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HOW YOU GET PILES
PILES ARE GOTTEN BY SITTING ON COLD CEMENT.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO INFORMANT BY PARENTS WHO SAW HIM SITTING ON THE GROUND.
James Callow Keyword(s): HEMORRHOIDS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
REMEDY - PLANT
TO CURE PILES, CARRY HORSECHESTNUTS IN YOUR POCKET.
Submitter comment: (LEARNED FROM YOUTH.)
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
Keyword(s): HEMORRHOIDS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-23-1967