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BURY AN ONION AND GET RID OF WARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A WART, YOU TAKE AN ONION AND SLICE IT
IN HALF. YOU TAKE ONE HALF OF THE ONION AND RUB THE WART
WITH IT. THEN MAKING SURE NO ONE SEES YOU, YOU TAKE THAT
HALF OF THE ONION AND HIDE IT WHERE NO ONE WILL EVER FIND
IT BUT YOURSELF. WHEN THAT HALF OF THE ONION DECAYS, YOUR
WART WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-04-1969
TO CURE A WART, TAKE A PIECE OF MEAT AND RUB IT ON THE WART
THEN BURY THE MEAT. AS THE MEAT BEGINS TO ROT THE WART WILL
START TO GO AWAY. WHEN THE MEAT IS COMPLETELY DECOMPOSED
THE WART WILL BE COMPLETELY GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 04-04-1970
TIE ONE KNOT IN A STRING FOR EACH WART WHICH YOU HAVE,
THEN BURY THE STRING. WHEN THE STRING ROTS, YOUR WARTS
WILL HAVE VANISHED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING ; PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
TIE A STRING AROUND THE WART. THEN REMOVE THE STRING AND PULL
IT UNTIL THE LOOP FORMS A KNOT. PUT THE STRING AWAY AND
WHEN IT ROTS, THE WART WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID SHE DID THIS AS A CHILD. SHE DIDN'T REVEAL
THE RESULTS. SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN THE CURE ANYMORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING ; PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
IF YOU COUNT YOUR WARTS, MAKE A KNOT IN A THREAD FOR EVERY
WART, AND THROW THE THREAD AWAY, THE WARTS WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-08-1967
TO GET RID OF WARTS: GET A STRING AND TIE AS MANY KNOTS ON
THE STRING AS YOU HAVE WARTS. THEN TAKE THIS STRING
OUTSIDE, PLACING IT UNDER A ROCK WHICH IS PLACED AT
THE END OF A DRAIN PIPE. WHEN THE STRING HAS ROTTED
AWAY, YOUR WARTS WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY GRANDMOTHER TO MOTHER TO MONICA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING MEASURING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
IF YOU HAVE WARTS, YOU SHOULD PUT AN OLD DISHRAG UNDER THE
FRONT PORCH AND WHEN IT ROTS, THE WARTS WILL GO AWAY.
Submitter comment: HE LEARNED IT FROM HIS GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-24-1967
IF YOU HAVE WARTS, YOU TIE A KNOT FOR EACH WART IN A PIECE
OF STRING AND PUT THE STRING IN THE EAVESTROUGH AND WHEN
THE STRING ROTS, THE WARTS WILL GO AWAY
Submitter comment: HE LEARNED IT FROM HIS GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING ; PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-24-1967
TO CURE A WART STEAL A PIECE OF MEAT, RUB IT ON THE WART,
AND THEN BURY IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 04-05-1970
TO CURE WARTS, BURY A STRIP OF BACON UNDERNEATH A RAILROAD
CROSSING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
RUB YOUR WARTS WITH SALT PORK AND THROW IT OVER YOUR
SHOULDER. (THE SALTPORK THAT IS) THIS REALLY WORKS.
I HAD A WART THAT WENT AWAY AFTER I DID IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
IF YOU HAVE A WART AND COVER IT WITH A PIECE OF BACON
AND THEN BURY THE BACON, THE WART WILL GO AWAY.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT DOESN'T BELIEVE THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-10-1968
TO GET RID OF A WART, RUB A POTATO ON IT AND THROW THE POTATO
AWAY. THE WART WILL GO AWAY WHEN THE POTATO DRIES UP.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S FATHER, AND THIS WAS A PRACTICE
WHEN HE WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
TO GET RID OF A WART, RUB IT WITH A PIECE OF RAW PORK, BURY IT
IN THE YARD, AND NEVER LOOK AT THAT SPOT IN THE YARD AGAIN.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND OF MINE AND MY FIRST ROOMMATE WHEN
I CAME TO DETROIT (MICHIGAN). HE REMEMBERS THIS FROM HIS
CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
TO GET RID OF WARTS, MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS OVER THE WART
WITH SALT PORK AND BURY THE PORK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS THAT THIS WORKS BUT DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HE
GOT THE CURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
IN ORDER TO CURE OR REMOVE A WART, YOU TAKE ONE HALF OF A
POTATO AND RUB IT ON THE WART, THEN TOSS IT OVER YOUR
LEFT SHOULDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-15-1969
ASTHMA CURE:
MEASURE THE HEIGHT ON A TREE AND DRILL A HOLE THERE. CUT
OUT A LOCK OF HIS HAIR AND PUT IT IN THE HOLE. WHEN HE
GROWS TALLER THAN THE HOLE THE ASTHMA WOULD BE GONE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-10-1973