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Condition

Method Of Treatment

warts

performed - seventh son can rub away if he takes on money  

warts

performed - healer (farmer) can rub warts off  

warts

 

warts

applied - stolen salt pork  

warts

performed, grain of corn  

warts

performed - stolen dish rag  

warts

performed, horsehair  

warts

 

warts

performed - tie knots in hair in number of warts, throw hair away  

warts

inhaled - raw meat; discard  

warts

applied - raw tomato  

warts

performed - sell warts  

warts

performed - rub blood of dead cat (killed by African-American) on warts during full moon  

warts

applied - freshly cut steak performed - turn around three times; tell warts to leave  

warts

applied - raw potato  

warts

applied - dishrag performed - bury dishrag in manure  

warts

performed - tie knots in black silk thread for each wart; give thread to charmer for burial  

warts

performed - put two dozen small pebbles in can; set can in middle of road  

warts

performed - sell warts  

warts

applied - castor oil  

warts

applied - castor oil for nine days  

warts

performed - tie as many knots in a string as you have warts  

warts

performed - wash hands in March snow  

warts, corns

performed - rub on Abdon’s day (July 29 or 30).  

warts

performed - sell for cent; discard cent  

warts

applied - ink  

warts

performed - apply and bury a dishrag  

warts

applied - urine  

warts

applied - green pea performed - wrap pea neatly in piece of paper; tie paper with string; throw bundle away  

warts

applied - healer’s touch  

warts

 

warts

applied - urine  

warts

performed - bury a dead cat at night  

warts

performed - cut head off chicken and pinch wart off with beak  

warts

 

warts

applied - dandelion juice  

warts

performed - apply and bury an apple  

warts

applied - bean  

warts

performed - bury under downspout  

warts

performed - cut notches, apply blood, throw stick over left shoulder.  

warts

applied - bacon fat.  

warts

applied - castor oil  

warts

performed - bury dishrag under eaves.  

warts

performed - sell them  

warts

applied - penny, blood  

warts

performed - apply water from slake tub and saying something.  

warts

 

warts

applied - lunar caustic  

warts

performed - from bayou bridge, throw grains of corn over left shoulder  

warts

performed - tie knot in string for each wart; bury string at crossroads  

warts

performed - tie string around warts; have someone remove and bury string  

warts

applied - half a potato; bury potato  

warts

performed - put as many cords under rock as you have warts  

warts

performed - write number of warts on piece of paper; wrap paper in stolen dish cloth; discard cloth and paper on road  

warts

applied - stolen beef; bury beef under eaves of house  

asthma, arthritis, rheumatism, appendicitis, appendix, warts, sties, styes

performed - transfer to animal plant or another person.  

bleeding, wart, burns

seventh son of a seventh son  

skin ailments

Pow-wow healer  

warts

applied - yellow substance from Spanish fly’s stomach  

warts

Treatment inspiring hope and confidence  

warts

applied - barley straw performed - tie barley straw with horse’s tail hair (or silk); hide straw in place where it will rot  

warts

applied - bean leaves, bury the leaf  

warts

 

warts

applied - hot ashes  

warts

 

warts

performed - elaborate ritual  

warts

performed - laying on of hands  

warts

applied - castor oil  

warts

applied = strong acetic acid  

warts

applied - bean shell  

warts

applied - chicken blood  

warts

chicken blood  

warts

applied - cheese performed - bury cheese secretly  

warts

performed - count your warts but don’t tell anybody how many you have.  

warts

 

warts

applied - dishcloth  

warts

applied - cow’s urine  

warts

applied - grounds from borrowed coffee pot performed - bury grounds  

warts

performed - induce light state of hypnosis (suggestion)  

warts

performed - lick  

warts

performed - recite nonsense verse over warts  

warts

 

warts

performed - rub with a dishrag and bury it  

warts

applied - fish head  

warts

 

warts

performed - wave hand over it, repeat some words, spit on it and rub hands over it.  

warts

 

warts

applied - foxes testicles  

warts

performed - put knots in wheat and bury it.  

warts

performed - tie knots  

warts

applied - meat.  

