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METHOD OF CURING
PLACE RAW STEAK ON A BLACK EYE IN ORDER TO DRAW THE BLOOD OUT.
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS FROM MY MOTHER AND HAVE HEARD OF ITS USE FREQUENTLY.
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE 3 OTHER SIMILAR REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION OF ARCHIVE.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ANIMAL CURE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
A CURE FOR BLADDER INFECTION
FOR BLADDER INFECTION OR DIFFICULTY IN URINATION,
BOIL A GENEROUS AMOUNT OF PARSLEY LEAVES IN WATER,
AND DRINK THIS PARSLEY TEA THREE TIMES DAILY UNTIL THE INFECTION
CLEARS UP.
Submitter comment:
MY AUNT CLAIMS TO HAVE RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION OVER THE PHONE
FROM A CLOSE FRIEND A FEW YEARS AGO.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): HERBAL CURE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 04-08-1965
PREVENTION OF ILLNESS
PIERCED EARRINGS ARE GOOD FOR THE HEALTH, AS THE GOLD IN THEM
IS GOOD FOR THE BLOOD.
Submitter comment: THIS IS MY GRANDMOTHER'S THEORY.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): JEWELRY ; PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-02-1967
HEALTH
EATING GARLIC IS SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD FOR THE BLOOD.
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS WHILE IN FRANCE.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): HERBAL CURE ; PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
CASPERILLA TEA IN THE SPRING WILL THIN THE BLOOD.
Data entry tech comment:
BURDOCK ROOT TEA
SASSAFRAS TEA
OTHER REFERENCES IN ARCHIVE RECOMMEND THE USE OF
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): PLANT CURE ; PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE ; SARSAPARILLA TEA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
TO BUILD UP YOUR BLOOD THIS MIXTURE SHOULD BE TAKEN DAILY:
A RAW EGG YOLK MIXED WITH A SHOT OF WINE.
THIS WILL INSURE GOOD HEALTH.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): BLOOD ; HOMEOPATHIC-IMITATIVE MAGIC ; PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
ENTERTAINMENT TOAST (IRISH)
MAY YOU BE IN HEAVEN A HALF HOUR BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU,RE DEAD.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR ; INFORMANT HEARD FROM MOTHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
IF YOU HAVE A BUMP ON YOUR HEAD, TAKE A RAZOR BLADE
DIPPED IN VINEGAR, RUB IT ON A KNIFE,
PRESS IT ON THE BUMP, AND THE BUMP WILL GO AWAY.
Data entry tech comment: THREE SIMILAR CASES ARE IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
HONEY
HONEY IS GOOD TO USE ON SKIN BURNS.
Data entry tech comment: ANOTHER SIMILAR CURE IS IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
REMEDY
FOR BURNS - OLIVE OIL.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
HOME REMEDY
PUT VANILLA FLAVORING ON A BURN TO SOOTHE IT.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
HOME REMEDY
PUT GREASE AND BAKING SODA ON A BURN.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
A HOME REMEDY FOR A PERSON WHO HAS A CRACKED LIP IS THIS:
TAKE SOME WAX FROM YOUR OWN EAR AND APPLY IT TO THE CRACKED LIP.
THIS WILL RELIEVE THE PAIN AND HEAL THE LIP.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-14-1969
THERE IS A FAMOUS ELIXIR KNOWN IN THE HILLS
OF NORTHERN ARKANSAS CALLED GREAT KNOX LINIMENT,
NAMED AFTER ITS NEGRO INVENTOR, GREAT KNOX.
IT WAS MADE AT HOME AND CONTAINED EGGS, TURPENTINE, KEROSENE
AND CAYENNE PEPPER.
THIS WILL CURE ANY CUT ON MAN OR ANIMAL.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-08-1968
PREVENTION OF EPILEPSY
WEARING A COPPER WIRE AROUND THE WRIST WILL PREVENT EPILEPSY.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-28-1971
TO RELIEVE ITCHING ON YOUR BODY
SOAK AND TAKE A BATH IN BAKING SODA
Submitter comment: THIS ACTUALLY WORKS.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-15-1969
TAKE 4 TO 6 TEASPOONFULS OF HONEY, DIVIDED BETWEEN MEALS.
THIS WILL RESULT IN LESS NERVOUSNESS
AND A SOUNDER SLEEP AT NIGHT.
Data entry tech comment: THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES CONTAINS ANOTHER SIMILAR CURE
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
POISON IVY
THE BEST WAY TO CURE POISON IVY
IS TO PUT EQUAL PARTS OF APPLE CIDER VINEGAR AND WATER
ON THE AFFECTED SKIN.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-08-1969
UMBILICAL HERNIA
A TREATMENT FOR UMBILICAL HERNIA, A CONDITION IN WHICH THE NAVEL
APPEARS VERY LARGE AND BULGING, IS TO BIND THE ABDOMEN VERY TIGHTLY.
Submitter comment:
THE CONDITION, WHICH IS NOT SERIOUS AND OFTEN DISAPPEARS WITHOUT
TREATMENT, IS COMMON AMONG BLACKS, AND PROBABLY GENETICALLY CAUSED.
ONE PATIENT TOLD MISS BAUER TO FIRST SCORCH THE CLOTH.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): NEGRO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
BELIEF
IF A PERSON HAS A WART, ANOTHER PERSON SHOULD BUY IT FROM HIM.
AFTER RECEIVING THE MONEY THE WART IS SUPPOSED TO GO AWAY.
Data entry tech comment: SEVERAL SIMILAR CURES ARE FOUND IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-24-1969