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SLICE A PIECE OF A POTATO AND RUB IT ON THE WART. CONTINUE
THIS FOR SEVERAL DAYS UNTIL THE WART DISAPPEARS.
Where learned: ON A DATE
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-21-1969
TO TAKE OFF WARTS, CUT A POTATO IN HALF, RUB THE WART WITH
BOTH HALVES WHILE SAYING SOME MAGIC WORDS (THESE WORDS
AREN'T KNOWN). TIE THE HALVES BACK TOGETHER AND BURY
THEM UNDER THE DRAINPIPE OF THE EAVES. THE WARTS WILL DROP
OFF WHEN THE POTATO HAS ROTTED.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; LA PORTE
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
RUBBING A RAW POTATO ON WARTS WILL HELP THE WARTS TO VANISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-18-1969
CARRY A POTATO IN YOUR POCKET TO GET RID OF WARTS.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001900s
RUB A RAW POTATO ON A WART AND THEN PLACE POTATO
UNDER A ROCK TO GET RID OF WARTS.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001900s
TO GET RID OF A WART, BURY A POTATO. AS IT DECOMPOSES, THE
WART WILL DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER TRIED THIS ON HIM WHEN HE HAD A WART
AND IT WORKED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 08-11-1964
IF YOU PLANT A POTATO IN THE BACKYARD, BELIEVING THAT
YOUR WARTS WILL GO AWAY, THEY WILL.
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
RUB A POTATO ON ANY WARTS AND BURY THE POTATO. WHEN THE
POTATO ROTS, THE WARTS WILL DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A BELIEF COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
TO GET RID OF A WART, RUB A POTATO ON THE WART AND THEN BURY
THE POTATO. WHEN THE POTATO ROTS, THE WART WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment: FROM MRS. LAWRENCE, OF POLISH DESCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
TO CURE A WART, TOUCH A POTATO TO THE WART AND THEN BURY THE
POTATO SOMEPLACE; WHEN THE POTATO ROTS, THE WART WILL
DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment: MISS MAYER LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-11-1964
TO REMOVE WARTS, CUT A POTATO IN HALF, RUB IT ON THE WARTS,
AND THEN BURY IT. IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS THE WART WILL GO
AWAY. EVERY DAY USE HALF A POTATO AND EACH TIME YOU USE
A POTATO BURY IT.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER, JENNY TORRANCE,
IN DETROIT (MICHIGAN) IN THE 1890S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 05-12-1965 ; 00001890S
IN ORDER TO REMOVE A WART, THE PERSON SHOULD RUB IT WITH A
DISHCLOTH AND BURY THE DISHCLOTH IN THE CEMETERY AT
MIDNIGHT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT COULD RECALL HER MOTHER SAYING THIS, BUT
COULD NOT REMEMBER THE OCCASION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE MOST POPULAR CURE FOR WARTS THAT HE COULD REMEMBER WAS
TO RUB THE WART WITH AN OLD DISHRAG AND THEN BURY THE
DISHRAG. WHEN THE RAG ROTTED AWAY, THE WART WOULD DISAPPEAR.
HE CLAIMS THAT IT ACTUALLY WORKED.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-12-1965
A GOOD CURE FOR WARTS IS TO STEAL YOUR MOTHER'S DISHCLOTH
AND BURY UNDER THE FRONT PORCH, AND THIS SHOULD REMOVE
YOUR WARTS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER PARENTS WHO ARE OF IRISH
DESCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; BERKELEY
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
RUB A RAW POTATO ON THE WART AND THEN BURY IT.
Submitter comment:
SHE DOES NOT REMEMBER WHO TOLD HER THIS. SINCE SHE HAS
TROUBLE WITH WARTS, IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANY NUMBER OF
ASSOCIATES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing P760.754 |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
REMEDY FOR A WART: WASH WARTS WITH A DIRTY DISHCLOTH AND THEN
BURY IT IN THE BACKYARD.
Submitter comment: HER MOTHER TAUGHT HER THE REMEDY.
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
RUB A POTATO ON A WART THEN BURY IT AND IT WILL CURE IT.
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
IF YOU WILL STEAL A DISHCLOTH AND BURY IT UNDER A STEP, WHEN
THE STEP ROTS THE WART WILL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
IF YOU HAVE A WART, STEAL A NEIGHBOR'S WASHCLOTH RUB THE
WART WITH THE CLOTH AND BURY IT UNDER YOUR PORCH AND NEVER
TELL THE NEIGHBOR WHERE IT IS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
TO REMOVE A WART, TAKE A NEW WASHCLOTH CUT OFF THE CORNER AND
BURY THE REST IN THE GROUND.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM GERMAN TALES
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |