The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-03-07

was charged with the theft OF ham
hagher,, value twopence. He pleaded
thft he had taken 1t to rub on a wart
from which his daughter suffered and
that 1t would have been NO good for his
purpose had he bought It in the ordi-
nary way. The magistrate discharged
him with q caution.
spiders have always figured largely
in the annals Of folk medicine. In
west Sussex many an old doctor still
prescribes in bad cases Of jaundice a
live spider rolled up In butter and
swallowed as q pill. The Glasgow
workingmen make pills Of spiders
web mixed with starch and believe
them to be excellent in cases Of ague.
In Norfolk when a child is ailing a
common house spider Is tied up in a
piece Of muslin and pinned over the
mantslpiece, and when the spider dies
the child will have recovered from his
ailmsnt. In Worcestershire It appears
that q spider in a nutshell will ward
OF. toothache If worn In a bag round
the neck
Any one who Ia DESTROYS Of curing
sore eyes IL recommended in Aberdeen
shire to catch live frog and lick ita
eyes with his tongue. After this he
has only to Lick any diseased eye, and
a cure Is effected.
The Wiltshire laborer wears the
fore legs Of a mole and one Of it's hind
legs in a bag tied round his neck to
secure him against rheumatism. In
Eorthamptonshire 1t is believed that a
toad killed and hung in a bag round
the neck Of fever patient will afford
him speedy relief.
To crawl under bramble which has
formed second root is said by the
ptsasantry Of Essex to cure rheuma-
tism, boils and other complaints. The
arch must be complete.
In Aberdeenshire when a man Is
ssdzed with epilepsy the neighbors burn
his clothes on the spot where he fell,
believing that the sufferer will thereby
be- made well Another cure Is to bury
cockerel at the same spot.
A cake made of the heart of a white
hound baked with meal Ia recommend
oil In many Of the southern shires as a
certain remedy against commissions. In
siaffordshire hanging an empty bottle
up the chimney is thought a useful
thing in cases of kidney trouble
To cure collie in Cornwall the natives
viii advise you In all seriousness to
stand on your head for a quarter of an
hour. This curious remedy, by the way,
was the ordinary treatment applied for
merry to people suffering from poison,
the belief being that the deleterious
substance would run out by the eyes.
A curious Irish cure for sore throat Is
to apply salt herring to the feet. In
parts Of Hampshire the SNUFF of a tai
low candle upon sugared bread and but
ter Ia given to ague patients to eat
Leaning against pair of elbows 10
esteemed in west Essex fine thing for
rheumatism. Water in which flint ar
rcwheads have been boiled is said In
Cornwall to cure all manner Of dis
es!sea.
= In Cambridgeshire it Is believed that
the right eye Of hedgehog fried In oil
win yield liquor which Is an infalli-
BILE cure for warts. But it 10 essential
that It be right eye
Dried carvings pounded in wheaton
meal and mingled with honey are the
ftIvortte Lincolnshire remedy for many
complaints, including headache, verti-
90 and falling sickness"
The Durham miners believe that an
eelslkin garter worn round the naked
leg Is sure preventive against cramp.
A favorite remedy for collie in the
"black country" is a pigs liver dried,
ground to powder and mixed with brick
dust from the inside Of furnace. It
IL probably as inefiicacious as it 10
nasty.-Pearson's Weekly.