warts

performed - cut notch for each wart on living twig  

warts

performed - place three grains of corn at crossroads with three branches (one grain of corn at each branch); cover with rocks  

warts

applied - potato performed - bury potato under eaves  

warts

performed - constant rubbing  

warts

performed - steal meat, secret burial  

warts

performed - notch-cutting  

warts

performed - wrap pebble in box in paper and leave in conspicuous place  

warts

applied Salt Pork Paper Performed Discard Paper  

warts

Peas.  

warts

performed - Rub the wart with the pea three times and turning towards the sun- spit. Then throw the pea into the fire.  

warts

applied - Salt; performed - Bore hole in tree, put salt in it and plug up hole.  

warts

applied  

warts

performed - recite nonsense rhymes  

warts

applied - raw potato  

warts

performed - rub warts with a penny and give it to someone  

warts

performed - throw meat over your shoulder.  

warts

performed - rub something against wart  

warts

applied - spittle  

warts

 

warts

performed - make knots in thread, place thread in coffin with corpse in state  

warts

performed - rub crosswise with sewing thread drenched with sour clover, burn thread under threshold  

warts

applied - black slugs  

warts

performed - elaborate ritual  

warts

performed - sell them to someone else  

warts

applied - An old shoe from a certain person.  

warts

performed - cut as many notches in a stick as you have warts, hide stick  

warts

 

warts

performed - put salt under laundry stone.  

warts

applied - bitten off growing sloe  

warts

performed - bury a short, white string in the ground at night  

warts

performed - don’t handle toad or frog  

warts

Watercress  

warts

applied - dung water  

warts

 

warts

ingested - lime water  

warts

performed - Pick the warts until they bleed, apply wood, wipe them free of blood. Close the eyes and throw the wood away.  

warts

performed - bathe in moonshine water.  

warts, fever

performed - cat burial in graveyard applied - raw potato worn - spider around neck in nutshell  

warts

performed - counting, gaze of wart charmer  

warts

performed - recite charm  

mental ailments, hysteria

ingested - dried and powdered steer-shank warts in wine or liquor  

warts

performed - prick warts until they bleed; touch warts with grain of corn; bury corn  

warts

performed - lay a black cat that has been dead for three days behind a tombstone at midnight  

warts

performed - put clod of dirt in a box for every wart, leave box by a road and wait for someone to pick up box  

warts

applied - cloth performed - throw cloth away  

warts

applied - lemon juice  

warts

applied - dishrag, then buried.  

warts

healer, performed  

warts

performed - put blood from wart on handkerchief and throw it away  

warts

performed - in light of moon say, “what I see increase, what I feel decrease.”  

warts

performed - put rag under log.  

warts

applied - peach leaves performed - leaf burial under rock  

warts

performed - rub potato on warts, bury potato under light of the full moon  

warts

performed - bury potato  

warts

applied - poison oak, radish, marigold.  

warts

applied - penny.  

warts

Stagnated water from old tree stump  

warts

 

warts

 

warts

performed  

warts

applied - washcloth  

warts

 

warts

 

warts

 

warts

 

warts

 

warts

 

illness

applied - Castor oil.  

warts

applied - white vinegar  

warts

performed - bury dishtowel in backyard  

warts

performed - wash warts with clean wash cloth; bury cloth in ground  

warts

performed - tie white silk thread around wart; recite charm  

warts

performed - tie string around wart; recite magic words; remove string; throw away string  

warts

performed - bay at moon like dog  

warts

 

warts

applied - wedding ring  

warts

applied - pig urine  

warts

performed - apply polish, peel off.  

warts

performed - spit on them  

warts

performed - wish onto someone  

warts

performed - apply and bury onion  

warts

 

warts

applied - bean  

warts

performed - rub wart with a penny, give to patient  

warts

performed - You can get rid of warts by selling them to another person.  

warts

 

warts

performed - bury dish rag  

warts

performed - apply and bury a dishrag.  

