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

CASTOR OIL 68
CORN PLASTERS 63
FREEZONE 29
MILKWEED MILK 28
STUMP WATER 20
CORN PADS 17
IODINE 11
MILKWEED 10
NITRIC ACID 7
BLUEJAY CORN PLASTER 6
CUT THEM OFF 6
TIE A STRING AROUND IT 6
ACID 5
COMPOUND W 5
PLASTERS 5
ADHESIVE TAPE 4
BURN THEM OFF 4
DOCTOR SCHOLL’S 4
FOOT PADS 4
VINEGAR 4
BURN OFF 3
CAMPHORATED OIL 3
CAUSTIC 3
KEROSENE 3
MOSCO 3
NR 3
OUTGROW 3
PADS 3
RAW POTATO 3
RAZOR BLADE 3
RUB WITH CASTOR OIL 3
SALVE 3
TURPENTINE 3
AXLE GREASE 2
BALSAM PITCH 2
BAND-AID 2
BLUEJAY 2
BURN IT OFF 2
BURN OFF WARTS 2
CASTOR OIL RUBBED IN 2
CASTOR OIL RUBBED ON 2
CINNAMON OIL 2
CORN MEDICINE 2
CORN SALVES 2
CUT THEM OUT 2
DOCTOR SCHOLL’S CORN PADS 2
ELECTRIC NEEDLE 2
ELECTROLYSIS 2
GET’S-IT 2
PARE CORNS 2
PARE IT OFF 2
PATENTED MEDICINES 2
RAZOR 2
RUB CASTOR OIL ON IT 2
SALICYLIC ACID 2
SPRING WATER 2
TIE A HAIR AROUND A WART 2
TIE A THREAD AROUND IT 2
TIE STRING AROUND WART 2
TIE THEM OFF 2
TRIM CORNS 2
VASELINE 2
“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 ACID 1
ACETONE 1
ACORN SALVE 1
ASAFETIDA 1
ASPIRIN TABLET 1
BAG OF BEANS TIED ON WRIST 1
BEEFSTEAK 1
BETTER FITTING SHOES 1
BLACK SALVE 1
BLUE VITRIOL 1
BLUEING 1
BLUEJAY CORN PADS 1
BLUEJAY CORN REMEDY 1
BLUEJAY DROPS 1
BLUEJAY PLASTER 1
BURN A WART OFF 1
BURN IT OUT 1
BURN OFF BY A PHYSICIAN 1
BURN OFF WITH ACID 1
BURN THEM OFF WITH ACID 1
BURN THEM OFF WITH AN ELECTRIC NEEDLE 1
BURN THEM WITH ACID 1
BURN WARTS OFF WITH ACID 1
BURNING BY A DOCTOR 1
BURY A DISHCLOTH 1
BURY DIRTY RAG OUT BATHROOM WINDOW 1
BURY YOUR MOTHER’S DISHRAG 1
BUTTERBEAN HULL JUICE 1
CALLISIDE 1
CAMPHO-PHENIQUE 1
CANNING ACID AND HOG’S LARD 1
CARBOLIC ACID 1
CASTOR OIL AND VINEGAR 1
CASTOR OIL FOR A CORN 1
CATNIP TEA 1
CAUSTIC ACID 1
CAUSTIC AND IODINE 1
CAUSTIC POTASH 1
CAUSTIC STICK 1
CHALK 1
CHARM THEM OFF WITH MAGIC WORDS 1
CHARMS 1
CHIROPODIST 1
CHLORACETIC ACID 1
COAL OIL 1
COMPOUND WARTS 1
CONJO 1
CONJURING 1
CORN PATENTED-MEDICINES 1
CORN POULTICE 1
CORN REMEDY 1
CORN REMOVER 1
CORN STUFF 1
CORN TAKE-OFF 1
CORN-FIX 1
COUGH SYRUP 1
COUNT GRAINS OF CORN ON AN EAR OF CORN 1
COW PEE 1
CUT A POTATO AND PUT THE JUICE ON THE WART 1
CUT CORN OUT 1
CUT CORN WITH RAZOR BLADE 1
CUT CORNS WITH RAZOR BLADE 1
CUT HOLE IN SHOE 1
CUT OFF A PIECE OF IT 1
CUT OFF WITH RAZOR 1
CUT THEM 1
CUT THEM OUT WITH A RAZOR 1
CUTTING 1
DEHORNING PASTE 1
DEW OUT OF OLD STUMP 1
DIRTY DISHRAG 1
DISHRAG 1
DOCTOR REMOVES WARTS 1
DOCTOR SCHOLL’S LINE 1
DOCTOR SCHOLL’S REMEDIES 1
DOCTOR SCHOLL’S STUFF 1
DOCTOR SCHOLL’S WHATCHA-CALL-IT 1
DOCTOR’S REMOVAL 1
DOCTORS BURN THEM OFF 1
DRILL WATER 1
DROP OF ACID 1
