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METHOD OF CURING
TO GET RID OF HICCOUGHS, THE BLADE OF A KNIFE SHOULD BE PLACED
ON THE TONGUE BY ANOTHER PERSON AND THE TONGUE SHOULD
BE KEPT EXTENDED WITH THE KNIFE ON IT.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER
Data entry tech comment:
OTHER METHODS RECOMMENDED IN OTHER REFERENCES IN ARCHIVE:
STANDING ON YOUR HEAD
HOLDING YOUR BREATH
BREATHING INTO A PAPER BAG
PUTTING YOUR HEAD BETWEEN YOUR LEGS
BLOWING UP A BALLOON.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
"SHINEYMAN"
THE SHINEYMAN WAS A JUNKMAN, NO, CAN'T SAY THAT CAUSE THEY'RE NOT THE SAME. HE WAS MORE OF A CELEBRITY. HE ALWAYS WORE A FUNNY OLD HAT. HE HAD LARGE TRINKETS AND USED BROOMS HANGING FROM HIS WAGON. HE ALWAYS TOOTED A FUNNY HORN. I THOUGHT HE WAS A KIDNAPPER BECAUSE HE WAS UGLY, DIRTY, AND SMELLY. HE WAS A REGULAR AND HAD HIS OWN ROUTE. EVERYDAY HE WOULD COME UP AND DOWN GRANDMA'S ALLEY AND PICK UP OLD CARPETS, AND OTHER USED OBJECTS WHICH PEOPLE HAD DISCARDED I DON'T KNOW HOW HE GOT HIS TITLE BUT WE JUST CALLED HIM THE SHINEYMAN, AND NEVER ASKED WHY.
APPARENTLY, EACH NEIGHBORHOOD HAD ITS OWN SHINEYMAN.
Submitter comment: PRONOUNCED "SHEE-NEE"
Where learned: DETROIT ; MOTHERS GRANDMOTHERS HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): SHEENY MAN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being BELIEF -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 00001940S
FOLK CURE
IF AN OINTMENT OF BLACK PEPPER AND OLIVE OIL
IS APPLIED TO AN ITCHING RASH, THE RASH WILL BE CURED.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
COUGH
TO CURE A COUGH: BOIL A POT OF WATER WITH PEELED ONIONS IN IT. AFTER
THE WATER RISES TO A BOIL, SPILL THE WATER INTO A CUP AND DRINK IT.
MY MOTHER PREPAR%D THIS ONCE FOR ME WHEN I HAD A COUGH AND IT SEEMED
TO HELP.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT HOME ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
PLANTING CORN
ALWAYS PLANT CORN ON MARCH 17 TH, BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN THE MOON
IS RIGHT DOWN SOUTH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S MOTHER, AND HER FATHER USED TO DO
THIS ON THEIR FARM IN ALABAMA.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
REPRIMAND
"YOU'LL ALL AGREE TOGETHER YET IN FAR LESS ROOM." MOTHER USED TO SAY
THIS TO MY BROTHERS AND ME WHEN WE WERE FIGHTING. IT MEANT THAT WHEN
WE WERE ALL EVENTUALLY IN A CEMETERY WE'D HAVE LESS ROOM TO FIGHT, SO
WE'D BETTER START GETTING ALONG NOW.
Where learned: HOME ; OHIO ; TOLEDO
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-00-1979
AN ITALIAN FOOD
UNRAISED BREAD MADE WITH CORN MEAL, RAISENS, AND THE CRACKLINGS
LEFT OVER WHEN YOU RENDER LARD.
Submitter comment:
WHEN IT GETS OLD YOU CAN KNOCK OUT THE SIDE OF A BARN WITH IT,
ACCORDING TO MRS. GARAZZO.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
BELIEF: CAUSING ILLNESS
EATING "ONIONS" AT NIGHT CAN CAUSE INSOMNIA.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
CURE FOR SPRING FEVER
BOIL SASSAFRAS TEA- DRINK WHILE WARM.
Submitter comment:
SPRING FEVER IS SIMILAR TO A GENERAL UPSET, TENSE AND NERVOUS
CONDITION. THOUGH IT IS KNOWN TO OCCUR ANY TIME OF THE YEAR IT IS
PARTICULARLY KNOWN IN THE SPRING; PEOPLE SHOW IT THROUGH THE
LACK OF ENERGY AND GENERAL SENSE OF LAZINESS.
Data entry tech comment: THREE OTHER SIMILAR REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVE.
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-14-1971
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
A CRUSTY HELP
IF YOU EAT THE CRUST OF YOUR BREAD IT WILL MAKE YOUR HAIR CURLY.
Submitter comment:
LINDA SAID THIS TO HER 5 YEAR OLD SISTER
WHO WOULD NOT FINISH HER BREAD.
SHE USED THIS TO TRY TO CONVINCE HER TO EAT IT.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
BLONDE
BORN BLONDE, DIE BALD
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BALDNESS ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; HAIR COLOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Birth PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-23-1968
EYE COLOR
"BLUE" EYES- SIGN OF SINCERITY AND INTELLIGENCE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
IF A PERSON HAS AN EYELASH ON THEIR CHEEK, TELL THEM TO MAKE TWO
WISHES, ONE FOR EACH SIDE.
THE SIDE THAT THE EYELASH IS ON IS THE SIDE
THE WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Submitter comment: ROMANIAN BELIEF
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): CHANCE ; WISH ; WISHING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
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
SURPRISE
IFYOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU WILL HAVE A PLEASANT SURPRISE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
SUPERSTITION
WHEN YOUR NOSE ITCHES SOMEONE'S TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE OTHER SIMILAR REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION OF ARCHIVE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose |
Date learned: 09-16-1969
BELIEF: TOOTH OMEN
DO NOT TRUST PEOPLE WITH POINTED TEETH.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ADVICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue |
Date learned: 11-07-1968
POST DEATH BELIEF
IF A BABY BOY IS BORN WITH A TOOTH IN HIS MOUTH
A PERSON IS SELECTED TO WATCH HIM AFTER HE DIES
ON THE EVE OF HIS FUNERAL.
THIS IS BECAUSE ON THIS NIGHT THE BODY WILL SIT UP
IN THE COFFIN AND THIS SELECTED PERSON
MUST PUSH HIM BACK DOWN AGAIN SO THAT HE MAY REST IN PEACE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-04-1969
EAR
IF YOU BLOW IN SOMEONE'S EAR,
THEY WILL FOLLOW YOU ANYWHERE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Ears, noise in ear |
Date learned: 11-15-1968