Folk Medicine

Black chickens are good to bring out chickenpox particularly if you go out to the chicken coop after the sun goes down and let one fly over you.

Tea made from hot water and corn silk will cure bed wetting in children.

The root of rhubarb worn on a string around your neck will prevent stomach aches.

Tie a big red onion to the bedpost and it keeps the ones in the bed from having colds.

Boils are caused by impure blood, you should eat sorghum molasses, raisins and onions.

A dirty sock worn around your neck when you go to bed will cure a sore throat.

Don't let the moonlight shine on your face while your sleeping, it will cause you to go crazy.

A buckeye carried in the pocket will cure rheumatism.

Don't cut your hair in the dark of the moon or it may cause you to go bald.

Tea made from sumac leaves is good for and can cure asthma and hay fever.

An iron key pressed to the back of the neck will cure a nosebleed.

To stop a toothache in your left jaw, tie a string around the little toe of your right foot.

For the right jaw, reverse the directions.