TO PREVENT WITCHES FROM BEWITCHING
CATTLE, TO BE WRITTEN AND PLACED IN THE
STABLE; AND AGAINST BAD MEN AND EVIL
SPIRITS WHICH NIGHTLY TORMENT OLD AND
YOUNG PEOPLE, TO BE WRITTEN AND PLACED
ON THE BEDSTEAD.“Trotter Head, I forbid thee my house and premises; I forbid thee my
horse and cow-stable; I forbid thee my bedstead, that thou mayest not
breathe upon me; breathe into some other house, until thou hast ascended
every hill, until thou hast counted every fence-post, and until thou hast
crossed every water. And thus dear day may come again into my house, in
the name of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen.” This will
certainly protect and free all persons and animals from witchcraft.
TO EXTINGUISH FIRE WITHOUT WATER.
Write the following words on each side of a plate, and throw it into the
fire, and it will be extinguished forthwith:
S A T O R
A R E P O
T E N E T
O P E R A
R O T A STO PREVENT BAD PEOPLE FROM
GETTING ABOUT THE CATTLE.Take wormwood, gith, five-finger weed, and assafoetida; three cents’
worth of each; the straw of horse beans, some dirt swept together behind the
door of the stable and a little salt. Tie these all up together with a tape, and
put the bundle in a hole about the threshold over which your cattle pass in
and out, and cover it well with lignum-vitae wood. This will certainly be of
use.