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EARACHE
TO CURE SOMEONE OF AN EARACHE, FILL YOUR MOUTH WITH MILK AND LET IT
WARM IN YOUR MOUTH TO BODY TEMPERATURE AND SPIT THE WARM MILK
INTO THE PERSON'S EAR. DON'T LET ANY OF THE MILK DRAIN OUT UNTIL
THE EARACHE IS BETTER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS THAT THIS CURE ACTUALLY WORKS AND SAID THAT HER
GRANDMOTHER HAD THIS DONE TO HER IN YUGOSLAVIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): HEAT REMEDY
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- P763 |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
ITALIAN REMEDY
WHEN A PERSON GETS A COUGH MOTHERS OFTEN FEEL THEY HAVE WORMS.
TAKE SEVEN OR NINE PIECES OF GARLIC AND MAKE A CHAIN AND WEAR IT
AROUND THE NECK. THIS WILL RID THE PERSON OF THE WORMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): COUGH ; NUMBERS ; WORMS
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 12-00-1969
FOLK CURE WARTS
IF YOU HAVE A WART, AND YOU TAKE A DISHCLOTH
AND RUB THE WART WITH IT,
AND IF YOU BURY THE SAME DISHCLOTH,
THE WART WILL DISAPPEAR WHEN THE DISHCLOTH DECAYS.
Data entry tech comment: SEVERAL SIMILAR CURES ARE FOUND IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS ; HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-16-1969
SAFFRON TEA
TEA MADE WITH SAFFRON WAS DRUNK TO BRING OUT INFECTION
OF MEASLES AND CHICKENPOX.
Data entry tech comment: THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES CONTAINS A SIMILAR CURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
TO PROTECT AGAINST HARM:( ITALIAN)
IN ITALY FISHERMEN HAVE A SPECIAL PRAYER
WHICH THEY SAY WHEN A HURRICANE OCCURS.
THE PRAYER IS SAID IN THE FACE OF THE STORM WHILE MAKING
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS TO "CUT THE TAIL OF THE STORM."
THE PECULAR ELEMENT IS THAT THIS PRAYER CAN NOT BE
LEARNED OR READ FOR THE FIRST TIME EXCEPT
ON AUGUST 14TH OR CHRISTMAS EVE. THE INFORMANT DID NOT KNOW THE
PRAYER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): PECULIAR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August 14 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve BELIEF -- Prayer |
CUSTOM
WHEN SOMEONE VISITS AND FORGETS WHAT HE WANTS TO SAY, YOU SHOULD
LET HIM GO OUT AND ENTER THE HOUSE AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; NATIONAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY ; WHERE INFORMANT
Keyword(s): FORGETTING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-31-1969
CUSTOM
AT SOCIAL AFFAIRS OR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS, JAPANESE WOMEN WEAR
TRADITIONAL CEREMONIAL DRESS, ARE USUALLY SEATED, HAVE A QUIETLY NICE
TIME (AS IT IS IMPOLITE TO LAUGH ALOUD OR TO MOVE TOO MUCH AT FORMAL
GATHERINGS). THEY EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN A SUPPRESSED FORM, BY SMILES
BOWS, A FEW GESTURES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): JAPANESE WOMEN SOCIAL
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 08-01-1964
GERMAN PROVERB
THE DUMBEST FARMER HAS THE BIGGEST POTATOES. (TRANSLATION)
DIE DUMMSTER BAURN HAM DIE GROPTEN KARTOFEL. (GERMAN)
Submitter comment: MORE LUCK THAN BRAINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PARADOX
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-10-1968
PROVERB
DON'T TREAD ON THIN ICE.
FAVORITE EXPRESSION OF INFORMANT'S FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): CLIMATE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
PROVERB
DON'T PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.
Submitter comment: ADVICE GIVEN TO INFORMANT BY HIS FATHER IN 1929.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; PRIORITIES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-06-1972
PROVERB
DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
James Callow Keyword(s): DEATH ; OBSERVATION ; THREATS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIDDLE
Q: THIRTY WHITE HORSES/ UPON A RED HILL./ NOW THEY STAMP,/ NOW THEY
CHAMP,/ NOW THEY STAND STILL.
A: TEETH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; ANIMALS (Q) ; PARTICULAR AREAS (Q) ; PARTS OF THE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle True Riddle |
RIDDLE
Q: LONG LEGS, CROKED (CROOKED?) THIGHS, LITTLE HEAD, NO EYES.
A: A PAIR OF TONGS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): HOUSEHOLD ITEMS (A) ; PARTS OF THE BODY (Q) ; PRIVATIONAL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle True Riddle |
TRUE RIDDLE
Q: UP ON A HILL IS A GREEN HOUSE,
IN THE GREEN HOUSE IS A WHITE HOUSE,
IN THE WHITE HOUSE IS A RED HOUSE WITH A LOT OF COLORED BABIES,
WHAT IS IT?
A: A WATERMELON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; BUILDINGS (Q) ; EATABLES AND DRINKS (A) ; PERSONS (Q)
James Callow Keyword(s): CUMULATIVE VERSE ; FINAL ITERATION ; INITIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle C890.400 RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
RIDDLE
Q: IN MARBLE HALLS AS WHITE AS MILK
LINES (LINED) WITH SKIN AS SOFT AS SKIN. (SILK)
WITH A FOUNTAIN CRYSTAL CLEAR,
A GOLDEN APPLE DOTH APPEAR.
NO DOORS ARE THERE TO THIS STRONGHOLD,
YET THIEVES BREAK IN AND STEAL THE GOLD.
A: AN EGG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): BUILDINGS (Q) ; EATABLE (Q) ; EATABLES AND DRINKS (A) ; PERSONS (Q)
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle True Riddle |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
TRUE RIDDLE
Q: WHAT'S BLACK AS A COON, ROUND AS THE MOON, AND HAS A TAIL ON IT?
A: A CAST IRON FRYING PAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): ANIMALS (Q) ; NATURAL PHENOMENA (Q) ; UTENSILS (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 10-18-1969
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A BARKING DOG NEVER BITES.
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; THREATS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-04-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONE WILL ALWAYS HAVE SQUAW WINTER, A COLD SPELL, BEFORE
HAVING INDIAN SUMMER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-01-1969
BOWLING VOCABULARY
STRAIGHT BALL--ROLLING BETWEEN THE 1ST & 2ND ARROWS
Submitter comment: NONE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 555 Games / Pastimes / Sports |
EVIL EYE HUNGARIAN
IF A FAMILY HAD A BABY IN THE HOUSE
AND THEY HAD EITHER A MALE OR A FEMALE VISITOR
WITH REAL THICK EYEBROWS, AND THAT VISITOR
STARED HARD AT THE BABY,
SOMETHING BAD WOULD HAPPEN TO THE INFANT
Submitter comment: DOES NOT BELIEVE THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 10-10-1968