This is Bradley J. Plessinger's typewritten idea of curing a hangover, collected by Todd Franks near Terre Haute in Vigo County. After a night of drinking, the cure calls for a thirty-two ounce glass of water to be drank before going to bed.
This is Mark McMuire's typewritten cure for hangovers, collected by Todd Franks in Terre Haute, Vigo County. The cure is to smoke a bowl of marijuana, as the THC will settle the stomach of the afflicted.
This is Suzzane Rice's typewritten variant of a remedy for hangovers, collected by Christine McElwain in Terre Haute, Vigo County. The cure works by rubbing a lemon on your armpit.
This is Amber Sauer's typewritten remedy for preventing exceptional drunkenness collected by herself in Terre Haute, Vigo County. According to the cure, before drinking one is supposed to drink vegetable oil to coat the stomach.
This is Ruth A. Schaefer's typewritten identifier for a hangover, collected by Carole A. Schaefer in Terre Haute, Vigo County. According to the remedy, if the room is spinning while one is lying in bed, one can place a foot on the floor to center...
Coal miners -- Indiana -- Greene County -- Jasonville -- Interviews; Children of coal miners -- Indiana -- Greene County; Superstitions;
This document is an oral history interview with Jerald Morse from Jasonville, Indiana. He talks about superstitions his father heard while working in the coal mines.
Camelia Josephene Allen's transcribed interview of Jane Harm's account of a childbirth superstition that if you drink wine three times a day you will have a good baby in Huntington County, Indiana.
Ron Nicholson's transcribed account of a superstition involving childbirth that whoever looks at the ceiling during conception is who the baby would look like in Marion County, Indiana.
Sandra England's transcribed interview of Kathy Pickrell's account of a childbirth superstition involving a cord getting tangled around a babies neck if the mother lifts her arms or scrub floors in Vigo County, Indiana.
Cheryl Monroe's transcribed interview of Ella Stewart's account of a childbirth superstition involving walking around while pregnant so the baby does not grow to the mother in Vigo County, Indiana.