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HICCUPS
DISSOLVE A TEASPOON OF SUGAR IN A GLASS OF WARM WATER;
AND DRINK IT SLOWLY.
Submitter comment:
MY INFORMANT CLAIMS TO HAVE GOTTEN THIS INFORMATION
YEARS AGO FROM A CLOSE FRIEND,
AND SAYS THAT THIS CURE IS VERY EFFECTIVE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
CURE FOR HICCUPS
EAT A TEASPOON FULL OF WATER_MOISTENED SUGAR.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 04-04-1972
HICCUPS
HOLD A PENCIL IN A GLASS OF WATER WHILE YOU DRINK.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-29-1968
HICCUPS
ONE WAY TO GET RID OF THE HICCUPS IS TO PLACE A TOOTHPICK
ACROSS YOUR MOUTH AND DRINK WATER.
THE TOOTHPICK SHOULD BE LYING HORIZONTALLY IN YOUR MOUTH.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-29-1969
HICCUPS
IF YOU TAKE NINE DRINKS OF WATER WHILE HOLDING YOUR BREATH
IT WILL CURE THE HICCUPS.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUMBER
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-22-1969
HICCUPS
DRINK TEN SWALLOWS OF WATER WITHOUT BREATHING.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 First / Once / One / Newness BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
HICCUPS
PUT HEAD DOWN BETWEEN KNEES, WHILE SITTING DOWN
AND DRINK SOME LIQUID WITH YOUR HEAD DOWN.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
HICCUPS
TO CURE HICCUPS DRINK A GLASS OF WATER UPSIDE DOWN.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-17-1968
HICCUPS
DRINK A GLASS OF WATER WITH A SPOON IN IT.
DRINK IT REAL SLOW.
Submitter comment: A SURE CURE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-13-1972
HICCUPS
TO CURE HICCUPS HAVE THE PERSON WITH THE HICCUPS DRINK WATER,
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-22-1969
HICCUPS
HOLD A MOUTHFUL OF WATER UNTIL YOU STOP HICCUPPING.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-30-1969
HICCUPS
DRINK WITHOUT STOPPING UNTIL YOU CAN'T SWALLOW ANYMORE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-30-1969
HICCUPS
YELL OR SCREAM CONSTANTLY UNTIL YOU RUN OUT OF BREATH.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-30-1969
HICCUPS
HOLD YOUR BREATH.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P763 |
Date learned: 04-01-1968
HICCUPS
TO RID ONESELF OF HICCOUGHS HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-22-1969
HICCUP
HICCUP CURES I'VE LEARNED WHICH MOSTLY DON'T WORK (EXCEPT THE FIRST)
HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR 2 MINUTES.
BREATHE INTO A BAG.
BLOW UP A BALLOON.
DRINK WATER CONTINUOUSLY FOR TWENTY SECONDS.
PUT YOUR HEAD BETWEEN YOUR LEGS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Number P686.1.20 BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
HICCUPS
BLOW INTO A BAG.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 04-01-1968
A CURE FOR HICCUPS
STAND ON YOUR HEAD
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 04-01-1968
HICCUPS
BY STANDING ON ONE'S HEAD HE CAN RELIEVE HIS HICCUPPING.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD BY ONE OF HIS PATIENTS.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): DOCTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-13-1967