warts

performed - apply and bury a potato  

warts

applied - bone  

warts

performed - cut notches into sappy limb  

warts

performed - tie a string around a sapling  

warts

performed - have a grasshopper spit tobacco juice on warts  

warts

performed - tell an old lady how many warts you have and how old you are  

warts

performed - send them to the VooDoo doctor  

warts

performed - march around an old stump  

warts

performed - ritual with a frog and cricket  

warts

performed - sell warts  

warts

performed - sell warts to a stranger for a penny  

warts

performed - healer recited Bible passages  

warts

performed - have family member wish warts off  

warts

 

warts

performed - money  

warts

performed, applied - toad blood  

warts

applied - corn cob’s white pulp center, vinegar, soda  

warts

performed - stolen dish rag  

warts

applied - salt, horse licking  

warts

 

warts

performed - tie strings around warts, discard strings  

warts

applied - meatskin; discard  

warts

applied - snap bean (string bean) leaves; walk backward five steps; bury leaves; never look back  

warts

performed - Count the number of warts you have, and get an equal number of gravels, put them into a cloth and tie them up; then throw it into the road where the horses will travel over them  

warts

applied - first squirt of cow’s milk  

warts

applied - dandelion juice  

warts

performed - purchase of warts; wrap thread around wart, tied with single knot; remove thread; hit thread  

warts

performed - hold hands (palms up) to moon  

warts

performed - sell wart; rub wart  

warts

applied - molasses  

warts

applied - grease with castor oil  

warts

performed - tie as many knots in a string as you have warts and hide string under doorstep  

warts

performed - wash warts in stump water  

warts

performed - steal a dishrag, wipe the warts, and bury the rag, all without telling anyone  

warts

applied - buy warts by taking a cent and rubbing it over them  

warts

applied - wash with washrag with which corpse was washed; bury rag  

warts

performed - recite powwowing formula (charm)  

warts

applied - eggplant; throw eggplant over shoulder; don’t look back  

warts

applied - milkweed.  

warts

performed - cut knotches in a peach tree.  

warts

applied - beans performed - recite magic words  

warts

performed - hide dirty dishtowel on west side of house  

warts

performed - knot stick with number of warts; throw stick over shoulder  

warts

applied - bloody end of decapated chicken head  

warts

applied - mashed toad.  

warts

applied - flower of goldenrod  

warts

applied - bean  

warts

performed - throw corn over shoulder  

warts

performed - cut notches in a stick, bury where water drips.  

warts

performed - apply and bury meat.  

warts

applied - castor oil, salt  

warts

performed - apply and bury a dishcloth  

warts

performed - apply and bury dishrag  

warts

performed - bury a dishtowel under a drain.  

warts

worn - thread  

warts

performed - say a verse from the bible  

warts

performed - by bewitched woman  

warts

performed - throw stones, bag over shoulder into road.  

warts

performed - have someone count your warts.  

warts

performed - prick warts, bleed on grains of corn, feed corn to chickens  

warts

applied - muriatic acid  

warts

performed - tie knots in string, bury string in damp spot under bridge  

warts

performed - bury dish-cloth  

warts

applied - rainwater dripping from a gate  

warts

applied - seven grains of corn; feed cords to neighbor’s chickens  

warts

performed - cut notches in stick in number of warts; bury stick  

warts

applied - stolen bacon; bury bacon  

warts

performed - let grasshopper bite warts  

goiter

applied - corpse’s hand; afterbirth; bone from carcass; toad  

injuries

applied - Earth worm oil.  

warts

applied - coltrado  

warts

performed - psychotherapeutic treatment  

warts

performed - wrap up parcel with as many grains of barley as warts; lay parcel on public road  

warts

applied - bean, then bury bean halves under drip of the house for 7 days  

warts

applied - three bean leaves  

warts

performed - magical treatment  

warts

 

warts

 

warts

performed - bury stolen bacon between two bricks  

warts

applied - stolen bacon performed - hide bacon  

warts

performed - make chalk mark on oven door  

warts

greater celandine (wartflower)  

warts

applied - ashes from a burned broom  

warts

applied - unsalted raw beef; performed - bury beef  

warts

performed - put one small drop of glacial acetic acid.  

warts

performed - count warts; rub one bean over each wart (as many beans as warts); throw beans over left shoulder; do this all secretly  

warts

performed - throw a bone over your left shoulder  

warts

performed - cut an apple into three pieces and touch the wart then throw it to rot.  

