Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-07-28
TO REMOVE WARTS.
THE sUpeRsTlTlous NOTIONS CON-
cGRNlNG THE PESTS.

Curious Methods Of Kidding Ones Self OF
tho Troublesome Visitors Charms ~ All
sorts--Absurd Beiicfs--stray Bits Of
Folk Lore.
Warts are especially undesirable pos.
sessions; although IL has been thought
that the presence Of one on tho right
hand would insure riches TO the lucky
person having it. Various means Of rid.
ding ones self Of these troublesome Wis.,
itors are on record, and some Of them nro
sufficiently curious TO merit mention.
They may DO banishcd, say some, by
merely wishing them gone. The Breton
peasant passes his hands over them,
makes the sign Of tho cross. and bids
them 60 in Gods namo. In Deux Sevres
you must pinch them each time you think
Of them, and say, conc /" In Lusatia,
when you see q funeral pass, say, "Thoul
thoul in the name Of the Father, Son and
Holy Ghost" 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
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
pctrifactions picked up on the beach are
used in the same way, with the addition
of the formula, "1n the name Of the
Father" etc. In Lower Brittany, small
buttons are made Of slate. and the credu.
lous peasants count out as many as tho
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 tho 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 q 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
Dsv0nshiro and Lancashire tho beef
should DO stolen, and in Deux Sevres, two
pieces must bo used, and then tied to-
gether. In Lancashire, IL 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 DevOnshirc the beef must be
thrown over wall and your left shoulder
at tho same time.
In Scotland, stolen 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
Of lard from your neighbors chimney,
taking care not to get caught Mt it, rub
the warts with 1t, and put 1t in manure
pilo. Norman peasants use q pork rind,
and put 1t in rut in the road; when a
carriage passes over it. a cure is insured.
In Nivarals, France, rub with the
down OF tho 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
n well or fountain. As they rot, the warts
will disappear, In tho Nosgcs 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
them explode.
In BuclSinghamshirc, the favorite pre-
scription Is TO rub the warts with peas
one for each wart and then wrap the
peas In paper ana throw them away. A
leaf of cabbage picked up on the road is
used In Lower Brittany. Rub :he warts
with It, aud put 1t just where you found
1t, fastening away without looking be.
hind. In England o piece Of sour apple
viii perform a cure and in Deux Sevres,
blood from wart Is dropped inside an
apple, but in q peculiar way, and then
allowed to rot. In Northumberland, YOU
must rub with the black snail nine nights
in succession, and then impale the ami.
NAL on a thorn hedge. In Lower Brittany,
n large snail must be rolled over the
warts, and then impaled on u wheat
stalk as high as possible.
In the Nosges, knots arc tied in string,
one for each wart, and the string thrown
over the shoulder without looking to sec
what becomes of it. Others say to put
the string under u 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 its knot
and the string buried in q moist place
while the formula, There Is none to re-
deem it besides thee" is repeated. Ir
Lusatia. stalks of grain. containing as
many knots as there are warts, are used
passing each knot three times over them
and saying; I'm the name of the Father, y
etc. In L'Orient tho straw Is buried to
rot. In Scotland, rye stalks are neces,
sary and they must be wrapped in cloth
and put secretly away. In Oxford, q
notchcd stick was substituted F. s
Bassett in Globe Democrat.