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A TONIC
TAKE A MIXTURE OF SULPHUR AND MOLASSES AS OFTEN AS NEEDED IN THE
SPRING TO THIN THE BLOOD AND TO COMBAT "SPRING FEVER".
Submitter comment: MY INFORMANT DID NOT SAY WHERE HE OBTAINED THIS INFORMATION.
Data entry tech comment: ELEVEN OTHER SIMILAR REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 12-00-1964
LEACHING
TO THIN THE BLOOD IN THE SPRING, AND THUS COMBAT "SPRING FEVER",
APPLY LEACHES TO THE SKIN. THEY WILL DRAW OUT ALL THE "OLD BLOOD".
Submitter comment: MY INFORMANT DID NOT SAY WHERE HE OBTAINED THIS INFORMATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
Keyword(s): LEECHES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |