human
Charms are still in use by the simple-minded for thrush, warts, and various complaints; also for the cure of cattle, when some evil disposed person has 'turned a figure upon (i.e. bewitched) them;' and white witches--those who avert the evil eye--have not yet ceased out of the land.
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make the patient cross over them three times and then extinguish with water. Place nine bramble-leaves in a basin of
human
Holy Well's water, pass each leaf over and from the diseased part, repeating three times to each leaf. Three virgins came from the east, one brought fire, the others brought frost. Out fire! In frost! In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Or take a stick of burning furze from the hearth, pass over and above the diseased part, repeating the above nine times. If you can succeed by any means in drawing blood from the
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you are certain to break and remove the spell. Stick pins into an apple or potatoe, carry it in your pocket, and as it shrivels the
human
will feel an ache from every pin, but this I fancy does not do the person
gpt
any good. Another authority says,
human
Stick pins into a bullock's heart, when the 'ill-wisher' will feel a stab for every one put in, and in self-defence take off the curse.