MOON ONE GOES OUT AND FINDS A TOAD AND RUBS
IT ON THE WART AND BY THE NEXT FULL MOON THE WART WILL
BE GONE.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; LONDON
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
RUB MILKWEED ON WARTS AND THEY WILL BE CURED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
TO GET RID OF WARTS, AT THE FULL OF THE MOON RUB DRY PEAS ON
THE WARTS WITH YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. DROP THE PEAS
ON THE GROUND AND THE NEXT MORNING YOUR WARTS WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment: MRS. LAWRENCE, WHO LEARNED IT FROM A GERMAN LADY IS THE SOURCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
TO GET RID OF A WART, RUB IT WITH A DRY NAVY BEAN, THEN THROW
BEAN OVER YOUR RIGHT SHOULDER AND DON'T LOOK TO SEE
WHERE IT LANDED.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO HER BY HER FATHER, WHO SAID IT WORKED FOR HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
FOR WARTS, SQUEEZE AN ONION AND DAB ITS JUICE ON THE
INFECTED AREAS. THEN THROW THE REMAINDER OF THE ONION
OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-09-1969
TO REMOVE WARTS, CUT AN APPLE, A TURNIP, OR AN ONION INTO
HALVES AND RUB THE WART WITH THE PIECES AND BURY THEM
UNDER THE EAVES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-23-1967