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What cures for corns or warts do you have around here? (Open question)

CASTOR OIL68
CORN PLASTERS63
FREEZONE29
MILKWEED MILK28
STUMP WATER20
CORN PADS17
IODINE11
MILKWEED10
NITRIC ACID7
BLUEJAY CORN PLASTER6
CUT THEM OFF6
TIE A STRING AROUND IT6
ACID5
COMPOUND W5
PLASTERS5
ADHESIVE TAPE4
BURN THEM OFF4
DOCTOR SCHOLL’S4
FOOT PADS4
VINEGAR4
BURN OFF3
CAMPHORATED OIL3
CAUSTIC3
KEROSENE3
MOSCO3
NR3
OUTGROW3
PADS3
RAW POTATO3
RAZOR BLADE3
RUB WITH CASTOR OIL3
SALVE3
TURPENTINE3
AXLE GREASE2
BALSAM PITCH2
BAND-AID2
BLUEJAY2
BURN IT OFF2
BURN OFF WARTS2
CASTOR OIL RUBBED IN2
CASTOR OIL RUBBED ON2
CINNAMON OIL2
CORN MEDICINE2
CORN SALVES2
CUT THEM OUT2
DOCTOR SCHOLL’S CORN PADS2
ELECTRIC NEEDLE2
ELECTROLYSIS2
GET’S-IT2
PARE CORNS2
PARE IT OFF2
PATENTED MEDICINES2
RAZOR2
RUB CASTOR OIL ON IT2
SALICYLIC ACID2
SPRING WATER2
TIE A HAIR AROUND A WART2
TIE A THREAD AROUND IT2
TIE STRING AROUND WART2
TIE THEM OFF2
TRIM CORNS2
VASELINE2
“DIG IT OUT, CUT IT, SOAK IN WATER”1
“LEAVE HALF A POTATO ON WART SEVERAL HOURS, BURY IT BEHIND HOUSE”1
“MAKE WART BLEED, PUT IT IN A CORN AND FEED TO A CHICKEN”1
“PUT CUT POTATO UNDER RAINSPOUT, AS IT DECAYS WART GOES AWAY”1
“RAW POTATO, THEN BURY POTATO SECRETLY”1
“RUB A POTATO ON YOUR ARM, BURY POTATO”1
“RUB OLD BONE ON WART, BURY BONE”1
“RUB WITH COOKED FAT MEAT, BURY IT”1
“RUB WITH HALF ONION, PUT UNDER RAINSPOUT”1
“RUB WITH POTATO, THROW IT OVER LEFT SHOULDER”1
“SOAK THEM, SHAVE DOWN”1
“SOAK THEM, THEN TAKE THEM OFF”1
“SPIT ON WART, RUB WITH FINGER”1
“TIE HORSEHAIR AROUND WART, TIGHTEN IT”1
“TIE SPLIT TOAD-FROG TO CORN, FROG TURNS GREEN, PULL BOTH OFF”1
ACETIC ACID1
ACETONE1
ACORN SALVE1
ASAFETIDA1
ASPIRIN TABLET1
BAG OF BEANS TIED ON WRIST1
BEEFSTEAK1
BETTER FITTING SHOES1
BLACK SALVE1
BLUE VITRIOL1
BLUEING1
BLUEJAY CORN PADS1
BLUEJAY CORN REMEDY1
BLUEJAY DROPS1
BLUEJAY PLASTER1
BURN A WART OFF1
BURN IT OUT1
BURN OFF BY A PHYSICIAN1
BURN OFF WITH ACID1
BURN THEM OFF WITH ACID1
BURN THEM OFF WITH AN ELECTRIC NEEDLE1
BURN THEM WITH ACID1
BURN WARTS OFF WITH ACID1
BURNING BY A DOCTOR1
BURY A DISHCLOTH1
BURY DIRTY RAG OUT BATHROOM WINDOW1
BURY YOUR MOTHER’S DISHRAG1
BUTTERBEAN HULL JUICE1
CALLISIDE1
CAMPHO-PHENIQUE1
CANNING ACID AND HOG’S LARD1
CARBOLIC ACID1
CASTOR OIL AND VINEGAR1
CASTOR OIL FOR A CORN1
CATNIP TEA1
CAUSTIC ACID1
CAUSTIC AND IODINE1
CAUSTIC POTASH1
CAUSTIC STICK1
CHALK1
CHARM THEM OFF WITH MAGIC WORDS1
CHARMS1
CHIROPODIST1
CHLORACETIC ACID1
COAL OIL1
COMPOUND WARTS1
CONJO1
CONJURING1
CORN PATENTED-MEDICINES1
CORN POULTICE1
CORN REMEDY1
CORN REMOVER1
CORN STUFF1
CORN TAKE-OFF1
CORN-FIX1
COUGH SYRUP1
COUNT GRAINS OF CORN ON AN EAR OF CORN1
COW PEE1
CUT A POTATO AND PUT THE JUICE ON THE WART1
