These are really neat remedies, Chris. one question re:1). What is an oak apple? Lola
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Chris C <[email protected]> wrote: > > Some tradition remedies from here in old England - Hope they help:) > > > > 1) Find an oak apple and crush it to a powder, this should then be mixed with > a strong vinegar and applied to the offending wart/s. > > > > 2) Take an eel and then cut off its head then rub the wart with the blood > that seeps from the severed wound. Once this is done bury the head in the > ground, as the head rots away the wart will gradually disappear. > > > > 3) Take as many small stones from a running brook as the number of offending > warts, then put them into a clean white bag and throw it into road, > preferably at a road junction. Then wash each wart in vinegar on seven > consecutive mornings, whoever was unfortunate enough to pick up the white bag > will get the warts and yours will disappear. > > > > 4) To get rid of warts you must steal from the butchers shop a very small > piece of lean meat. This must then be rubbed on the wart three times from > left to right. The meat must be immediately buried and as it is you must > say, "As you rot, so depart my warts!" > > > > 5) To cure a wart the first seen blackberry of the season should be picked > and rubbed over the wart and then thrown away. As the berry either rotted > away or was eaten by some bird or animal the affliction would disappear. > > > > 6) Take a live snail then rub on every wart whilst reciting three times, > "Wart, wart, on this snails back, go away soon and don't come back". The > snail has then to be impaled on a hawthorn bush by one of its thorns, as the > snail rotted away the warts vanishes. > > > > 7) Rub the milky juice of the petty spurge (Euphorbia peplus) onto the wart. > > > > 8) For three consecutive nights, rub the wart with the furry inside of a > broad bean pod, on each occasion bury it in the ground, as the pod rots so > the warts vanish. > > > > 9) Prick the wart with a pin, and then stick the pin into the trunk of an ash > tree. Next, recite the following rhyme, "Ashen tree, ashen tree, Pray buy > these warts from me". The warts will be transferred to the unfortunate tree. > > > > 10) Cover the wart with Duct Tape and leave in-situ for three days, then rip > off the tape and the wart will peel off with it. > > > > 11) Take an un-opened pea pod that contains nine peas and rub it on the warts > whilst chanting, "Wart, wart, dry away". Then bury the pod and wait until it > rots by which time the warts will have gone. How would you know how many peas > are in a pod without opening it? > > > > 12) Apply the 'milk' from the stem of a dandelion directly on the wart, this > cure also works for spots and pimples. It was recommended that the 'milk' > should never put put on healthy skin as it is an irritant. > > > > 13) Cut an apple in half and then rub one of the halves over the wart, the > two pieces would be bound together and buried, as the fruit rotted then so > the wart disappeared. Alternately you could cut the apple in half, rub one > bit over the wart and then feed it to a pig whilst eating the remaining half. > > > 14) Cut an onion in half and rub one half over the afflicted area. The two > halves must then be tied back together and buried deep in the ground, as the > onion rotted so the warts began to disappear. > > > > 15) Take 9 leaves of Heart Fever Grass (Dandelion) and 9 Scarlet Pimpernel or > Shepherd's Dial flowers, place in a silk bag which was worn around the neck. > Then every morning and night the bag had to be held over the wart/s whilst > saying: > > "Herb Pimpernel, I have thee found, > > Growing, on Christ Jesus ground. > > The same gift, Lord Jesus have thee, > > When his blood He shed to spare thee. > > Herb Grass this evil pass, > > And God bless all who wear thee, Amen". > > > -- > > Chris C > > >> Well, >> it is said that a bit of banana peel cut off, >> put with the inside on the wart >> will do the job, >> when it gets black, take it away >> and apply a fresh piece, >> repeat until the wart is gone. >> Leonardo "Faith" >> Licensed, active an practicing reflexological therapist, >> dianietics auditor, Free Thinker >> >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:19:55 -0400 >> Subject: CS>OT - warts >> >> >> Well, >> I took care of the wart on my finger but now I have someone with a >> wart in a hairy area where it is not too easy to apply current. >> Does anyone have any suggestions for how to get rid of a wart in >> such a place? >> >> Thanks, >> >> PT > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org > > Unsubscribe: > <mailto:[email protected]?subjectunsubscribe> > Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> > List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]> > > >
