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WART REMEDY
A GOOD WAY TO CURE WARTS IS TO TOUCH A DEAD PERSON'S HAND
TO THE WART AND IT IS SUPPOSED TO DRY IT UP.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER
WHO LIVED ON A FARM AS A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TRANSFER
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-31-1967