Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-09-29
TO REMOVE WARTS.
THE SUPERSTITlOUS NOTIONS CON-
 CERNING THE PESTS.


 CERNING THE PESTS.
 the Troublesome Visitors-Charrns of All
 Sorts--Absurd BeIiefs-Stray Bits of
 Folk Lore.
 Warts are especially undesirable pos sessions; although it has been thought that the presence of ore on the right hand would insure riches 10 the lucky person having it. Various means of rid ding ones self of these troublesome vis- itors are on record, and some of them are sufficiently curious to merit mention. They may be banished, say some, by merely wishing them gone. The Breton peasant passes his hands over them, makes the sign of the cross, and bids them go in Gods name In Deux Sevres you must pinch them each time you think of them, and say, "One P In Lusatia, when you see a funeral pass, say, ''Thoul thoui in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost" Or, when two carriages pass, say, "Get outl get outl" The troublesome warts will follow the proces- sion. A funeral procession is utilized in Ireland by saying, May these warts and l4AA4o OOi PoS Ieboo etlu u6FSH uiOfe turn. In the name," etc. The warts must be rubbed with the hand during this time.
 In Lancashire, the warts may be rubbed with cinder, which must then be wrapped in paper and dropped at cross roads. Whosoever picks it up will get the warts. In Lusatia, certain marine petrifactions picked up on the beach are used in the same way, with the addition of the formula, ''In the name of the Father" etc. In Lower Brittany, small buttons are made of slate, and the credu- lous peasants count out as many es the number of their warts, inclose them in paper, to look like roll of pennies, and throw this away on the first road, believ- ing that the person who shall pick up the deceptive package will take the warts with him. In Deux Sevres, as many pebbles as there are warts are placed in a cavity in the wall, in the hopes that some one will get them and the warts
 1 have heard, when g boy, that piece of beef would cause them to disappear, if they are rubbed with it, and the beef buried. There are many variations in this remedy in various parts of the world. It is, perhaps, the most popular cure of all those given. In Northumberland, Devonshire and Lancashire the beef should be stolen, and in Deux Sevres, two pieces must be used, and then tied to- gether. In Lancashire, it is not buried, but must be carefully nailed up on gate post at point where four lanes end, or any other secure place, and suffered to decay. In Devonshire, the beef must be thrown over a wall and your left shoulder at the same time.
 In Scotland, stoIen bacon is necessary, and lard from a male pig in the Vosges mountains, buried deep in the ground. In Lower Brittany, you must steal piece l of lard from your neighbor's chimney, taking care not to get caught at it, rub the warts with it, and put it in a manure l pile. Norman peasants use pork rind, and put it in rut in the road; when a carriage passes over it, cure is insured. 1 In Wizards, France, rub with the | down of the broom plant, and throw it over your shoulder into the road. Peas | or beans are employed in many places. In | Upper Brittany, the warts must be rubbed with small peas, which are then cast into Q well or fountain. As they rot, the warts will disappear. In the Vosges noun tains, you may take as many peas as there are warts, and cast them on the fire, talk | ing care to run away so as not to hear l them explode.
 In Buckinghamshire, the favorite pre- scription is to rub the warts with peas, one for each wart, and then wrap the peas in paper and throw them away A leaf of cabbage picked up on the road is used in Lower Brittany. Rub the warts with it, and put 1t just where you found it, hastening away without looking be- hind. In England piece of sour apple will perform a cure, and in Deux Sevres, blood from wart is dropped inside an apple, but in peculiar way, and then allowed to rot. In Northumberland, you must rub with the black snail nine nights in succession, and then impale the ani.
 nal on a thorn hedge. In Lower Brittany a large snail must be rolled over the warts, and then impaled on 8 wheat stalk as high as possible.
 In the Vosges, knots are tied in a string, one for each wart, and the string throwr over the shoulder, without looking to see what becomes of it. Others say to put the string under stone which you may not be able to find again, or under the pa ternal roof tiles. In one part of England each wart must be touched with it's knot and the string buried in a moist place while the formula, "There is none to re deem it besides thee, :" is repeated. II Lusatia, stalks of grain, containing as many knots as there are warts, are used passing each knot three times over then and saying: ''In the name of the Father, etc. In LOrient, the straw is buried tC rot. In Scotland, rye stalks are neces sary, and they must be wrapped in a clotl and put secretly away. In Oxford, notched stick was substituted-F. S Bassett in Globe Democrat.