The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-24

some Popular lures.

.,,h II with a wedding ring, care Oelne
..t.p 10 rub all one way but all may
-, know that an equally good remedy
% stroke the part with a tomcat's
Ill The ring specific IS not a new
tn a. reference is made to It In
pl,rmont and Fletcher's Mud t0cers.
have "a sty here Chi.ax.
n; I have no gold to cure 1t, not a
IT, Torthamptonshire, England, the
I'll remedy is applied with a difference
T III, nsnal form of applying the charm
Cor the sufferer, on the first night OF
- now MOON, to procure the tail OF a
..r cat and after pulling from 1t
ono hair. rub the tip nine times over
,Lo nustule. If any one doubt the
,",,odr let him try it. Another good
IL;na; for bad eyes and allmen is
.,in water caught on Holy-Thursday.
= Will keen sweet for a long time if
arl,nd M in a clean bottle. Tins sH-
aorS1ition is probably an Irish one,
though the writer has met with II IN
tLc Sfaffordshire Potteries.
To take a hair from the dog that bit
.vou is a proverbial cure, and IS as
c,nmoniy credited a superstition IN
.cbIna =, here {; and yet who woul
ne thought that within "A year Of
,a.t in atown like Oldham, a woman
.riouId he found to summon the owner
al > doc because he would ne give her
INC hair to insure her against any
evil consequences accrulng from the
Lira il had given her And
,a, such was the case. Not
"a widely known, probably, but not
les effectuaI, is the popular tallsman
for children during the period OF teeth
|ino Pluck a few hairs from the dark
cro,s on the bark of a donkey, sew
tbem mn in a black silk bag, and hang
i roupd the child's neck when teething,
and the child will be proof against fits
or commissions. This is well known in
the North and West of England. One
that nav we'll compare with 1t for stu
niditv is said to be popularity believed
in Worcestershire. For the reduction
If wen. or "thick neck in women,
an ornamental necklace is taken from
= horses tail some say 1t must be ia
ken from the tail of Il gray st illion.
Within a few years the dead stroke
has also been resorted to In the mid
land countries for the cure of wens. A
r,sfic remedy for enlarged throat is to
take a snaky and coil it round the neck
Of the sufferer nine times i; and then
nut the snake into a bottle, cork it up
and bury it as it decays, the enlarge
ment will gradually disappear.
Touching for kings evil has long
since gone out of date; but not by any
means because people have become too
enlightened to put faith in such super
stition. tor IA still grosser superstition
is vet believed in as regards the cure of
the kings evil. That the toad,
Though ugly and venomous,
Wears vet precious Jewel III his hand
is a faith still strong in the bucolic
mind, and it consequently holds a
prominent place In the rustic pharma-
] coppia. Its limbs are a cure for the
kings evil. They should be put into
a bag and tied around the patients
neck. For the quinsy get a live toad, |
taSten a string around It's throat, and
hang it up till the body drops from the
head then tie the string round your
own neck, and never take it off, night
nor day, till your tiitieth birthday, and
You will never have the quinsy again .
ID Northamptonshire, and probably
o-her midland countries, the toad is
kewise employed as IA charm TO pre-
vent bleeding at the nose. The rep
tie Is killed by transtixing it with
some sharp pointed instrument; after
ward 1t Is placed in a little bag and
hang round the neck. The same charm
Is also used in cases of fever.
The spider, is also a popular cure.
Put INTO a box, and allowed to pine |
away, 1t Is a remedy for the ague. The
ep'der, by the way, plays a very diverse
Iole IN folklore. In France and Bel
S'"'h there Is Il superstition that it has
" F'nfbGht for the brains ofinfants, and
t4at II not watched. it will suck them.
! Is also imagined that one crossing
t"e forehead IN the night causes the
"'''ache. One caught and buried is
cure Tor 1t. According to the folk
.'vs' TITS highly detrimental to des-
y one Ia Kent the popular saying
II You wish to live and thrive,
Let tie spider run alive
aD' N Surrey there is d dread of kill
'neh' 10 return to the remedies
'sue' a correspondent Of Notes and
res gives a charm which came I'M
d "iS notice. It was to tie a bunch
uO'ihlon groundsel on the bare
CERTAIN incantations accom-
r 'ne application. Iu Cambridge
tg5r d flng of tar placed around the
!Ano y regarded as a cure for ague.
q,aa@C' popular remedy for the same
49, believed in by the credulous
Klein >, "'lne parts, is the wearing of a
~ " silk round the part affected
|tIf 80 popular cures are rather diff
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