Dictionary definition: ADULTERER cures warts

Dictionary definition: COUNTING cures warts
A Dictionary of Superstitions;      484 words ...COUNTING cures warts 1855 N & Q 1st ser. XII 37 [Cornwall] Some mysterious vagrant desires them to be carefully counted, and marking the number ...

Article: Tea-tree oil cures warts-and-all.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  November 4, 2008 ;     340 words ...TEA-TREE oil may be an effective remedy for warts, according to a report published in the Complementary Therapies In Clinical Practice journal. Doctors at Belfast City Hospital have reported the case of a girl whose hand warts disappeared after 12 days of daily treatment with the oil, which is

Article: Ooooooh - That Smell!; Despite its strong presence, garlic is a ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  May 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... from the lily family, has been around for thousands of years. According to old wives' tales, garlic repels vampires, cures warts, grows hair, and wards off the evil eye and the plague. ********Herbalists believe that garlic can prevent the ...

Article: Duct tape heals warts. (Health).
Current Science, a Weekly Reader publication;  December 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Now, duct tape has a million and one uses. A study done at the Madigan Army Medical Center has found that the shiny tape cures warts. Doctors treated a group of patients, ages 3 to 22, who had warts on their hands and feet. Each wart was covered with ...

Article: Wart removal is no sure thing
Chicago Sun-Times;  May 17, 1989 ;     349 words ... ... any of the bizarre folk remedies you hear about work. Warts have a way of disappearing on their own. There are legitimate cures. Warts can be dried up with electric current, and laser surgery has been used. But even with such methods, they can recur. The ...

Article: Making sense of the news.(Editorial)
The Boston Herald;  February 19, 2006 ;     579 words ... ... who sponsor and plug these studies ever come up with something clear? The old advice is best: Don't listen to a pal who swears that stump water cures warts. Talk to your doctor, who is - or should be - adept at sorting this stuff out.

Article: A week when a burger was the spiciest thing on the airwaves
The Irish Times;  June 20, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... sidetracked and ended up at a tomb with stone figures known locally as the "Jealous Man and Woman", which some locals believe cures warts. (You rub a needle on the wart then deposit it in the tomb, in case you want to try it.) Any mystical codswallop would ...