Part 32 (1/2)

863. You will not cry in peeling onions if you let the faucet be open so the water will run.

_Cambridge, Ma.s.s._

864. To bring up the palate when it drops and tickles the root of the tongue, take a wisp of hair on the crown of the head and tie it up very tight.

_Chestertown, Md._

865. Rubbing a sty with a gold ring will cure it.

_Prince Edward Island._

866. Cure a sty by rubbing it with a wedding ring.

_General._

867. A sty in the eye is cured by rubbing a gold ring on the eye three mornings with a sign of the cross.

_Labrador._

868. A pebble in the mouth will ease thirst.

_Brookline, Ma.s.s._

869. A sore throat may be cured by binding about the neck on going to bed one of the stockings which the patient has been wearing (no other one will do).

_Somewhat general in the United States._

870. To cure the sore throat, take three handfuls of ashes with your left hand, put into your left stocking, and bind it around your throat.

_Mattawamkeag, Me._

871. To burn the ”little nerve” in the ear will cure the toothache forever.

_Northern Ohio._

CHAPTER XIII.

WARTS.

CAUSES.

872. Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.

_New Hamps.h.i.+re._

873. Blood from a wart, especially if applied to the tongue, will cause warts to appear.

_New Jersey._

874. To count another person's warts will cause them to appear on you.

_General in the United States._

875. If one counts stars while lying on his back, he will have as many warts as he has counted stars.

_New York and Trenton, N.J._

876. To drink the water in which eggs have been boiled will cause internal warts.

_Miramichi, N.B._

877. Was.h.i.+ng the hands in water in which eggs have been boiled causes warts to grow.