Popular Romances of the West of England, Second Series / or, The Drolls, Traditions, and Superstitions of Old Cornwall

by Robert Hunt

“Tetter, tetter, thou hast nine brothers.

God bless the flesh and preserve the bone;

Perish, thou tetter, and be thou gone.

In the name,” &c.

“Tetter, tetter, thou hast eight brothers.

God bless the flesh and preserve the bone;

Perish, thou tetter, and be thou gone.

In the name,” &c.

“Tetter, tetter, thou hast seven brothers.”

&c., &c.