DRUG STORE PREPARATIONS 1
DRUG STORE REMEDIES 1
ELDERBERRY LIMB 1
ELECTRIC NEEDLE IN HOSPITAL 1
EPSOM SALTS 1
FAITH DOCTOR 1
FAT FROM MEAT 1
FEEL WARTS 1
FILE IT OFF WITH EMERY 1
FINGERNAIL POLISH 1
FLAXSEED TEA WITH HONEY AND LEMON 1
FOOT DOCTOR 1
FOOT MAN 1
FROG PISS 1
FRUIT ACID ON CORN 1
GET WARTS BURNED OFF 1
GLACIAL ACETIC ACID 1
GO TO A CHIROPODIST 1
GO TO SHIROPODIST 1
GOING TO THE DOCTOR 1
GOOD SHOES 1
GRASSHOPPER 1
GREASE 1
GREASE OR OIL PUT ON EVERYDAY 1
GREASE THEM 1
HEATED NEEDLE 1
HOGWEED JUICE 1
HOMEMADE CORN PLASTER 1
HORSEHAIR WRAPPED TIGHTLY AROUND THE WART 1
HOT NEEDLE 1
HOT WATER (CORN) 1
HOT WATER AND EPSOM SALTS 1
HOT-STOVE COAL 1
JACKKNIFE 1
JEWELWEED 1
JOHNSON’S FOOT SOAP 1
JUICE FROM EGGPLANT 1
KEEP THEM SOFT 1
KEEP THEM TRIMMED 1
KEROSENE FOR WARTS 1
KNOCK THE TOP OFF AND POUR IODINE ON WART 1
LAMBSWOOL 1
LARD MIXED WITH SALICYLIC ACID 1
LET A BLACK CALF LICK THEM THREE TIMES ON THREE DAYS 1
LYSOL 1
MAN’S SOCK 1
MEDICINES 1
METHIOLATE 1
MILK OUT OF FIGS 1
MILKWEED GREENS 1
MILKWEED JUICE 1
MINERAL OIL 1
MOLE SKIN 1
MULLEIN TEA 1
NAIL POLISH 1
NEEDLE 1
NEGROES USED TO RUB THEM WITH A PENNY AND THEN TIE IT ON THE WART 1
NH 1
OCTAGON SOAP AND SODA 1
OIL 1
OIL FOLLOWED BY IODINE 1
OIL OF CLOVES 1
OLD DRY BONE 1
OLD-FASHIONED CORN PLASTER 1
ONE-NIGHT CORN CURE 1
ONION 1
ONION AND FIG SYRUP 1
ONION SYRUP 1
PARE CORNS WITH RAZOR 1
PARE THEM DOWN 1
PARE THEM OFF 1
PATENT MEDICINE 1
PATENT REMEDIES 1
PEARL BUTTONS 1
PEE ON IT 1
PENNYROYAL TEA 1
PEPPERMINT OIL 1
PEPPERMINT TEA 1
PETROLEUM JELLY 1
PIECE OF LEMON 1
PIECE OF LIVER 1
PIECE OF TAPE 1
PINE PITCH FOR CORNS 1
PODIATRIST 1
POISON-OAK JUICE ON IT 1
POWWOWING 1
PULL OUT THE CENTER 1
PUMICE STONE 1
PUSSLEY 1
PUT A LEMON SKIN ON WARTS 1
PUT A PENNY ON A WART 1
PUT A SLICE OF RAW POTATO ON WART 1
PUT A TOAD ON IT 1
PUT ACID ON WARTS AND BURN THEM OFF 1
PUT BLACK INK ON A WART 1
PUT COBWEBS OVER CORN 1
PUT GREASE ON IT 1
PUT INK ON THEM 1
PUT PLASTERS ON THEM 1
PUT PRESSURE ON IT 1
PUT RED-HOT NEEDLE IN CENTER OF WART AND LEAVE TILL COOL 1
PUT SNUFF SPIT ON IT 1
RAIN WATER 1
RAW BEEF 1
RED-HOT NEEDLE 1
REGULAR CORN CURE 1
ROLLED-UP SPIDER WEB 1
ROSIN 1
ROZZUM 1
RUB A GOLD RING ON IT 1
RUB A LITTLE OIL ON IT 1
RUB A WART AWAY 1
RUB BACON ON THEM 1
RUB CASTOR OIL ON WARTS 1
RUB IT AND WISH 1
RUB IT WITH A PENNY 1
RUB IT WITH A RAW POTATO 1
RUB IT WITH A SLICE OF POTATO 1
RUB IT WITH CASTOR OIL 1
RUB IT WITH SOMETHING OILY 1
RUB MILKWEED JUICE ON WARTS 1
RUB MINERAL OIL ON THEM 1
RUB ON SNUFF AND GREASE 1
RUB POTATOES ON THEM 1
RUB SOME KIND OF OIL ON THEM 1
RUB THEM OFF 1
RUB THEM WITH A LITTLE STICK 1
