Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-08-22
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D BesYss tesIs a Maiay WHO wusU
hvncstet eDssaipiBg . fans 80 In god
n chiss n snisovs and plaess II ersru-
tkns ass ,s.si - srnaIssS against szpest
Chssyss and amHlrts were more rrFuias
anstmg The ancisnts than nasssscine and sur-
ewy.
levnpfrs says that coral VII prevent snr-
hutsus dreams ard aIisy the nightly fAnS a.
chitdfen
go~ whAsTang cough anything recommend
ID BY man On . psetAid b1rs va ~ infsl
Nil fsnssty.
~ smallpox . monse thrown alive Into
hiding fat and then eaten was the T>cifc
Recommended.
We .cro<sla the king. hand ussd 70 h
~ fasastts retassfy, but this was not The
0ujy charm relied on.
IN Deyonshirs. the favSriss charm ring
vss made from an odd number Of nails o.
screws sxfrseted from cof'in.
g<s.A.s asserts ~ fact that halter With
which sny one has hesn bABgsi will etvs
hAa4facke instantly u tied round the bead
s~~ hair. cut from q mules neck are
npt<~ssi 10 pss~~r great virtue and % place
tAs ~sassr u them beyond the possibility of
disaas
ro< tbs sting Of . scorpion, and 20 prevent
disastrous Consequences. the patient was
clacssi On, an ~ with his face towards the
animals tail.
In Morisr'. Description Of Persia references
i maize 10 the common praeticeo u dsf<ssting
=, ,.tf rag 90 e.rtAin bsishs- and removing
another rag found there, the objecs being
f.. .lth ~,A. afa
p0 prs eye. . touch from an old gold
-siding ring Is popular retnssty, and many
en- old woraans ring has EARNED Tor itssh q
great aans rs sn eye heaier.
ga the cure II jaanslice, charms Of a
rather disgusting character we're recon
sp~naisi, the patient having 70 eat ssyen or
nins cake. horribly prepared and cooked
A writer says the hest way 10 stareh the
bl6ssd Is 10 Apply sorne mos from deal
mans sksil The mss did not havs u touch
the blsssiing part. any portion Of the skin
ssfiicing
Brand tells Of several siperstitious RENE
dts-, nr charms. Hollow stones hung up
In staf,ies At night 10 prevent nightmare or
spAiaitss They are usually called IN thr
North II England holy stones :"
A SPIDER put into gooss quill, well sealed
and sssar., and hung around the neck Of
child suffering from aus, would drive away
that complaint, and 10 appears that spiders
have t.~n popular charms In many coup
tries and ages. g..
To cure govt, 49, Of rralles gives a
charm which consists ~ writing Latin
vsrs on a golden plate at the wane u the
moon aud rolling round II the sinsws Of II
crane The plat. then u, lis put IA a
little lag and suspended 10 one Of the ankles
In tt.otland a charm for tho euro u con
sumption CONSISTS II cutting the nails Of Il
patient and pia.'iDg tlis trimmings Ia piece
of rag torn from his clothing This pack age
va. then burissi, but, unfortunately, the pa
ti~nt generally had 10 he buried M well, aud
MT long subsequently,
The tlentisfuan's Magazine Tor l79I says
that to cure fits ring should be made out of
nv. silver sixpcnces collected from five bach
slors, and conveyed 10 the hand II a black
ninth who |. bnc heiof by u the five
n noae II the i've susIsrt what the c"lIec-
tlon /. for. the ring Will te infalAble
charm.
Andrew Boord, II Sixteenth century writer,
quantity says; "rhe bynges Of England
doth hallowe every yere cramp ryns,1. Ye
which rings worn on ones fynsar doth heiFe
than which hath the cralnpe The first rlng
Of this kind MAS brought from Jerusalem by
ons u tho crusaders Thu. was preserved IN
West ossMsr Abbay aad credited with alb
s,lute power 10 cure cramp or falling sics