The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

WHEN SOMEONE HAD A WART THEY WOULD SELL IT TO THE WART
PERSON WHO CAME AROUND TO THE HOUSE. AFTER GIVING THE
PERSON A PENNY, THE WART PERSON WHO RUB IT WITH AN OLD
WASHCLOTH AND THEN YOU WOULD BURY THE WASHCLOTH IN YOUR
BACKYARD SEVEN FEET DEEP. WHEN THE WASHCLOTH STARTED
TO DECOMPOSE, THE WART WOULD BE GONE.

Submitter comment: JEAN HEARD THIS FROM HER GRANDMOTHER WHO BELIEVES
IT COMPLETELY.
HEARD IN DETROIT (MICHIGAN) ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS

Date learned: 11-06-1971