To prevent hives, one has only to put several buckshot into a glass of water and drink a spoonful every two hours. A mess of peach roots, ground up and mixed with lard, is said to cure the seven year itch. Fresh urine is the best lotion for chapped hands, sore feet, and chilblains. Plenty of sexual intercourse is regarded as a sure cure for bladder and kidney ailments in women. It is always bad luck to place a shoe, hat or rifle on a bed.
Mountain men sleep with pistols under their pillows, however, without any bad results.
I have to tell you what happened to me over the weekend. Please don't fall off the chair laughing too hard when I tell you. I felt it was pretty serious at the time. In fact it scared me silly. Anyway, Friday night I woke up about midnight and was watching the desk with the computer sitting on it in our bedroom.