The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-07
TO REMOVE WARTS.
THE sUPeRsTITIoUs NOTIONS CON-
CORNING THE PESTS.

Curious Methods OF Kidding One. Self Of
the Troublesome visitors-Charms Of All
, sorts--Absnrl BeIiefs--stray Bits OF
Folk Lore.
Warts are especially undesirable pos
sessions; although it has been thought
mat the presence Of ore on the right
hand wonld insure riches to the lucky
person having it. Various means of rid
ding ones self of these troublesome Wis.
tors are on record, and some of them arc
sufhciently curious to merit mention
Ihey 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 Seyres
you must pinch them each time you thinl.
OF them, and say, One !" In Lusatia,
when yon see funeral pass. say, Thou
thou' in the name Of the Father. Son and
Holy GhostV Or, when two carriages
pass. say, Get Outl get outl' Tho
troublesome warts will follow the process
sion. a funeral procession is utilized in
Ireland by saying, May these warts and
this corpse pass away and never more re-
turn. In the name" etc. The warts
must BIZ rubbed with the hand during
this time
In Lancashire, the warts NAV 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. I'm the namo of the |
Father etc. In Lower Brittany, small |
buttons are made Of slate. and the credu- |
lous peasants count out as many as the
number OF their warts inclose them in
paper, to look like a roll of pennies, and
throw this away OH 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.
have heard, when boy, that a piece
OF beef would cause them to disappear if
they arc rubbed with il, and the beef
buried. There arc many variations in
this remedy in various parts of the world.
1t Is, perhaps, the most popular cure of
all those given. In Northumberland
Dcvonshirc and Lancashire the beef
should be stolen, and in Dcux Scvres. two !
pieces must be used, and then tied TO. /,
gether. In Lancashire, it is not buried
but must be carefully ndiled up on a gate
post at point where four lanes end or =
any other secure place, and suffered to !,
decay In Deyonshirc. the beef must be u
thrown over wall and your left shoulder I
at the same time. b
Ia Scotland, stolen bacon is necessary. II
ana lard from male pig in the Vosges y
mountains, buried deep in the ground.
N Lower Brittany, you must steal piece
u lard from your neighbor's chimney.
aKlng care not TO get caught at it, rub ia
ne warts with it, and put it in manure in
nc Norman peasants use Il pork rind, al
nd put 1t In d nut in the road when n nc
arriage passes over it, a cure is insured. pc
In 'iyarais, France, rub with the A
own OF the broom plant, and throw it ST
yer your shoulder into the road Peas W,
/ Deans are employed in many places. In III.
PIPER brittany, the warts must be rubbed RC
nth small peas, which are then cast into jeC
wen or fountain. As they rot, the warts TIL
III disappear In the Vosges noun sw
ms, you may take as many peas as there we
re warts, and cast them on the fire. tax
lS care to run away so as not 10 hear til,
lem explode. tho
In Buckinghamshirc the favorite pre-.
ription Is TO rub tho warts with peas as
ie Tor each wart, and then wrap the
'as IN paper and throw them away A VIII
AZ OF cabbage picked up on the road is
'ed III Lower Brittany. Rub the warts res
TN IT, and put 1t just where you found ma
hastening away without looking be bea
nd In England piece of sour apple "
III perform q cure, and in Deux Sevres. me
BOD from wart Is dropped inside an kee
pie out IN peculiar way, and then the
owed to rot. In Northumberland. YOU -
ist rub with the black snail nine nights lear
succession, and then impale the ami. live
II on thorn hedge la Lower Brittany
large snail must be rolled over the
rts, and then impaled on wheat I.
Tx as high as possible ,;an
n the Nosges, knots are tied in string. Ell
FOR each wart, and the string thrown ,Oai
'r the shoulder, without looking 10 see ., - ~ -
at becomes of 1t. Others say TO put 80
string under stone which you may ,hae
be able to find again, or under the pa. H..
h ,vort M, 10 - .. onI pii' VI rheiAhd' eide
the strino hnr;od ~ VIII i.S hnot' uati
Ito tho fo,1,,,ia .er,' iuoiSl Piace' or q
m II beSidas H. eio - none 10 re- whe
'atia Staits o ,Neo, 10 repeated In cask
Nv knots "a tboro -, s' - uoA'alii'ng as coop
sine zach Lno, .h.s. 80 Iie useu' ever
say;no. ON ~ 'n 80 'iiae3 over .hehn the
In T7Or;ont 81 on" -. 20 INC ra'her' use;
In Scottan1 'no saw ID ouried 10 cider
and tbov 'a,,s. ~ seaihs are heces- aftor
NM soo,n n.Ia' no wrapped III cioth all;
beJ s9;oi, ""af. IN OAioTd' a drinl
.stt IN Glib ns substituted r. D abou
'l''ia'' to it
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