CUT CORN OUT1
CUT CORN WITH RAZOR BLADE1
CUT CORNS WITH RAZOR BLADE1
CUT HOLE IN SHOE1
CUT OFF A PIECE OF IT1
CUT OFF WITH RAZOR1
CUT THEM1
CUT THEM OUT WITH A RAZOR1
CUTTING1
DEHORNING PASTE1
DEW OUT OF OLD STUMP1
DIRTY DISHRAG1
DISHRAG1
DOCTOR REMOVES WARTS1
DOCTOR SCHOLL’S LINE1
DOCTOR SCHOLL’S REMEDIES1
DOCTOR SCHOLL’S STUFF1
DOCTOR SCHOLL’S WHATCHA-CALL-IT1
DOCTOR’S REMOVAL1
DOCTORS BURN THEM OFF1
DRILL WATER1
DROP OF ACID1
DRUG STORE PREPARATIONS1
DRUG STORE REMEDIES1
ELDERBERRY LIMB1
ELECTRIC NEEDLE IN HOSPITAL1
EPSOM SALTS1
FAITH DOCTOR1
FAT FROM MEAT1
FEEL WARTS1
FILE IT OFF WITH EMERY1
FINGERNAIL POLISH1
FLAXSEED TEA WITH HONEY AND LEMON1
FOOT DOCTOR1
FOOT MAN1
FROG PISS1
FRUIT ACID ON CORN1
GET WARTS BURNED OFF1
GLACIAL ACETIC ACID1
GO TO A CHIROPODIST1
GO TO SHIROPODIST1
GOING TO THE DOCTOR1
GOOD SHOES1
GRASSHOPPER1
GREASE1
GREASE OR OIL PUT ON EVERYDAY1
GREASE THEM1
HEATED NEEDLE1
HOGWEED JUICE1
HOMEMADE CORN PLASTER1
HORSEHAIR WRAPPED TIGHTLY AROUND THE WART1
HOT NEEDLE1
HOT WATER (CORN)1
HOT WATER AND EPSOM SALTS1
HOT-STOVE COAL1
JACKKNIFE1
JEWELWEED1
JOHNSON’S FOOT SOAP1
JUICE FROM EGGPLANT1
KEEP THEM SOFT1
KEEP THEM TRIMMED1
KEROSENE FOR WARTS1
KNOCK THE TOP OFF AND POUR IODINE ON WART1
LAMBSWOOL1
LARD MIXED WITH SALICYLIC ACID1
LET A BLACK CALF LICK THEM THREE TIMES ON THREE DAYS1
LYSOL1
MAN’S SOCK1
MEDICINES1
METHIOLATE1
MILK OUT OF FIGS1
MILKWEED GREENS1
MILKWEED JUICE1
MINERAL OIL1
MOLE SKIN1
MULLEIN TEA1
NAIL POLISH1
NEEDLE1
NEGROES USED TO RUB THEM WITH A PENNY AND THEN TIE IT ON THE WART1
NH1
OCTAGON SOAP AND SODA1
OIL1
OIL FOLLOWED BY IODINE1
OIL OF CLOVES1
OLD DRY BONE1
OLD-FASHIONED CORN PLASTER1
ONE-NIGHT CORN CURE1
ONION1
ONION AND FIG SYRUP1
ONION SYRUP1
PARE CORNS WITH RAZOR1
PARE THEM DOWN1
PARE THEM OFF1
PATENT MEDICINE1
PATENT REMEDIES1
PEARL BUTTONS1
PEE ON IT1
PENNYROYAL TEA1
PEPPERMINT OIL1
PEPPERMINT TEA1
PETROLEUM JELLY1
PIECE OF LEMON1
PIECE OF LIVER1
PIECE OF TAPE1
PINE PITCH FOR CORNS1
PODIATRIST1
POISON-OAK JUICE ON IT1
POWWOWING1
PULL OUT THE CENTER1
PUMICE STONE1
PUSSLEY1
PUT A LEMON SKIN ON WARTS1
PUT A PENNY ON A WART1
PUT A SLICE OF RAW POTATO ON WART1
PUT A TOAD ON IT1
PUT ACID ON WARTS AND BURN THEM OFF1
PUT BLACK INK ON A WART1
PUT COBWEBS OVER CORN1
PUT GREASE ON IT1
PUT INK ON THEM1
PUT PLASTERS ON THEM1
PUT PRESSURE ON IT1
PUT RED-HOT NEEDLE IN CENTER OF WART AND LEAVE TILL COOL1
PUT SNUFF SPIT ON IT1
RAIN WATER1
RAW BEEF1
RED-HOT NEEDLE1
REGULAR CORN CURE1
ROLLED-UP SPIDER WEB1
ROSIN1
ROZZUM1
RUB A GOLD RING ON IT1
RUB A LITTLE OIL ON IT1
RUB A WART AWAY1
RUB BACON ON THEM1
RUB CASTOR OIL ON WARTS1
RUB IT AND WISH1
RUB IT WITH A PENNY1
RUB IT WITH A RAW POTATO1
RUB IT WITH A SLICE OF POTATO1
RUB IT WITH CASTOR OIL1
