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RINGWORM CURE
APPLY APPLE CIDER VINEGAR WITH FINGERS TO RINGWORM SIX TIMES A DAY.
Submitter comment:
WORKS GREAT SAYS LIZZIE, CURED EVERYONE SHE'S EVER SEEN.
LEARNED FROM MOTHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; KINGSTON SPRING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
POISON IVY CURE
USE EQUAL PARTS APPLE CIDER, VINEGAR, AND WATER, DAB ON AREA AND
ALLOW TO DRY. APPLY OFTEN.
Submitter comment:
LIZZIE'S LIVED IN THE WOODS ALL HER LIFE, THIS IS THE BEST CURE
SHE KNOWS OF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; KINGSTON SPRING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
BED WETTING CURE
GIVE THE CHILD A TEASPOONFUL OF HONEY. ACTS AS A SEDATIVE AND
SOME SAY IT ATTRACTS AND HOLDS FLUIDS, SPARING THE KIDNEYS.
Submitter comment:
LIZZIE SWEARS BY IT AND SHE HAD NINE CHILDREN, FOUR OF WHOM
WERW BED WETTERS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; KINGSTON SPRING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN