A Preservative against Spells, to be Hung Round the Neck.
Take nine bits of green broom, and two sprigs of the same, which you must tie together in the form of a cross (×); nine morsels of elder, nine leaves of betony, nine of agrimony, a little bay salt, sal-ammoniac, new wax, barley, leaven, camphor and quick-silver. The quick-silver must be inclosed in cobbler’s wax. Put the whole into a new linen cloth which has never been used, and sew it well up so that nothing may fall out. Hang this round your neck. It is a sure preservative against the power of witches.
To Win at Play
On St. John’s Eve gather fern before noon. Make a bracelet of it in the form of these letters—H U T Y.
To Make Peace between Men who are Fighting.
Write on the circumference of an apple the letters H A O N and throw it into the midst of the combatants.
To Stop Bleeding.
Touching the part affected, say:—Place + + + Consummatum + + + Resurrexit.