1156. A “conjurer” can rub away a “rising” (boil) by coming to your bedside about daybreak, before you speak to any one, and rubbing the “rising” for nine successive days.
Talladega, Ala.
1157. To cure a burn, moisten it with saliva, repeating:—
As far as the east is from the west,
Come out fire and go in frost.
In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Come out fire and go in frost.
Blow three times, and rub sunwise three times. To be taught to not more than three persons of the opposite sex.
Eastern Tennessee.
CHAPTER XVII.
DEATH OMENS.