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HICCUPS
PUT YOUR HEAD BETWEEN YOUR LEGS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 04-01-1968
HICCUPS
TO CURE THE HICCUPS JUMP UP AND DOWN WHILE COUNTING TO TWENTY-FIVE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number P686.1.25 BELIEF -- Remedy |
HICCUPS
HAVE SOMEONE SCARE YOU.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-29-1968
MOLE
IF YOU HAVE A MOLE IN YOUR HEAD, PUT A PIECE OF FAT MEAT UNDER THE
DOOR STEP, AND THE MOLE WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 01-26-1972
MUSCLES, MUSCULAR CONDITIONS
A MIXTURE OF OIL OF WINTERGREEN AND ALCOHOL
RUBBED ON SORE MUSCLES WILL RELIEVE THE PAIN.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-12-1968
NERVOUSNESS
CHEWING TOBACCO AND DIPPING SNUFF SETTLES THE NERVES.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
TOENAILS
HER FATHER ONCE HAD AN INGROWN TOENAIL AND SO CUT A HOLE IN A POTATO
AND PUT THE POTATO ON HIS TOE.
HE KEPT IT ON HIS TOE FOR ABOUT THREE DAYS,
AFTER WHICH THE POTATO TURNED A BLUEISH GREEN COLOR
AND THE TOENAIL WAS NO LONGER INGROWN.
Submitter comment: NO DOUBT IN HER MIND THAT THE POTATO REALLY WORKED.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-29-1971
TAPEWORM
REMEDY FOR TAPEWORMS: 3 DROPS OF KEROSENE ON SUGAR; TAKE INTERNALLY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER
Data entry tech comment: COLLECTOR SPELLS IT TYPE WORM
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-20-1967
TAPEWORM
TO CURE TAPEWORM: DON'T EAT FOR A WEEK.
THEN SIT DOWN IN A PAN OF WATER
WHICH IS WARM. THE TAPEWORM IS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): FASTING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
WORMS
REMEDY FOR PINWORMS: ONE-HALF TEASPOON OF SUGAR, TWO DROPS OF SPIRITS
TURPENTINE. TAKE ORALLY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): PINWORMS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-22-1967
TAPEWORM
IN ORDER TO CURE A TAPEWORM, A PIECE OF GARLIC MUST BE WORN ABOUT THE
NECK FOR A CERTAIN LENGTH OF TIME. THE INFORMANT REMEMBERS HEARING
THIS FROM HER MOTHER WHEN YOUNG.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 04-11-1965
WOUNDS
IN UKRAINE IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF YOU SPEAK OF ANOTHER'S OPERATION
OR WOUNDS AND DEMONSTRATE ON YOUR OWN BODY THEIR LOCATION
THE SAME WILL HAPPEN TO YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION
PASSED ON FROM GRANDPARENTS IN THE UKRAINE.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC ; TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | DRAMA -- Secular BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
VIKING WEDDING CUSTOM
ON THE WEDDING NIGHT, THE WAR LORD OR REIGNING
CHIEFTAIN HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ANY OF HIS
CLANSMAN'S WIVES ON THE WEDDING NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage First night, honeymoon, and day after wedding |
Date learned: 02-01-1968
IN POLISH WEDDINGS, JUST BEFORE THE BRIDE AND
GROOM LEAVE, THE MAID OF HONOR TAKES OFF THE BRIDE'S
VEIL AND GIVES IT TO THE MOTHER AND FATHER OF THE
BRIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Removing veil |
Date learned: 11-14-1968
AT MIDNIGHT OF POLISH WEDDING, A BRIDE WILL EXCHANGE HER
VEIL WITH THE VEIL OF THE MAID OF HONOR, WHICH SIGNIFIES
THE END OF THE WEDDING CELEBRATIONS. SOON AFTERWARDS
THE BRIDE LEAVES THE ROOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Removing veil |
Date learned: 01-26-1968
GIVE MARRIED COUPLE AN ORANGE FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: ALWAYS BEEN DONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Gifts |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
IT IS AN HUNGARIAN CUSTOM FOR THE BEST MAN TO TAKE
THE BRIDE (AFTER EVERYONE HAS HAD A GOOD TIME AT
THE RECEPTION) AND TO START SINGING THAT HE HAS
A BRIDE FOR SALE. THEN ALL THE MALES COME AROUND
THEM AND DANCE WITH THE BRIDE. AFTER EACH MAN
DANCES WITH HER, HE PUTS MONEY IN A KETTLE.
THE COLLECTION IS FOR THE NEWLYWEDS. (THE
HUNGARIAN NAME FOR THIS CUSTOM IS "EL ADUM A
MINASON).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Paying for dance |
Date learned: 10-30-1970
IN ITALIAN WEDDINGS, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DANCE
WITH THE BRIDE MUST PAY HER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Paying for dance |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
NUN'S TALE
IF GIRLS EVER HAVE GUYS OVER FOR DINNER, THEY SHOULD,NT PUT A WHITE
CLOTH ON THE TABLE, AS IT WILL REMIND THE BOYS OF A SHEET ACCORDING
TO THE NUNS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
AT POLISH WEDDINGS, THE MAN WHO CATCHES THE GARTER
OF THE BRIDE PUTS IT ON THE LEG OF THE GIRL WHO
CATCHES THE BOUQUET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Garter toss |
Date learned: 11-00-1967