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SPRING TONIC
IN THE SPRINGTIME, PEOPLE OF THE PAST USED TO TAKE ONIONS COOKED
IN SYRUP AS A SPRING TONIC TO CURE ALL ILLS AND GET THEM ON
THEIR FEET AGAIN AFTER A SLOW WINTER.
Where learned: TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-31-1971
NOSE ITCH
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU ARE GOING TO KISS A FOOL.
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE OTHER SIMILAR REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION OF ARCHIVE.
Where learned: COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
ENGLISH DRINK
SHANDY - GAFF - MADE OF LEMONADE AND BEER.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS A SPECIAL DRINK FOR LADIES IN ENGLAND.
Where learned: COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Kind of Drink and Its Preparation Food Drink -- Non-alcoholic fruit beverage Citrus Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented |
Date learned: 04-09-1971
BELIEF/ PRAYER
EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY WAS REQUIRED TO SAY
ONE HAIL MARY AFTER EACH MAJOR MEAL--
BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER--SO THAT
THE PEOPLE IN THE FAMILY WOULD STAY PURE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 02-19-1970
NUMBER BELIEF
PEOPLE DIE IN THREES, WHEN YOU HEAR OF ONE DEATH YOU WILL SOON
HEAR OF TWO MORE.
Where learned: TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 10-28-1970
"BELIEF ABOUT BAPTISM"
IF YOU REFUSE TO BE A GODPARENT, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK
UNTIL YOU HAVE BEEN A GODPARENT SEVEN TIMES. YOU MUST,
HOWEVER, ASK TO BE THE GODPARENT OF THOSE SEVEN CHILDREN.
Where learned: TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Baptism Naming rite BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
COUGH
A GOOD REMEDY FOR A COUGH IS TO MIX A LITTLE WHISKEY WITH
HONEY AND TAKE AS NEEDED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 01-30-1971
PIMPLES
IF YOU GO TO THE BATHROOM WITH FOOD IN YOUR MOUTH
YOU WILL GET PIMPLES ON YOUR TONGUE.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY HIS PARENTS
WHEN HE WAS NINE YEARS OLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; COLLECTORS HOME ; HARPER WOODS
Keyword(s): CAUSE ; FUNCTION ; URINATION, DEFECATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
PLANT CUREALLS
IF YOU CUT A SPANISH ONION AND SIT IT AT THE FOOT OF YOUR BED
WHEN YOU ARE SICK
AND THEN OPEN YOUR WINDOW A LITTLE,
IT WILL DRAW THE SICKNESS OUT OF THE ROOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-16-1971
TO PREVENT A SORE THROAT, PUT 3 OR 4 STRIPS OF RAW BACON AROUND YOUR
NECK; THEN PUT A PIECE OF RED FLANNEL OR A BLACK STOCKING
ON TOP OF IT.
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE 3 OTHER SIMILAR REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-15-1970
THE HATCHET MAN
TWO GIRLS WENT TO THE BEACH FOR THE SUMMER WHERE THEY RENTED A
COTTAGE. PEOPLE AROUND THE AREA WARNED THEM ABOUT THE HATCHET MAN
WHO COMES OUT ON THE BEACH EACH SUMMER AND HAS ALREADY KILLED THREE
PEOPLE THIS SEASON. THE GIRLS FIGURED THEY WOULD BE ALRIGHT IF THEY
LOCKED THE DOORS EACH NIGHT. ONE NIGHT ONE OF THE GIRLS HAD A DATE
AND SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET THE GUY ON THE BEACH. TO BE SAFE, THEY
DECIDED TO WORK OUT A SIGNAL SO THAT THE GIRL LEFT INSIDE THE HOUSE
WOULD KNOW WHEN TO OPEN THE DOOR. LATER ON IN THE EVENING THE
GIRL HEARD SOME NOISES AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS. THEN THE NOISE WENT
AWAY. BUT AFTER A FEW MINTUES SHE HEARD THE NOISE AGAIN, THIS TIME
AT THE FRONT DOOR. SHE HEARD SOMETHING SCRATCHING AT THE DOOR AND
IT KEPT GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER. SHE SCREAMED AND TOLD IT TO GO
AWAY. THE SCRATCHING SLOWLY FADED AWAY. AFTER A WHILE THE GIRL FELL
ASLEEP. WHEN SHE AWOKE THE NEXT MORNING SHE OPENED THE DOOR AND FOUND
DEEP SCRATCH MARKS IN IT, BLOOD ON THE PORCH AND HER GIRLDFRIEND,S
PURSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS ; COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): INATTENTION TO WARNINGS-SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT ; MURDER OF GIRL
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 11-18-1970
HEADACHE
A CURE FOR A MIGRAINE HEADACHE IS TO DIP A PAPER BAG IN VINEGAR
AND WRAP IT AROUND YOUR HEAD, AND SHORTLY THE HEADACHE WILL GO AWAY.
Where learned: COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-16-1971
HEADACHE
WHENEVER MY GRANDMOTHER HAD A HEADACHE WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, SHE WOULD
PUT BROWN PAPER AND VINEGAR ON HER FOREHEAD AND TIE IT WITH A CLOTH.
THEN SHE WOULD REST FOR A WHILE.
Submitter comment:
SHE HAD HEADACHES QUITE OFTEN AND SHE USED THIS REMEDY
EVERY TIME. SUPPOSEDLY IT WORKED.
Where learned: COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-31-1971
HICCUPS
BREATHE IN A PAPER BAG IN ORDER TO CURE THE HICCOUGHS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
HICCUPS
HOLD YOUR BREATH AND COUNT TO TEN TO CURE HICCUPS.
Submitter comment: HE PROBABLY LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 First / Once / One / Newness BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-24-1967
ARTHRITIS
IF YOU WEAR A PIECE OF COPPER JEWELRY NEXT TO YOUR SKIN OR CARRY A
CHESTNUT IN YOUR POCKET, THIS IS SAID TO KEEP ARTHRITIS AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-16-1971
PLANTING RULE
IT IS A CUSTOM IN THE VILLAGE OF WENGEN, SWITZERLAND THAT YOU NEVER
PLANT BEANS WHILE THE MOON IS GROWING (THE PHASE FROM A NEW
MOON TO A FULL MOON). IF THIS RULE IS VIOLATED, THE BEANS
"JUST DON'T GROW."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD ; COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): PLANTING CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 10-28-1970
EARACHE
IF YOU HAVE AN EARACHE PUT GARLIC IN YOUR EAR
AND IT WILL DRAW OUT THE PAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-17-1969
HICCUPS
DRINK A WHOLE GLASS OF WATER BACKWARDS WITHOUT BREATHING;
IN ORDER TO CURE THE HICCUPS.
Submitter comment: MRS. DEVEREUX LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
GREETING - CHRISTMAS
"CHRISTMAS GIF" FIRST ONE TO SAY THIS GETS A PRESENT OF SOME SORT.
Where learned: TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
Date learned: 04-00-1970