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   Old Cures 1. The cure for a wart is to get a black snail and put it to the wart and stick a thorn through the snail and hang him on a bush and while he is withering away the wart will do the same. 2. Another cure for warts is to get a cork and put it in the fire and when it is red put it on the wart and it will burn it away. 3. The cure for a sty is to get nine thorns of a gooseberry and point them to the sty for three mornings and make the Sign of the Cross each time. 4. The cure for a cut is to get cobweb and place it over the cut and it will stop it from bleeding. 5. If you meet a red-haired woman the first thing in the morning you will have bad luck all that day. 6. The cure for a sting of a nettle is a copog leaf. Mark Collier

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mark Collier

   Gender

   Male