The Planters' banner. [volume] (Franklin, Attakapas Co., Lou.) 1849-1872, 1852-07-10


the question remains, which? !? We
pass over the pleasant notion of carry
ing about ones person an article that
had been so agreeably inhumed, and
merely observe.sthat we think it i'm
possible anybody could go mad who
adopted this remedy.
Our ancestors stood greatly in fear of
being poisoned; and perhaps in the
days when a pair Of perfumed gloves
could quietly accomplish the poisoner's
purpose, they were not so far wrong
Here is remedy for poisoned wound :
"Take toad and put it in glass, and
stopp it very close; inclose this glass in
some earthen vessel filled full with
sand, thereby the better 10 prevent it
breaking; SO sett it over the fire till it
be consumed to ashes, and apply them
to the place wounded, and it is pre-
sent remedy" Slightly cruel, as far as
the toad is concerned, but that is a
trifle.
Let US try another for the bite of a
scorpion-it is worthy of King Midas
"Saye to an asse secretly, and as il
were whispering in his care, i am
bitten with Scorpion" A remedy
which gives rise to such natural good
fellowship deserves 10 be successful
one.
The following receipt is recommend
ed to young officers going out TO join
their regiments in the West Indies :
If onions be eaten raw Though this
would scarcely be allowed if the regi-
ment was al all "crack"l and strong
wine be drunk frequently after them,
they are good against the biting OF
serpents, and are good for them that
are infected with poison, and for such
as have cold passions"
Amongst the most annoying disor-
ders of the olden time the collie was
pre-eminent. That universal specific,
punch" had not then been discovered,
and our ancestors were limited to colder
prescriptions. The Ayscough Manu-
script says: "Olde decripit cookies have
much softer flesh than those which are
younger. and pottage thereof is held
good for the collie passion.o Nobody
would greatly object to cock-a-leekie,
but the next cnre for the same com
ptaint is not quite so pleasant; it sng-
gestS the remark that the remedy is
worse than the disease: Horse dung.
drunk in wine, will prevent the collie"
Few persons afflicted with the ailment
would, we fancy, be inclined 10 try the
autidote: but our ancestors were not
the incest in their tastes. Many of
their receipts, though simple, were
comprehensive.
The juice of pomegranates dropped
in the eyes Is .omody for the oIlnw,
iaundice.n 'If the feet of th6se that
have the. gout be washed with the
broth of turnips, it will mitigate the
pain" Here is quaint intimation -
aAsparagus does molify the belly
gently" We should imagine the next
remedy to be Of doubtful efficacy: ITO
heare well. Stopp up the cares with
good dry sewet."
Let US turn from these plain specifics
| TO those which owed their value to an
occult influence. Here is one for the
headache. only available, however we
apprehend, for the lady of Mr. Calcraft !;
"A charme for the headache Tie a
halter about your head wherewith one
hath been hanged" Tied little lower
it would cure not only the headache
but all 'sthe natural ills that flesh is
heir to- The next is. invaluable for
nurses, especially if they be Irish ones ::
"A charme for the chincough. Take
three sips of chalice when the priest
has said masse, and swallow it down
with good DEVOTION" We should like
to know what is in the chahce2
Agues are cured in various ways
The following is one Of them; "Take
a crust of bread, and write these three
| words following. and after they be writ,
eate them: 'Calinda, calindan. calm
dant.,n Here the only difficulty that
| strikes Us is the old calligraphic one
How do you write on bread? With a
toasting fork?
We commend the following to prac-
titioners who are fond of experiments !:
ITO release woman IN travell.-
Throwe over the top of the house
where woman in travell lieth, stone
or any other thing, that hath killed
| three living creatures, nameiy, man,
wild boare and shee beare." 1t
would be so easy to get a stone, q or any
other thing,n that had performed these
three successive feats! 1t .
1t may be doubted whether any OF
the swell mob of the present day would
manifest the proper degree OF emotion
caused by the application of the charm
| ed herb vervain. "For theft-touche
all the Suspected with this herb, and
the tkeefe shall s0eepe" Vervain was a
very cunning simple. In one particu.
lar it superseded the art of old Izaak
Walton: aTo catch fish-carry YER
vain about thee, and say, Tenite z
and all fishes shall come about thee.n
Perhaps vervain might help one to a
| glimpse of the real sea-seFpent. zt
Vervainwa also found very useful
ally in affairs of love but on this sub.
ject the receipt books of the middle
ages are eloquent. Listen to the Ays-
cough Manuscript though it is almost
dangerous to society to communicate
such facts as the following. However
we will venture. "To see ones mis-
4 ,rocr. TaRa fnnrn hairae 0f her ha1d