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SUPERSTITION

IF A PERSON HAS TAPE WORMS, ONE CURE FOR THEM IS TO PLACE A BOWL
OF RAW EGGS IN FRONT OF THE PATIENT AND THE WORMS WILL CRAWL UP THE
THROAT AND INTO THE BOWL.

Submitter comment: THIS WAS STATED WITH A GRUESOME SMILE. SHE HEARD OF IT AS A CHILD
FROM HER GRANDMOTHER.

Where learned: DETROIT

Subject headings:

BELIEF -- Animal

Date learned: 00-00-1980

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