warts

applied - finger of corpse  

warts

applied - juice of “cat’s milk” weed  

warts

performed - count your warts but don’t tell anybody how many you have.  

warts

 

warts

performed - rub with dishrag and bury the rag.  

warts

performed - rub with dishrag and bury the rag.  

warts

performed - rub with a smooth old bone.  

warts

applied - cow’s urine  

warts

performed - sell warts to someone for a small coin  

warts

 

warts

applied - eel’s blood  

warts

applied - black fluid from grasshopper’s bite  

warts

performed - hangman rubs patient  

warts

applied - nut blossoms  

warts

applied  

warts

healer, performed  

warts

applied - dishrag; performed - bury dishrag  

warts

 

warts

performed - wash hands by moonbeams in silver basin  

warts

applied - goat butter  

warts

performed - spear wart with straw of grain, then bury it.  

warts

performed - tie knots in horsehair.  

warts

performed - cut notch for each wart on living root  

warts

applied - corn (belonging to family or stolen)  

warts

applied - potato; performed - bury potato  

warts

performed - rub wart  

warts

performed - notch-cutting applied - peach notch performed - tree limb burial  

warts

applied - performed - leave a clutch of small objects to be picked up by another  

warts

applied Pork rind Performed hide pork  

warts

applied - Garden pea.  

warts

applied - white peas; performed - throw peas into fire  

warts

performed - buy wart  

warts

applied - powder of dried mullein roots  

warts

potatoes  

warts

performed - rub warts with a penny and give it to someone  

warts

 

warts

applied - penny  

warts

performed - treat warts on July 30  

warts

performed - stick black snail on thorn, put between two stones  

warts

 

warts

applied - snail; performed - impale snail on thorn  

warts

applied - grandfather’s fasting spittle  

warts

performed - make knots in thread, bury thread  

warts

performed - make knots in thread, bury thread  

warts

applied - Fasting spittle.  

warts

performed - tie knots in string, bury string  

warts

performed - Rub with silk threads.  

warts

 

warts

performed - tie knots in thread, bury thread  

warts

performed - tie knots in string (one for each wart), bury string under stone  

warts

performed - tie as many knots in string as you have warts, bury string  

warts

applied - tobacco spit from God-fearing man’s tobacco  

warts

 

warts

performed - tie knot in string, bury string under eaves  

warts

performed - knot ritual  

warts

performed - throw knotted worsted into lavatory.  

warts

performed - Notch a piece of wood, rub warts with wood, and bury it  

warts

applied - water on which moon has shone  

warts

performed - transference  

warts

applied - dew collected on tombstone  

warts

performed - cut as many notches in a green stick as you have warts, then bury the stick  

warts

applied - water from baptize fount.  

warts

performed - tie knots in twine, touch with twine, throw twine behind your back  

bloodstopping, blood, staunching

 

illness, healer traditions, powwowing

 

illness, warts, healer traditions, powwowing

applied - saliva  

warts

performed - bringing hen to healers  

illness

 

warts

applied - corpse  

boils, warts, styes

performed - shouting “I got the sty, its a lie.”  

warts

applied - bacon rind performed - bury bacon  

warts

applied - Castor oil  

warts

applied - castor oil  

warts

applied - wart  

warts

performed - bury a black cat in graveyard at midnight.  

warts, growths, moles

performed - charmer circles evergreen tree saying, “I charm this wart (growth or mole) from John Doe’s arm.”  

warts

applied - soiled dish cloth performed - bury cloth  

warts

performed - steal a neighbor’s dishcloth  

warts

performed - bury a dishrag  

warts

applied - cobweb performed - burn cobweb  

warts

applied - lemon juice  

warts

applied - stolen dishrag [from one’s mother], pebble tied in it, hidden.  

warts

applied - stolen dishrag, then buried.  

warts

performed - rub while incanting wish to have them off  

warts

performed - burial of dishrag  

warts

performed - pebbled placed at crossroads  

warts

applied - potato eye performed - potato burial  

warts

applied - potato performed - Potato planting  

warts

performed - rub potato on warts, throw potato over your shoulder  

warts

performed - bury an old rag  

warts

worn - brown paper  

warts

performed - Tie silk thread around wart.  

