Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-03
SURVIVING suPERsrlrIoNs.
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ICED People still Put Credehee'
In Michigan double cedar knot 10
carried in the pocket to cure rhea'
matism. and in New Hampshire men
carried a gall from the stems Of gold,
en.rod for the same disease 4 small
white Grub is In the gall and ho
thought as long as the grub remained
alive no rheumatism could get hotd
of him. Hickory nuts the buckeye
and its cousin. the horse chestnut
which brings good luck in New Jef-
sew, are other foes TO rheumatism Ia
different localities
Some people wear strange ring
made OF potato with q hole bored
through it for rheumatism and others
carry plain potato in the pocket
The charm is more potent II the po-
tato has been stolen. says the Kansas
CITY journal. Almost anything seems
to have heumatism.t ghtlng proper
ties. for in Southern Michigan q peb-
Die in the pocket serves oward II oil
A New Hampshire cure for sore
throat is 10 wear about tho neck a
stocking la tne toe OF which a potato
has been tied According to a MaIno
belief i nutmeg pierced aud hung Oh
string around the neck prevents
boils Group and neuralgia The effect
OF Connecticut wooden nutmeg Is
unknown.
Among the negroes the most strik'
ing remedies are 10 be found. VIII
ness the combination % cure and
spell. described under the name Of
roujuriug tooth. Ia Alabama
Go into lonely part Of the woods
with one OF the opposite sea, who Is
TO carry au AZ. The bearer Of the ak
chops around the roots Of white oak
cuts OIL with a largo Jack. kniie nine
splinters from the roots OF tree then
cuts around the roots OF the aching
tooth with the katie dips each OF the
nine splintors in the blood flowing
from the cuts and finally burles tho
splinters at the foot o. the tree from
which they came While doing this
the operator repeats something you
I don't understand which Is charm
4 From the same locality comes a
i curious remedy for chills and fever
/ Take tho ska from the inside Of an
cggshelL go to a young pcroimmoa
tree three days in succession and lie a
\ knot 10 tho skin each day.
4 On the Eastern shore o! Maryland
biliousHess is cured by boring three
holes IN q carefully selected tree aud
walking three times around Ii saying
4 go away. bilious II Is matter o.
utmos: Importance whether tho one
who performs the spell walks with the
sun or against the sun but no ono
knows which Is the approved dlrec
ton.
We have comparatively few philtorG
none with truly indigenous rvputa
ton, but there are some OF European
origin naturali ed. Many Of them
have undergone certain variation
since they found a homo on this side
o! thu Atlantic, Plants used in loy,
diyinaIions are common. In MANY
parts Of England and Scotland iii,
familiar Southern wood rs known a
Had ) love Had love. lass OR lad
love and Iasscs delight" Another
British name FOR the plant is 'ula
mans love or simply old man Z
from lis use recommended by P!iny.
In WOburn, Mass. this herb il call
ed boys love and Il Il sail tina, /
"a girl tucks u BIT Ia hor shoe she vii
marry the first boy sho moat. /,
other parts Of Massachusetts Il /
thought that Ia girl puts a piece 3
southern wood down her back III,
first boy she meets Will DO her hus
band. In Boston II marriagcabl
woman puts bit OF Southern WOO,
under her pillow on retiring tho ars
man she sees IN the morning will I,
says the superstition. be tho On
whom she Is 10 marry.