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DANDRUFF CURE:
WARM BORAX WATER WILL REMOVE DANDRUFF
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Borax ; CURE ; Dandruff ; REMEDY ; Warm
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
EARACHE CURE:
TOBACCO SMOKE PUFFED INTO THE EAR
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CURE ; Earache ; REMEDY ; Smoke ; TOBACCO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
EARACHE CURE:
TAKE A BIT OF COTTON BATTING, PUT ON IT A PINCH OF
BLACK PEPPER, GATHER IT UP AND TIE IT, DIP IT IN SWEET
OIL AND INSERT IT IN THE EAR. PUT A FLANNEL BANDAGE
OVER THE HEAD TO KEEP IT WARM; IT OFTEN GIVES
IMMEDIATE RELIEF.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Cotton ; CURE ; Earache ; Fabric ; Flannel ; Pepper ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
FEVER CURE:
COOL A FEVER BY FREQUENTLY SPONGING OFF WITH SODA WATER
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): bathing ; CURE ; Fever ; REMEDY ; Sponging ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
HEADACHE CURE:
A LITTLE SODA WATER WILL RELIEVE SICK HEADACHE CAUSED
BY INDIGESTION.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CURE ; HEADACHE ; INDIGESTION ; REMEDY ; Soda Water
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
LEANNESS: CURE FOR OBESITY:
OBESITY IS CAUSED GENERALLY BY LACK OF POWER IN THE
DIGESTIVE ORGANS TO DIGEST AND ASSIMILATE THE FAT
PRODUCING ELEMENTS OF FOOD. FIRST, RESTORE DIGESTION,
TAKE PLENTY OF SLEEP, DRINK ALL THE WATER THE STOMACH
WILL BEAR IN THE MORNING ON RISING, TAKE MODERATE
EXERCISE IN THE OPEN AIR, EAT OATMEAL, CRACKED WHEAT,
GRAHAM MUSH, BAKEAD SWEET APPLES, ROASTED AND BROILED
BEEF, CULTIVATE JOLLY PEOPLE AND BATHE DAILY.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Apples ; Beef ; Company ; DIET ; EXERCISE ; FOOD ; Grain ; Jolly ; Lean ; Leanness ; Obesity ; OVERWEIGHT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
WHEN YOUR CORNS HURT, BAD WEATHER IS COMING.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CORNS ; Hurt ; PAIN ; PREDICTION ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 06-25-1973
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, SOMEONE IS COMING TO VISIT.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Itches ; NOSE ; Visit
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 06-25-1973
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO KISS A FOOL BEFORE
MIDNIGHT.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Fool ; Itches ; KISS ; MIDNIGHT ; NOSE ; PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
WHEN TWO PEOPLE PULL A PULLEY BONE, THE ONE GETTING THE
SHORTER END GETS HIS OR HER WISH.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Pulley ; Pulley Bone ; WISH ; WISHBONE
James Callow Keyword(s): WISHBONE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of space: distance, height, depth BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 07-06-1973
SING AT THE TABLE
MARRY BEFORE YOU'RE ABLE.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Able ; BELIEF ; Marry ; RHYME ; Sing ; Table
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
Date learned: 07-06-1973
IT IS BAD LUCK TO ROCK AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; LUCK ; Rock ; ROCKING CHAIR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 06-25-1973
IT IS BAD LUCK TO OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; House ; Indoors ; LUCK ; Open ; UMBRELLA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 06-25-1973
IF YOU BRAG, TO BREAK THE BAD SPELL, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY
KNOCK ON WOOD.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; BRAG ; BRAG ; Knock On Wood ; Spell ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 06-25-1973
NEW YEAR' BELIEF FOR GOOD LUCK: PLACE A DIME IN A BIG BOWL
OF BLACK-EYED PEAS AND AS EACH PERSON IS SERVED WHOEVER HAS THE DIME IN HIS OR HER BOWL
HAS BETTER LUCK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Black-Eyed Peas ; Dime ; FOOD ; fortune ; holiday ; LUCK ; MONEY ; New Years
James Callow Keyword(s): COIN
Date learned: 07-08-1973
CURE FOR CHOLICKES IN HORSES:
ONE POINT OF SALT DISSOLVED IN WARM WATER. ANOTHER REMEDY:
WET A BED QUILT WITH COLD WATER, WRAP IT AROUND THE HORSE AND
AS IT GETS WARM, POUR ON MORE COLD WATER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): COLIC?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
CURE FOR SCRATCHES TO HORSES:
TAKE CASTILE SOAP AND WASH THE AFFECTED PARTS, THEN BOIL
RED OAK BARK INTO A STRONG (ASSUMED) OOZE AND BATHE THE
PARTS FREELY ONCE A DAY. AFTER EACH APPLICATION WHEN THE
OOZE DRIES OFF, APPLY AN OINTMENT MADE OF THE YOLK OF AN
EGG MIXED WITH FINE SALT. A FEW APPLICATIONS WILL EFFECT
A SPEEDY AND SURE CURE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-17-1973
IF YOUR SHOES SQUEAK, IT'S A SIGN THEY HAVEN'T BEEN PAID
FOR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-08-1973
COVERING MOUTH WHEN YAWNING WILL KEEP EVIL SPIRITS
FROM ENTERING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-08-1973
IF YOU START THE DAY ON THE RIGHT FOOT, YOU'RE FREE
FROM DANGER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-08-1973