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REMEDY
A POULTICE MADE FROM MILK-SOAKED BREAD PLACED UPON
AN INFECTED AREA WILL DRAW THE INFECTION OUT.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS LEARNED FROM THE INFORMANT'S MOTHER, STELLA
ODOERFER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARLETTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001940CA
A PREGNANT WOMAN SHOULD NEVER HANG CLOTHES OUT ON A LINE
TO DRY. IF SHE DOES THE UMBILICAL CORD WILL BECOME WOUND
AROUND THE NECK OF HER UNBORN BABY.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY STELLA ODOERFER, HIS
MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARLETTE
James Callow Keyword(s): WASHING CLOTHES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00001945CA
TO ELIMINATE PERSISTENT LEG CRAMPS, PLACE YOUR SHOES
AGAINST THE WALL AT NIGHT, TOES TURNED TOWARD THE
WASHBOARD. YOUR LEG CRAMPS WILL STOP.
Submitter comment:
THIS PIECE OF ADVICE WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY HIS
MOTHER, STELLA ODOERFER WHO WAS OF IRISH/ENGLISH ORIGIN
AND WAS BORN AND RAISED IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARLETTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001950CA