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MY MOTHER USED TO MAKE POULTICES OF PINE PITCH TO HELP MY
FATHER'S BAD BACK. SHE SAID THAT IF YOU PLACED IT LOW DOWN
ON THE BACK, IT WOULD WORK ITS WAY UP TO WHERE THE PAIN WAS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HOUGHTON LAKE
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001930S