warts

performed  

warts

performed - bury straw  

warts

 

warts

 

warts

 

warts

 

warts

 

warts

 

warts

 

throat, sore

applied - meat performed - bury meat in garden  

warts

 

warts

applied - strong vinegar  

warts

performed - spit in hand; rub match head in palm; rub match head on wart  

warts

applied - piece of meat stolen while being cut performed - secretly bury meat  

warts

performed - bury stolen pork chop  

warts

performed - bury old dishrag in ground  

warts

performed - tie red silk thread around wart at bedtime  

warts

performed - tie string around wart; close eyes; make wish; throw string in street  

warts

performed - wash hands in moonbeams  

warts

 

warts

applied - gold ring  

warts

applied - eggplant  

warts

applied - olive leaf, then bury leaf  

warts

applied - wagon wheel grease  

warts

performed - suck warts  

warts

 

warts

 

warts

 

warts

applied - buttermilk  

warts

applied - white bean  

warts

performed - give the patient a coin  

warts

 

warts

applied - castor oil.  

warts

applied - milkweed  

baby

applied - chicken liver, performed - bury in corral  

warts

performed - steal bacon, apply to wart, bury rind under eaves of neighboring house  

warts

performed - put corn under a stone at an intersection  

warts

performed - spit on a stone for each wart  

warts

a legitimate son or daughter who has never seen his or her father has the ability to remove warts.  

warts

performed - by a man with special talents  

warts

worn - eye of a frog  

warts

applied - potato  

warts

 

warts

applied - buttermilk and soda  

warts

applied - box of sand wrapped like a present; discard box at crossroads  

warts

applied - rub with twig; discard twig  

warts

performed - Old Negro man talked them off  

warts

performed - healer (grandfather) places hands on wart  

warts

 

warts

performed, finger-nails  

warts

performed - tying knots in string  

warts

applied - dish rag  

warts

performed, count  

warts

 

warts

worn - tie string around warts, hang string on wall  

warts

applied - white beans on warts, stick beans in mud  

warts

performed - cut rooster’s foot; put blood on corn; rub corn on wart; feed corn to rooster  

warts

performed - plant peas in number of warts in rich soil  

warts

performed - put blood from warts on seven little sticks; put sticks under eaves  

warts

performed - Steal your neighbor's dishrag, and wash your hands with it thoroughly. Bury the dishrag a long way off, don't look back, forget it,  

warts

performed - tie gravel in cloth and throw over right shoulder at crossroads  

warts

performed - Prick your warts with a pin until they bleed; then throw the pin away over your shoulder and walk away without looking back.  

warts

applied - cow urine  

warts

performed - find bone; rub wart with bone; lay bone down exactly as found  

warts

performed - put needle through black thread and wart; burn thread  

warts

performed - charm warts; buy wart  

warts

applied - mud packs  

warts

applied - lining of chicken gizzard; have somebody bury gizzard under eaves secretly  

warts

performed - place leather with holes in it over the warts; fill holes with sulphur and set sulphur afire  

warts

performed - wash warts in stump water often  

warts

performed - steal your mother's dishcloth and rub it on your warts, and then return it without your mother's knowing it  

warts

applied - fasting spittle  

warts

 

warts

performed - tie string around warts  

warts

performed - apply blood to bean and throw into a vacant house.  

warts

performed - name beans, apply to warts, throw into a well.  

warts

performed - apply soot, sit in corner, apply knotted string, apply soot to knots, bury string.  

warts

performed - sprout seed beans  

warts

applied - potato (without eyes) performed - bury potato secretly  

warts

applied - match performed - bury match  

warts

performed - count warts; cut dirty dishrags into same number of pieces; bury pieces of dishrag  

warts

 

warts

applied - goat’s milk  

warts

performed - wrap in a dish rag and bury a dead cat.  

warts

performed - rub with head of freshly killed chicken, bury head.  

warts

applied - urine  

warts

applied - all eight surfaces of a quartered apple.  

warts

 

warts

performed - drop a kernel of corn in well.  

warts

applied - potato  

warts

potato peelings  

warts

performed - cut notch