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EAT A LOT OF STARCH, FOR A WOMAN TO HARDEN HER WOMB.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; CHILDBEARING ; FOOD ; Homeopathy ; MAGIC ; REMEDY ; STARCH ; Womb
James Callow Keyword(s): IMITATIVE MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
HONEY
FOUR TO SIX TEASPOONS PER DAY OF HONEY WILL MAKE YOU SLEEP
BETTER AND BE LESS NERVOUS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN EARLY PART OF LIFE.
Data entry tech comment: ONE OTHER SIMILAR REFERENCE IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVE.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
IODINE
TAKE ONE DROP OF IODINE PER GLASS OF LIQUID TO RELIEVE
NERVOUSNESS AND HELP SLEEP.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
IODINE
THE MIND THINKS CLEARER WHEN ENOUGH IODINE IS PRESENT IN THE BODY.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
SPRING TONIC
LAINES TEA WAS A TONIC USED TO CLEAN OUT THE BOWELS AND AS A GENERAL
SPRING TONIC. IT WAS A MIXTURE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF TEA.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
BELIEF- BODY PART
IF YOUR RIGHT PALM IS DRY IT MEANS YOU WILL GET MONEY SOON.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
DIMPLES
FRIENDS AND RELATIVES CONSTANTLY TOLD MY SISTER
WHEN SHE WAS LITTLE AND HAD BIG DIMPLES,
TO PUT PENCILS IN THEM AND SCREW THEM AROUND TO MAKE THEM STAY.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Specific distinguishing characteristic Dimple, wart, mole, scar, freckle, birthmark, strawberry mark, bruise, spot (on any part of body) |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
DIMPLES
MRS. STOCKEL ALWAYS TOLD HER CHILDREN IF THEY WANTED DIMPLES,
THEY COULD PUT PENCILS IN THE DIMPLES AND THAT WOULD MAKE THEM LAST.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Specific distinguishing characteristic Dimple, wart, mole, scar, freckle, birthmark, strawberry mark, bruise, spot (on any part of body) |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
EVIL EYE
TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM EVIL EYE, PIN A RED RIBBON
ON THEIR UNDERCLOTHING.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
IF A PERSON'S NOSE SWEATS IT IS A SIGN OF BEING EVIL.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
NOSE
INFORMANT WAS ALWAYS TOLD BY HER MOTHER TO PINCH HER NOSE
TO KEEP IT FROM GROWING.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU LOSE A TOOTH, THE NEXT ONE TO GROW WILL BE A DOG TOOTH.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
GOOD AND BAD OMEN
IF YOUR LEFT EAR RINGS, BAD NEWS IS ON THE WAY,
IF YOUR RIGHT EAR RINGS, GOOD NEWS WILL COME SOON.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS COLLECTED FROM MY MOTHER WHO,
WHEN I COMPLAINED OF MY EARS RINGING,
RELATED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS AS TOLD HER BY HER MOTHER.
Data entry tech comment: SEVERAL CARDS ARE IN ARCHIVE REGARDING SAME COMMENT.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Ears, noise in ear |
NATIONAL EMBALMING SCHOOL SONG
WE LIVE FOR YOU, WE DIE FOR YOU
NATIONAL EMBALMING SCHOOL.
WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO GIVE YOU REST.
NATIONAL EMBALMING SCHOOL.
AND WHEN YOU DIE, WE'LL DIG A HOLE,
TO PUT YOU IN, TO ROT AND MOLD.
WE LIVE FOR YOU, WE DIE FOR YOU
NATIONAL EMBALMING SCHOOL.
Submitter comment:
SUNG TO "OLD FAITHFUL PINE."
Data entry tech comment:
Note on back of card, possibly from Dr. Callow: "In speaking to Mr. Wilhelm, I found that this song is a humorous rendition of the funeral profession. This is my basis for the classification."
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GOOD LUCK NUMBERS
THE NUMBERS 7 AND 11 ARE CONSIDERED GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Number Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually |
FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH IS A DAY WHEN EVERYTHING GOES WRONG.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
CURE FOR ARTHRITIS
ALWAYS CARRY A CHESTNUT IN YOUR POCKET.
Submitter comment:
A NEIGHBOR WHO LIVED ACROSS THE STREET FROM HIM BELIEVED THIS AND
CARRIED THE SAME CHESTNUT SINCE HIS EARLY CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
ARTHRITIS CURE
MEN IN THE SHOP WEAR COPPER RINGS AS A CURE FOR ARTHRITIS.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
ARTHRITIS
COPPER WORN AROUND THE WRIST IS A CURE FOR ARTHRITIS.
Data entry tech comment: NINE OTHER SIMILAR REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION OF ARCHIVE.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
COUGH REMEDY
HONEY WHISKEY FOR COUGHS: LET IT TRICKLE DOWN YOUR THROAT.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-29-1967