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PROVERB
HE WHO HESITATES IS LOST.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE TOO CAUTIOUS OR YOU'LL LOSE
SOMETHING VALUABLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
PROVERB
NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT, IF YOU DON'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT SOMETHING,
NOTHING BAD HAS HAPPENED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB: MEDICAL
AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD - 1-19-2011
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BIRD ; Bush ; Hand ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CURE FOR HOG CHOLERA:
A TEASPOONFUL OF GUNPOWDER WILL CURE HOG CHOLERA.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
CURE FOR CROUP:
TAKE A KNIFE OR GRATER AND SHAVE OR GRATE OFF IN SMALL
PARTICLES ABOUT A TEASPOONFUL OF ALUM, MIX IT WITH
ABOUT TWICE ITS QUANTITY OF SUGAR TO MAKE IT PALATABLE
AND ADMINISTER AS QUICKLY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-10-1973
CURE FOR DOG DISTEMPER:
AS SOON AS YOU FIND THE DOG IS SICK, THROW DOWN HIS
THROAT A HANDFUL OLD FINE SALT THREE TIMES A DAY AND
CONTINUE IT THREE DAYS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-10-1973
CURE FOR AN EARACHE:
PUT A LITTLE BLACK PEPPER IN SOME COTTON, DIP IN A SWEET
OIL AND INSERT IN THE EAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-10-1973
TO REMOVE SMALL OBJECTS FROM THE EYE, PLACE A SMALL
FLAX SEED ON THE OBJECT AND WITHDRAW THE SEED. SEED WILL
TAKE OBJECT WITH IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
CURE FOR FELON:
TAKE ONE TABLESPOON OF RED LEAD AND ONE TABLESPOON OF
CASTILE SOAP, MIX THEM WITH AS MUCH WOOL LYE AS WILL
MAKE IT SOFT ENOUGH TO SPREAD LIDE (SIC) A SALVE, AND APPLY
IT ON FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE FELON AND IT WILL CURE IT
IN TWELVE HOURS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): FELON: AN INFECTION OF THE FINGER AROUND THE BONE OR FINGERNAIL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-10-1973
CURE FOR FESTULA:
CUT THE TAIL TO THE MARROW, SHAVE THE HAIR AND PUT
POULTICE OF RAW ONION TO FIT THE TAIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-17-1973
TO REMOVE FILM FROM HORSE'S EYES:
TAKE A PIECE OF FRESH BUTTER ABOUT THE SIZE OF A COMMON
WALNUT AND PUT IT IN THE OPPOSITE EAR (IF RIGHT EYE, LEFT
EAR). IF THE BUTTER BE HARD, HOLD THE EAR A LITTLE WITH
YOUR HAND UNTIL IT MELTS. IF YOU HAVEN'T THE BUTTER,
HOG'S LARD CLEAR OF SALT WILL ANSWER. IN EVERY CASE I
EVER SAW IT TRIED, ONE APPLICATION IS SUFFICIENT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-17-1973
CURE FOR LOCKJAW:
TAKE A SMALL QUANTITY OF TURPENTINE, WARM IT AND POUR
ON THE WOUND NO MATTER WHERE THE WOUND IS OR OF WHAT
NATURE IT IS. THE RELIEF WILL FOLLOW IN LESS THAN ONE
MINUTE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 10-17-1973
CURE FOR MANGE IN SWINE:
WASH THE HOG WELL IN SOAPSUDS, THEN TO ONE PINT OF LARD,
WHILE HOT, ADD ONE OUNCE OF CARBOLIC ACID, STIRRING IT
UNTIL IT IS COOL. RUB THE HOG TWO OR THREE TIMES WITH
THIS FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND GIVE YOURSELF NO UNEASINESS
ABOUT THE MANGE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-17-1973
CURE FOR NEURALGIA:
TWO DROPS OF LAUDANUM IN ONE HALF TEASPOONFUL OF WARM
WATER AND DROPPED INTO THE EARS WILL GIVE IMMEDIATE
RELIEF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-10-1973
NOSEBLEED CURE (ASSUMED)
A VIGOROUS MOTION OF THE JAWS AS IF IN THE ACT OF
MASTICATION. IN THE CASE OF A CHILD, A QUAD OF PAPER IN
ITS MOUTH AND THE CHILD INSTRUCTED TO CHEW IT HARD; OF
COURSE THE ADULT DOES NOT NEED THE PAPER. IT IS THE
MOTION OF THE JAW THAT STOPS THE FLOW OF BLOOD.
TO CHEW IT HARD, OF COURSE THE ADULT DOES NOT NEED THE
PAPER. IT IS THE MOTION OF THE JAW THAT STOPS THE FLOW
OF BLOOD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-17-1973
TO CURE THE BITE OF A MAD DOG:
TAKE IMMEDIATELY VINEGAR OR TEPID WATER AND WASH THE WOUND
VERY CLEAN. THEN DRY IT AND POUR UPON THE WOUND A FEW DROPS
OF MURIATIC ACID. MINERAL ACID (ASSUMED) DESTROYS THE
POISON OF THE SALVA AND ITS EVIL EFFECT IS NEUTRALIZED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-10-1973
CURE FOR SPRAIN:
TAKE ONE TABLESPOON OF HONEY, THE SAME OF SALT, AND THE
WHITE OF ONE EGG,; BEAT ALL WELL TOGETHER FOR AT LEAST
ONE HOUR, OR TWO WOULD BE BETTER. LET STAND AN HOUR, THEN
ANOINT THE SPRAINED PLACE FREELY; KEEP WELL ROLLED UP WITH
A GOOD BANDAGE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-10-1973
CURE FOR STRINGHALT IN HORSES:
SPLIT THE SKIN ON THE INSIDE OF THE AFFECTED LEG FOUR
INCHES ABOVE THE HOOF OVER THE MAIN MIDDLE VEIN OF THE
LEG. UNDERNEATH THE VEIN YOU WILL FIND A SMALL CHORD
ABOUT THE SIZE OF REP STRAW. THIS TAKEN UP WITH AN AWL
OR SOME LIKE SMALL INSTRUMENT AND CUT INTO WILL
UNDOUBTEDLY CURE. THE OPERATOR MUST BE CAREFUL AND NOT
CUT THE VEIN OR ANY OF THE SWINEWES (SIC) OF THE LEG AND
THERE ARE SEVERAL IN THAT REGION OF THE LEG. WASH THE
WOUND TWICE EVERYDAY WITH WARM SOAP SUDS UNTIL HEALED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing BELIEF -- Surgery |
Date learned: 10-17-1973
CURE FOR REMOVING WARTS:
PURCHASE A DIME'S WORTH OF SPIRITS OF HARTSHORN; BATHE
WARTS, OR IF VERY NUMEROUS ON THAT PORTION OF THE HAND,
PLACE A SMALL PORTION OR HARTSHORN EACH MORNING AND
EVENING FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS NOT WASHING THE HANDS
IMMEDIATELY AFTER. THE CURE USUALLY TAKES ABOUT THREE
WEEKS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-17-1973