Bramble-leaves, or sometimes the leaves of the common dock, wetted with spring water, are employed in this charm, as also in the following one.
CHARMS FOR INFLAMMATORY DISEASES.
A similar incantation to that practised for a burn is used. Three angels are invoked to come from the East, and this form of words is repeated three times to each one of nine bramble-leaves immersed in spring water, making passes with the leaves from the diseased part.
CHARMS FOR THE PRICK OF A THORN.
I.
“Christ was of a virgin born,
And He was prick’d by a thorn,
And it did never bell[59] nor swell,
As I trust in Jesus this never will.”