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Remedy: Animal
Whoever carries the right eye of a wolf fastened inside his right sleeve, remains free from all injury.
Data entry tech comment:
Motif added by T.R. Davidson
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
Keyword(s): "NATURAL" REMEDY ; ANIMAL ; CLOTHING ; PREVENTION ; REMEDY ; Wolf
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Remedy - Animal
Whoever carries the right eye of a wolf fastened inside his right sleeve, remains free from all injury.
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
Keyword(s): "NATURAL" REMEDY ; AMULET ; ANIMAL ; BELIEF ; CLOTHING ; CURE ; Injury ; MEDICAL ; PREVENTION ; talisman
James Callow Keyword(s): "NATURAL" REMEDY ; ANIMAL ; BELIEF ; REMEDY
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BLASON POPULAIRE
HE WHO RIDES SLOWLY GETS AS FAR, ONLY IT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
FEVER
TIE ONIONS ON THE WRIST TO TAKE DOWN THE FEVER.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
BLASON POPULAIRE
HE WHO DIGS A DITCH FOR OTHERS FALLS IN IT HIMSELF.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-28-1967
BLASON POPULAIRE
LITTLE CHILDREN TREAD ON ONE'S LAP; BIG CHILDREN TREAD
ON ONE'S HEART.
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V250 |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
TO DETERMINE IF A SICK PERSON WILL GET WELL, CUT A
PIECE OF BREAD, RUB THE PATIENT'S TEETH WITH IT,
THROW THE BREAD BEFORE A DOG. IF THE DOG EATS IT,
THE PATIENT WILL RECOVER, IF NOT, THE ILLNESS IS
DANGEROUS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Use of Object Food BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
AN INDUSTRIOUS WIFE IS THE BEST SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
Keyword(s): MARRIAGE ; OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): BANKING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
TO DESTROY WARTS YOU COOK CHICKEN'S FEET AND RUB THE WARTS
WITH THEM. PUT THEM UNDER THE EAVES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN HER YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
COUPLES WHO GET MARRIED DURING THE FULL OF THE
MOON WILL HAVE MANY CHILDREN.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Time or day of ceremony |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
PLANT REMEDY
A TEA MADE OF THE ACORNS OF THE WHITE OAK IS GOOD FOR WEAK LIMBS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
AN HONEST HAND GOES A LONG WAY.
Submitter comment: (LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER).
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-23-1967