The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

TOENAILS

HER FATHER ONCE HAD AN INGROWN TOENAIL AND SO CUT A HOLE IN A POTATO
AND PUT THE POTATO ON HIS TOE.
HE KEPT IT ON HIS TOE FOR ABOUT THREE DAYS,
AFTER WHICH THE POTATO TURNED A BLUEISH GREEN COLOR
AND THE TOENAIL WAS NO LONGER INGROWN.

Submitter comment: NO DOUBT IN HER MIND THAT THE POTATO REALLY WORKED.

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): TRANSFER

Date learned: 10-29-1971