RUB WART WITH CASTOR OIL 1
RUB WART WITH HALF A POTATO 1
RUB WART WITH TOADSTOOL 1
RUB WITH A DIME 1
RUB WITH A PENNY 1
RUB WITH AN IRISH POTATO 1
RUB WITH BEAN AND BURY 1
RUB WITH HALF-ONION 1
RUB WITH SMUT 1
RUN OUT IN THE SNOW 1
SALICYLIC ACID AND LARD 1
SALISIC ACID 1
SALISIC ACID AND LARD 1
SALT AND SODA 1
SALTWATER 1
SAY WORDS OVER THEM 1
SCALDING 1
SCRATCH IT WITH A PIN AND STICK PIN IN GROUND 1
SELL WARTS 1
SEVENTH SON CAN TOUCH IT 1
SHAVE AND PUT ACID ON IT 1
SHAVE CORNS 1
SHAVE OFF THE TOPS OF CORNS WITH RAZOR BLADE 1
SHEEP-SHIT TEA 1
SILVER NITRATE 1
SLICED IRISH POTATO 1
SNUFF 1
SOAK A BULLET IN MILK FOR CARBUNCLES 1
SOAK AND TRIM THEM 1
SOAK CORNS IN CHICKEN FAT 1
SOAK FEET AND PEEL THEM DOWN 1
SOAK FEET AND TRIM WITH RAZOR BLADE 1
SOAK IN CASTOR OIL 1
SOAK IN EPSOM SALTS AND PICK OFF 1
SOAK IN HOT SALTWATER 1
SOAK IN HOT WATER AND PARE CORNS 1
SOAK THEM 1
SOAKING AND TRIMMING 1
SODA AND TALLOW 1
SOME KIND OF DROPS 1
SOMEBODY ELSE BUY THE WARTS FOR A PENNY 1
SORGHUM MOLASSES AND SODA 1
SPECIAL TOUCH 1
SPIT 1
SPIT ON WART 1
STICK HEATED NEEDLE THROUGH WART 1
STRING INCREASINGLY TIGHTENED 1
SULFUR AND VASELINE 1
SULFUR MATCH 1
SULFURIC ACID 1
SWALLOW COLD WATER 1
SWAMP WATER 1
SWEET OIL 1
TAKE OFF WITH ELECTRIC NEEDLE 1
TALK OFF 1
TALK THEM AWAY 1
TALLOW FOR CORNS 1
THINGS YOU BUY 1
TIE A HORSE’S HAIR AROUND 1
TIE A HORSEHAIR AROUND A WART 1
TIE A PIECE OF THREAD AROUND A WART TIGHT 1
TIE A ROPE AROUND A WART 1
TIE A SILK THREAD AROUND FINGER 1
TIE A SILK THREAD AROUND IT 1
TIE A STRING AROUND THEM 1
TIE A STRING AROUND WART TO CUT IT OFF 1
TIE A STRING ON IT 1
TIE A STRING OR HORSEHAIR AROUND A WART 1
TIE HALF A POTATO ON THE WART 1
TIE HORSEHAIR ON WARTS 1
TIE PIECE OF SILK THREAD AND PULL 1
TIE SALT PORK ON A WART 1
TIE STRAND OF HORSEHAIR TIGHT AROUND SINGLE WART 1
TIE STRING AROUND ANKLE OR FINGER 1
TIE STRING AROUND WART AND KEEP TIGHTENING IT EVERY DAY 1
TIE WITH A SILK THREAD 1
TIE WITH STRING 1
TINCTURE OF BENZOINS 1
TINCTURE OF IRON 1
TOAD PEE 1
TREAT FOR WARTS WITH PRAYERS 1
TRIM AND PAINT WITH IODINE 1
TRIM CORNS WITH RAZOR OR KNIFE 1
TRIM IT 1
TRIM THEM 1
TRIPLE-STRENGTH IODINE 1
UNSALTED BUTTER 1
UNSALTED LARD 1
VASELINE AND LARD 1
VASELINE AROUND WART AND DROP OF SULFURIC ACID 1
VICKS 1
VICKS AND ASPIRIN 1
VITAMIN A 1
VOODOO 1
WART MEDICINE 1
WART-FIX 1
WASH IN WATER FROM A HOLLOW OAK TREE 1
WEAR A BIGGER SHOE 1
WEAR SHOES THAT FIT YOU 1
WET YOUR FINGER IN YOUR MOUTH AND RUB IT ON THE WART 1
WHISKEY 1
WILD MILKWEED JUICE 1
WISH IT ONTO AN ANIMAL 1
WISH THEM OFF 1
WOOD-ASH 1
WRAP IN LARGE LEAVES OF SOME SORT 1

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