866. Cure a sty by rubbing it with a wedding ring.
867. A sty in the eye is cured by rubbing a gold ring on the eye three mornings with a sign of the cross.
Labrador.
868. A pebble in the mouth will ease thirst.
Brookline, Mass.
869. A sore throat may be cured by binding about the neck on going to bed one of the stockings which the patient has been wearing (no other one will do).
Somewhat general in the United States.
870. To cure the sore throat, take three handfuls of ashes with your left hand, put into your left stocking, and bind it around your throat.
Mattawamkeag, Me.