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MEDICAL BELIEF
WEARING A CLOVE OF GARLIC ON A STRING AROUND YOUR NECK WILL
PREVENT CONTRACTION OF THE FLU.
Submitter comment: ITS EFFECTIVENESS IS DOUBTFUL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLINTON TOWNSHIP
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-00-1982