The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

A SURE FIRE WAY TO CURE A COLD IS TO MIX LARD WITH TURPENTINE
AND PUT THIS MIXTURE ON THE PERSON'S CHEST. THIS WILL HELP
CLEAR HIS LUNGS AND HEAD SO THAT HE CAN BREATHE EASIER. MY
MOTHER USED THIS CURE ON ME ALL THE TIME.

Submitter comment: THIS CURE AND MANY OTHERS LIKE IT SHOW THE DOWN-TO-EARTH
NATURE OF LUMBERING PEOPLE. THEY HAD ONLY THE MOST ESSENTIAL
SUPPLIES TO WORK WITH. MOST OF THEIR NEEDS HAD TO BE SATISFIED
BY THE LAND.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HOUGHTON LAKE

Date learned: 00001930S