Another charm for warts is to cut a slip of an elder tree, and make a notch in it for every wart. Rub the elder against each wart, and burn or bury it, and the warts will disappear.
In former times Holy Wells were much resorted to by those who desired to get rid of their warts, when a pin was dropped into the well, and a rag with which the warts had been rubbed, hanged on the nearest tree.
ROSEMARY CHARM FOR TOOTHACHE.
Many people still believe that toothache is caused by a worm in the tooth, and it was once thought that to burn a Rosemary bough until it becomes black and place it in a strong linen cloth, and anoint the teeth with it would kill this worm.
According to the old Welsh Magazine, “Y Brython,” vol. 3, page 339, there were many charms performed with Rosemary.
Rosemary dried in the sun and made into powder, tied in a cloth around the right arm, will make the sick well.
The smoke of Rosemary bark, sniffed, will, even if you are in gaol, release you.
The leaves made into salve, placed on a wound, where the flesh is dead, will cure the wound.
A spoon made out of its wood will make whatever you eat therewith nutritious.