RUB IT WITH SOMETHING OILY1
RUB MILKWEED JUICE ON WARTS1
RUB MINERAL OIL ON THEM1
RUB ON SNUFF AND GREASE1
RUB POTATOES ON THEM1
RUB SOME KIND OF OIL ON THEM1
RUB THEM OFF1
RUB THEM WITH A LITTLE STICK1
RUB WART WITH CASTOR OIL1
RUB WART WITH HALF A POTATO1
RUB WART WITH TOADSTOOL1
RUB WITH A DIME1
RUB WITH A PENNY1
RUB WITH AN IRISH POTATO1
RUB WITH BEAN AND BURY1
RUB WITH HALF-ONION1
RUB WITH SMUT1
RUN OUT IN THE SNOW1
SALICYLIC ACID AND LARD1
SALISIC ACID1
SALISIC ACID AND LARD1
SALT AND SODA1
SALTWATER1
SAY WORDS OVER THEM1
SCALDING1
SCRATCH IT WITH A PIN AND STICK PIN IN GROUND1
SELL WARTS1
SEVENTH SON CAN TOUCH IT1
SHAVE AND PUT ACID ON IT1
SHAVE CORNS1
SHAVE OFF THE TOPS OF CORNS WITH RAZOR BLADE1
SHEEP-SHIT TEA1
SILVER NITRATE1
SLICED IRISH POTATO1
SNUFF1
SOAK A BULLET IN MILK FOR CARBUNCLES1
SOAK AND TRIM THEM1
SOAK CORNS IN CHICKEN FAT1
SOAK FEET AND PEEL THEM DOWN1
SOAK FEET AND TRIM WITH RAZOR BLADE1
SOAK IN CASTOR OIL1
SOAK IN EPSOM SALTS AND PICK OFF1
SOAK IN HOT SALTWATER1
SOAK IN HOT WATER AND PARE CORNS1
SOAK THEM1
SOAKING AND TRIMMING1
SODA AND TALLOW1
SOME KIND OF DROPS1
SOMEBODY ELSE BUY THE WARTS FOR A PENNY1
SORGHUM MOLASSES AND SODA1
SPECIAL TOUCH1
SPIT1
SPIT ON WART1
STICK HEATED NEEDLE THROUGH WART1
STRING INCREASINGLY TIGHTENED1
SULFUR AND VASELINE1
SULFUR MATCH1
SULFURIC ACID1
SWALLOW COLD WATER1
SWAMP WATER1
SWEET OIL1
TAKE OFF WITH ELECTRIC NEEDLE1
TALK OFF1
TALK THEM AWAY1
TALLOW FOR CORNS1
THINGS YOU BUY1
TIE A HORSE’S HAIR AROUND1
TIE A HORSEHAIR AROUND A WART1
TIE A PIECE OF THREAD AROUND A WART TIGHT1
TIE A ROPE AROUND A WART1
TIE A SILK THREAD AROUND FINGER1
TIE A SILK THREAD AROUND IT1
TIE A STRING AROUND THEM1
TIE A STRING AROUND WART TO CUT IT OFF1
TIE A STRING ON IT1
TIE A STRING OR HORSEHAIR AROUND A WART1
TIE HALF A POTATO ON THE WART1
TIE HORSEHAIR ON WARTS1
TIE PIECE OF SILK THREAD AND PULL1
TIE SALT PORK ON A WART1
TIE STRAND OF HORSEHAIR TIGHT AROUND SINGLE WART1
TIE STRING AROUND ANKLE OR FINGER1
TIE STRING AROUND WART AND KEEP TIGHTENING IT EVERY DAY1
TIE WITH A SILK THREAD1
TIE WITH STRING1
TINCTURE OF BENZOINS1
TINCTURE OF IRON1
TOAD PEE1
TREAT FOR WARTS WITH PRAYERS1
TRIM AND PAINT WITH IODINE1
TRIM CORNS WITH RAZOR OR KNIFE1
TRIM IT1
TRIM THEM1
TRIPLE-STRENGTH IODINE1
UNSALTED BUTTER1
UNSALTED LARD1
VASELINE AND LARD1
VASELINE AROUND WART AND DROP OF SULFURIC ACID1
VICKS1
VICKS AND ASPIRIN1
VITAMIN A1
VOODOO1
WART MEDICINE1
WART-FIX1
WASH IN WATER FROM A HOLLOW OAK TREE1
WEAR A BIGGER SHOE1
WEAR SHOES THAT FIT YOU1
WET YOUR FINGER IN YOUR MOUTH AND RUB IT ON THE WART1
WHISKEY1
WILD MILKWEED JUICE1
WISH IT ONTO AN ANIMAL1
WISH THEM OFF1
WOOD-ASH1
WRAP IN LARGE LEAVES OF SOME SORT1

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