The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

I HAD LITTLE WARTS ON MY FOREHEAD. WHEN I WASHED MY FACE, THE
WARTS WOULD CRACK AND BLEED. SO WE WENT TO WORK ONE MORNING
AND THIS PLUMBER, HENRY WANEKET (SPELLING MAY NOT BE RIGHT)
SAID: "WHY DON'T YOU GET RID OF THEM?" AND I SAID, "HOW?"
HE ANSWERED: "I'LL TAKE THEM OFF FOR YOU." SO HE RUBBED MY
FOREHEAD WITH HIS FINGERS AND SAID "THEY'LL GO AWAY." FUNNY
PART OF IT, WAS THEY DID, WITHIN A WEEK!
BUT HE TRIED IT ON A WART ON MY FINGER IN SEPTEMBER OR
OCTOBER, 1964, BUT IT DIDN'T GO AWAY.

Submitter comment: HAPPENED IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 05-11-1965