to be free from backache at reaping, x. 165, 168;
as a preventive of fever, x. 166, 173, 194;
for luck, x. 171, 189;
in order to be free from ague, x. 174;
in order to marry and have many children, x. 204, 338 sq.;
as cure of sickness, x. 214;
to procure offspring, x. 214, 338;
over ashes of fire as remedy for skin diseases, xi. 2;
a panacea for almost all ills, xi. 20;
as a protection against witchcraft, xi. 40