The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

WHEN MY SISTER WAS LITTLE, MY MOTHER STUCK HER IN A BIG BAG
OF ONIONS TO CURE HER OF PNEUMONIA.
MY MOTHER STUCK MY SISTER IN A TWENTY-FIVE OR FIFTY POUND BAG
AND LOOSELY PULLED THE DRAWSTRING AROUND HER NECK.
THE ONIONS DREW HER FEVER OUT.

Submitter comment: LITTLE MEANS YOUNGER

Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND

Date learned: 00001920S ; 00001930S