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COLD CURE:
A DRINK OF HOT STRONG LEMONADE BEFORE GOING TO BED.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Cold ; CURE ; Hot ; Ingest ; Lemonade ; REMEDY ; Strong
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 06-25-1973
PAINS IN THE SIDE ARE MOST PROMPTLY RELIEVED BY THE
APPLICATION OF MUSTARD.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; CURE ; HEALTH ; Mustard ; PAIN ; REMEDY ; Side
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
BEE STING OR WASP CURE:
BIND OR COMMON BAKING SODA DAMPENED WITH WATER OR MIX
COMMON EARTH WITH WATER TO ABOUT THE CONSISTENCY OF MUD.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Baking Soda ; Bee ; CURE ; HEALTH ; REMEDY ; Sting ; Wasp
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
COUGH CURE:
MIX ALUM AND MOLASSES; TAKE AT ONSET OF COUGH SEIZURE
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COOKEVILLE
Keyword(s): Alum ; COUGH ; CURE ; Molasses ; REMEDY ; Seizure
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
COUGH SYRUP REMEDY:
SYRUP OF SQUILLS FOUR OUNCES; SYRUP OF TOLU FOUR
OUNCES; TINCTURE OF OPIUM FOUR OUNCES. MIX. DOSE
FOR AN ADULT, ONE TEASPOONFUL REPEATED EVERY TWO TO
FOUR HOURS OR AS OFTEN AS NECESSARY.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): COUGH ; Dose ; Opium ; REMEDY ; Squills ; Syrup ; Tobu
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
REMEDY FOR SUNSTROKE:
WRAP A WET CLOTH BANDAGE OVER THE HEAD; WET ANOTHER
CLOTH, FOLDED SMALL, SQUARE, COVER IT THICKLY WITH
SALT AND BIND IT ON THE BACK OF THE NECK; APPLY DRY
SALT BEHIND THE EARS. PUT MUSTARD PLASTERS TO THE
CALVES OF THE LEGS AND SOLES OF THE FEET.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BANDAGE ; Cloth ; CURE ; FEET ; Mustard ; NECK ; REMEDY ; Salt ; Sunstroke
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
UPSET STOMACH REMEDY:
DRINK TEACUPFUL OF HOT SODA AND WATER
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CURE ; Nausea ; REMEDY ; Soda ; STOMACH ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
WHOOPING COUGH CURE:
PAROXYSMS ARE RELIEVED BY BREATHING FUMES OF TURPENTINE
AND CARBOLIC ACID.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Breathing ; Carbolic Acid ; COUGH ; CURE ; Paroxysms ; REMEDY ; Turpentine ; Whooping Cough
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
CURE FOR WHOOPING COUGH:
TWO LEVEL TABLESPOONFULS OF POWDERED ALUM, TWO-THIRD
OF A CUPFUL OF BROWN SUGAR, DISSOLVED IN TWO QUARTS
OF WATER; BOTTLE AND OUT IN A DARK CLOSET WHERE IT
IS COOL.
ONE YEAR OLD CHILD'S DOSE: ONE TEASPOON THREE TIMES A
DAY OR AN EMPTY STOMACH
TWO YEAR OLD CHILD'S DOSE: TWO TEASPOONS PER DOSE OF
ONE YEAR OLD CHILD
FIVE YEAR OLD CHILD'S DOSE: ONE TABLESPOON PER DOSE OF
ONE YEAR OLD CHILD
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Alum ; Brown Sugar ; COUGH ; Dosage ; RECIPE ; REMEDY ; Whooping Cough
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
BAD BREATH CURE:
A CUPFUL OF STRONG COFFEE WILL REMOVE THE ODOR OF
ONIONS FROM THE BREATH.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BREATH ; Coffee ; CURE ; Onion ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
CURE FOR CONSTIPATION:
EAT ONE OR TWO FIGS AND FAST.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CONSTIPATION ; CURE ; Fast ; Figs ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
DANDRUFF CURE:
WARM BORAX WATER WILL REMOVE DANDRUFF
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Borax ; CURE ; Dandruff ; REMEDY ; Warm
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
EARACHE CURE:
TOBACCO SMOKE PUFFED INTO THE EAR
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CURE ; Earache ; REMEDY ; Smoke ; TOBACCO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
EARACHE CURE:
TAKE A BIT OF COTTON BATTING, PUT ON IT A PINCH OF
BLACK PEPPER, GATHER IT UP AND TIE IT, DIP IT IN SWEET
OIL AND INSERT IT IN THE EAR. PUT A FLANNEL BANDAGE
OVER THE HEAD TO KEEP IT WARM; IT OFTEN GIVES
IMMEDIATE RELIEF.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Cotton ; CURE ; Earache ; Fabric ; Flannel ; Pepper ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
FEVER CURE:
COOL A FEVER BY FREQUENTLY SPONGING OFF WITH SODA WATER
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): bathing ; CURE ; Fever ; REMEDY ; Sponging ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
HEADACHE CURE:
A LITTLE SODA WATER WILL RELIEVE SICK HEADACHE CAUSED
BY INDIGESTION.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CURE ; HEADACHE ; INDIGESTION ; REMEDY ; Soda Water
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
WART CURE:
COAT WITH CASTOR OIL
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COOKEVILLE
Keyword(s): CASTOR OIL ; CURE ; REMEDY ; Wart
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
IF ONE ACQUIRES STYE ON THE EYE, RUB IT WITH A GOLD RING
UNTIL THE RING FEELS WARM AND IT (STYE) WILL DISAPPEAR.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CURE ; Eye ; Gold ; REMEDY ; Stye
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 04-00-1972