Part 29 (2/2)

793. When you see the soot burning in the back of the chimney, it is a sign of your being visited by a stranger.

_Alabama._

794. If you crock[TN-6] your knuckles, company will come.

_Ma.s.sachusetts._

CHAPTER XII.

CURES.

AMULETS.

795. Green gla.s.s beads worn about the neck will prevent or cure erysipelas.

_Chestertown, Md._

796. Gold beads were formerly a protection against the ”King's Evil”

(scrofula), and nearly every maiden and matron wore ample strings of beautiful large beads.

_Adams, Ma.s.s._

797. Gold beads worn about the neck will cure sore throat.

_Windham, Me._

798. Gold beads worn about the throat were thought to cure or or prevent goitre.

_Northern Ohio._

799. A string of gold beads is still held to be a preventive of quinsy, sore throats, and so on.

_New Hamps.h.i.+re._

800. A string of gold beads worn on the neck will cure or prevent quinsy.

_Prince Edward Island._

801. Red beads about the neck cure nose-bleed.

_Cazenovia, N.Y._

802. For nose-bleed wear a red bean on a white string round the neck.

_Bedford, Ma.s.s._

803. A black silk cord about the neck cures croup.

_Cazenovia, N.Y._

804. A key worn hanging about the neck by a string prevents nose-bleed.

_Central Maine._

805. Wearing brown paper on the chest will cure sea-sickness.

_Newton, Ma.s.s., and Chestertown, Md._

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