Dirty plate, I press thee,
Wheal in the eye, do flee. + + +TO MAKE CHICKENS LAY MANY EGGS.
Take the dung of rabbits, pound it to powder, mix it with bran, wet the
mixture till it forms lumps, and feed your chickens with it, and they will
keep on laying a great many eggs.
WORDS TO BE SPOKEN
WHILE MAKING DIVINATORY WANDS.In making divinatory wands, they must be broken as before directed,
and while breaking and before using them, the following words must be
spoken:
Divining rod, do thou keep that power,
Which God gave unto thee at the very first hour.HOW TO DESTROY A TAPE-WORM.
Worm, I conjure thee by the living God, that thou shalt flee this blood
and this flesh, like as God the Lord will shun that judge who judges
unjustly, although he might have judged aright. + + +
A GOOD REMEDY FOR THE BOTS IN HORSES.
Every time you use this, you must stroke the horse down with the hand
three times, and lead it about three times holding its head toward the sun,
saying: “The Holy One saith: Joseph passed over a field and there he found
three small worms; the one being black, another being brown, and the third
being red; thou shalt die and be dead.”
HOW TO CURE A BURN.
Three holy men went out walking,
They did bless the heat and the burning;
They blessed that it might not increase;
They blessed that it might quickly cease! + + +