ARTS AND REMEDIES.
A GOOD REMEDY FOR
HYSTERICS (OR MOTHER FITS),
TO BE USED THREE TIMES.— Put that joint of the thumb which sits in the palm of the hand on the
bare skin covering the small bone which stands out above the pit of the
heart, and speak the following at the same time:
Matrix, patrix, lay thyself right and safe,
Or thou or I shall on the third day fill the grave. + + +ANOTHER REMEDY FOR HYSTERICS AND
FOR COLDS.— This must be attended to every evening, that is, whenever you pull off
your shoes and stockings, run your finger in between all the toes and smell
it. This will certainly effect a cure.
A CERTAIN REMEDY TO STOP BLEEDING,
WHICH CURES, NO MATTER HOW FAR A
PERSON BE AWAY, IF ONLY HIS FIRST NAME IS
RIGHTLY PRONOUNCED WHILE USING IT:Jesus Christ, dearest blood!
That stoppeth the pain and stoppeth the blood.
In this help you [first name] God the Father, God the Son,
God the Holy Ghost. Amen.