Say it three times, and the worms will fall off.

The implication is obvious.

VIII.

AGAINST WORMS.

On a day of Lent, before sunrise, take the beast, which has worms outside the village to a place where reeds are growing. Get nine bushes of reeds, each with three reeds (stalks) in one root. Stop still at each bush, cut the middle reed, shake it three times over the wound, and say:

“Ye three reeds are three brothers,

And ye all three are to join together,

And drive away the worms from Joyana;

For, if not,